A Port Townsend business is sponsoring an unconventional festival of lights, demonstrating how innovative design can enhance illumination in what is characterized as a Bizarre Bazaar of …
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Greenpod owner Ann Raab experiments with a flexible LED light in preparation for the inaugural Bizarre Bazaar of Lighting, starting Dec. 17 in Port Townsend. Photo by Charlie Bermant
A Port Townsend business is sponsoring an unconventional festival of lights, demonstrating how innovative design can enhance illumination in what is characterized as a Bizarre Bazaar of Lighting.
“We will show off fixtures that incorporate every type of media, from leather to metal to blown glass,” said Greenpod founder Ann Raab, one of the event’s organizers. “This is all about being creative and having fun.”
The free open house takes place from Saturday, Dec. 17 to Wednesday, Dec. 21 at the Senergy Station, 1531 W. Sims Way. The building, a former service station, is to be transformed into an exhibition space for all sizes and shapes of craft lighting.
The event culminates on Dec. 21 with a solstice party that Raab expects “will go all night.”
About 40 artists had signed up as of Dec. 8; the exhibition is open to anyone who has an idea about how to blend light and design. The only requirement is the use of LED bulbs, which consume less energy and generate less heat than standard incandescent bulbs.
This versatility is an advantage, Raab said, as the LED’s noncombustible nature promotes flexibility, literally with a lighting tube that can be bent back and forth.
Increasing the design’s flexibility is the fact that LED bulbs can be used with “almost any” standard light fixture, according to Raab.
“These are creative, unusual pieces,” she said. “Saving energy is part of everything we do.”
Participating artists and businesses include Steve Lopes, Margie McDonald, Massey Copper, Vintage Hardware & Lighting, Joglo Northwest, Crackerdog Designs, Seth Rolland and Daily Bird Pottery.
Some of the fixtures on display are available to the public for installation in their own homes or as options to the modular Greenpod houses, which, Raab said, are sent to buyers all over the United States.
Port Townsend, Raab said, is the natural host for the LED light festival.
“It’s such a community, and we all care about each other,” she said. “We all really want to move toward being sustainable and community driven.”
Participants are being solicited until Dec. 16. To sign up, call Chris Dolan, 206-294-9841.
