Ballast floor lamp

The floor lamp, part of Eoin Shanley's Ballast Collection, features a long cylindrical shaped bulb and is complemented by a twisted, braided cord. Felled in Western Australia in the 1800s, the Jarrah wood used in this collection made its way to Ireland as ballast on emptied prison ships. This “Swan River Mahogany” found its second life as a Steam Age railway sleeper in a far-flung corner of rural Ireland. These salvaged hardwood lamps were milled from the few remaining Jarrah sleepers Eoin Shanley managed to track down.