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Lights - Lamps

  

From time to time, we need light in a wilderness living situation, whether it be candles, torches, or whatever.

 

 
From Storm...
 


Photo by Storm

Stone oil/fat lamp with a pinch of cattail (Typha sp.) seed fluff for a wick.


Photo by Storm

Stone lamp with a Rose Campion leaf as a wick. The snuffer (used to put out the candle) is a piece of turtle shell glued (hide glue--I use it for everything!) to a Limpet shell.
 
 

 
From Allan "Bow" Beauchamp...


Photo by Allan "Bow" Beauchamp

Here are some of my bush pine candles -- they're easy to make and work well.

-- Bow

 


Photo by Allan "Bow" Beauchamp

Shell lamp, with wick.


Photo by Allan "Bow" Beauchamp

Shell lamp lit.


Photo by Allan "Bow" Beauchamp

Natural stone lamps, lit.


Shell Lamp
Lamp made from a shell filled with oil, using a wick made from Mullein leaves.

-- by "Doc"


Wicks

Wicks are necessary for lamps to work.

This photo shows a wick made from the pith of Mullein.

This is a cross-section of a Mullein stalk, showing the pith in the center.
Wick made from Mullein pith.

P.S. This is not where you would use a wick - this photo is simply to illustrate the wick burning.

 

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