Frosted Incandescent Light Bulb. Purchased in 2011.
We have this lamp, a vintage one (are you surprised) that uses these types of light bulbs. So I think in 2011, but it may have been earlier, when they announced the upcoming ban on these types of lightbulbs I went out and purchased a few packs, because the lamp can’t take the newfangled types of bulbs.
Here’s why:
Bit dusty in there.
A thing of beauty when glowing
All the other bulbs in our place have been switched over to those swirly energy efficient bulbs, but this lamp must have its way.
Status: Keep of course. In fact, look for clear ones to photograph in order to see the filament.
Kill-ratio: 49:3 or ~16:1
Heinrich Globel invented the 1st “true” lightbulb.
Obsolescence Project 
they really are going to ban the Incandescent Bulb in Canada?
That’s the plan as far as I know. You can’t buy them in BC see story on people hoarding them (not just me!) 🙂 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/01/25/consumer-incandescent-bulbs578.html
We’ve got Al Gore to thank for that. Sinister. http://wp.me/pj2vp-1wD
Particularly like the pictures that are just the bulb; they’re beautifully simple. Admittedly I’m a bit of a sucker for white on white images!
Thanks Ann. Actually those are the “real” images. Which is kinda silly to say, but the others are just snapshots with my iPhone. I only caption images that are not officially part of the project, but just documentation. However, I realize that’s convoluted and no one will no my internal logic:)
They definitely feel like the ‘real’ images. You’re using a similar aesthetic to some of my work (which I’d link to if I was organised enough to have made a website – must get on to that this summer) so I think I’m pre-programmed to enjoy this project!
I’d love to see your work! It is so hard to get that portfolio together isn’t it? I have a static site (hand-coded html!) that I absolutely must move to WordPress and scan in old and new work that’s not on it now. I’ve given myself September 1 as a deadline.
I should also set a deadline! (Probably the same one, actually as that’s roughly when I’ll need to be thinking about the next teaching year.) I haven’t finished any new work in ages (really, really ages) so I need to do that too but not having made a website yet is getting ridiculous.