Category Archives: lighting

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Tom Green

As they say in all the best fairy tales. Mirror Mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all, to which the answer is obvious. Now I bring this to your attention not because I want you to … Continue reading →

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How to get 2kg of Tomatoes in a Jam Jar

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Tom Green

How do you get 2kg of tomatoes into a jam jar? it sounds like one of those terrible maths riddles you used to get at school. The answer is to use my recently completed Food Dehydrator /smoker – I must come … Continue reading →

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Could I win the Turner prize?

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Tom Green

Over the years I have made more than my fair share of unusual items but one of my favourites is illuminated Makeup Mirrors which I craft for one of the leading professional Makeup Suppliers http://www.backstageshop.co.uk and their subsidiary http://www.fitzrobbie.co.uk  who also sell … Continue reading →

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Now watch the video

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Tom Green

Recently I created a Fire Lamp Sculpture which was exhibited at the Canary Wharf Winter Lights festival 2017. As someone who has spent many years supporting and lighting other artists work you always think you can do that, and finally I … Continue reading →

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Its Mirror Time

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Tom Green

Regular readers will know I have a steady trade making professional Makeup Mirrors for http://www.trafalgarlighting.co.uk a Theatrical Equipment Hire Company based in North London who in turn hire them out to all manner of customers. A very popular use is … Continue reading →

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Is it Sculpture or is it Art?

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Tom Green

The alternative title is “It looks so big in the workshop”. For those of you who have seen my previous posts you will know that I was invited to exhibit one of my works at the Canary Wharf Winter Lights … Continue reading →

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Calling my bluff

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Tom Green

As anyone who like me spends a lot of time working with artists will tell you there comes a point when you find yourself saying “I could do that” along with “How difficult can it be” Unfortunatley I may have … Continue reading →

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A leopard skin Mirror

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Tom Green

I recently made 19 illuminated makeup mirrors with black and gold surrounds for a customer which ended up in the Boots Christmas Advert, and during the course of conversation I was asked if I could make a mirror with a … Continue reading →

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Its a strange way to earn a Living

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Tom Green

Every now and then I get involved in an art project and for the last week I have been lighting a series of seven sculptures by Mark Humphrey which form the Canary Wharf Remembrance Art Trail which opens today and … Continue reading →

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Can I charge more if its art?

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Tom Green

Every workshop has too have a few steady clients,  bread and butter products that keep coming, and one of mine involves the manufacture of Professional Makeup Mirrors which are then sold by http://www.fitzrobbie.co.uk or available to hire through http://www.trafalgarlighting.co.uk . In … Continue reading →

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