
My Mom Told Me Nobody Would Pay For Them
The lamp hit the floor and the lights were still on inside it.
It had taken me five weeks, because I’d had to pour it three times before the resin came out clear. The first two pours went cloudy and I threw both of them away. It was the book she used to read to me when I was small, and I’d done every part of it myself. It was for her birthday.
My aunt was there, which is probably why nobody said anything.
My mom looked at it a while. She looked at it long enough that I thought she liked it. Then she opened her hand and dropped it.
“You’re never going to make it, Anna. Somebody has to say it.”
I got down and picked the pieces out of the carpet, which took longer than you’d think, because the small pieces had gone under the table. The pieces were still glowing in my hand. I cut two fingers and didn’t notice till the morning.
That was my own copy. I’d had that copy since I was nine, and it had sat on a shelf looking like nothing the whole time. That was the point of it, if there was one.
I was twenty-one. I had eleven lamps nobody wanted, three thousand eight hundred dollars gone, and a job I went back to the next morning smelling like resin.
I didn’t stop. I still couldn’t tell you why.
Last winter my mom called and asked me what a Nocticadia was, because she’d been going through my page. She wanted the purple one with the skull. She wanted to pay for it too, and she wouldn’t let me say no.
It’s on her hallway table now. She gets to it before people have their coats off.
There’s a book on your shelf doing what mine did. Sitting there looking like nothing.
I can make you a custom one.
Your Book, Set In Light
Small warm lights are woven in behind the cover, so the light comes up through the pages and through the artwork instead of shining straight out at you. It is soft enough to fall asleep beside and bright enough to light a reading corner.
Book Lamp FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
How Big Is It?
How Big Is It?
The lamp stands 6.9 inches tall and 4.5 inches wide, which is about the size of a hardcover novel. It sits on a nightstand, a desk or a shelf without taking over the whole surface.
Do You Cut Up The Book?
Do You Cut Up The Book?
No, and this is the question we get most. You never send us your copy, so nothing of yours is touched. The cover goes in as its own panel, set down inside the resin and lit from behind, which is why it glows the way it does in the photos. Your own copy stays on your shelf where it is.
How Does It Turn On?
How Does It Turn On?
It runs off a USB cable, so it plugs into any phone charger, laptop or power bank, and there is a switch on the cord so you are not reaching behind it every night.
A remote comes in the box as well. Sixteen colors, a dimmer, and four light modes, so you can set it warm and low to read beside or leave it drifting slowly through colors.
Can I Pick A Book You Do Not Show?
Can I Pick A Book You Do Not Show?
Yes, and that is the whole reason we exist. Choose Custom Book Design and tell us the title you want. If you love a book that we have never touched before, that is the one we will make for you.
What If It Is Not What I Hoped?
What If It Is Not What I Hoped?
Send it back inside 90 days and you get your money back, and you do not need to give us a reason for it. If it does not feel right in your home then it should not have to stay there.
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