{"product_id":"ellen","title":"Ellen","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore it gave light in three directions, this piece threw light in one — across a darkened room, onto a white wall, where home movies played in silence and the whole family watched.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt its base sits a genuine antique Super-8 film projector, its original lens housing, film transport mechanism, control panel, audio input jacks, and rotary knobs all fully intact, its body finished in the particular combination of brushed aluminium and black panel that defined precision consumer electronics of its era. This is a machine that once made private moments into something cinematic — that turned a reel of film into an event, a room into a screening, a family into an audience. It carries that quiet domestic significance alongside its mechanical precision, and both are visible in equal measure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the projector's body, a salvaged steel and brass pipe structure rises and branches into three independent arms at dramatically different heights — one reaching high and far left, one mid-height at center, one lower and to the right — each holding a wire cage shade and a warm filament bulb. A genuine reclaimed pressure gauge extends to the right on a short brass arm, its dial face steady and authoritative against the more animated composition above. The three cage lights at varying heights give the piece a real sense of vertical drama, the warm amber glow from each head catching the projector's aluminium surface differently depending on the angle of view.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnce this projector threw light forward. Now it holds it upward, in three directions, and asks nothing more of the room than a surface to stand on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of a kind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — this exact projector will never be reproduced\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecycled Art \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— pipe fittings, gauge, valve, and brackets all reclaimed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHandcrafted piece\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — assembled piece by piece\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAntique Super-8 film projector\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — original lens, control panel, audio inputs and knobs fully intact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree independent light arms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — dramatically varying heights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWire cage shades\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — housing exposed Edison-style filament bulbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenuine reclaimed pressure gauge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — right-side brass arm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSalvaged steel and brass pipe structure \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— hand-fitted throughout\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA projector that once threw light onto walls — now it simply holds it, in three warm points, above everything it once illuminated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Summer Never Ends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52652127125791,"sku":"L3011","price":900.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0964\/7056\/5151\/files\/ChatGPTImageJul2_2026at08_35_14PM.png?v=1782994270","url":"https:\/\/summerneverends.au\/products\/ellen","provider":"Summer Never Ends","version":"1.0","type":"link"}