Martha

The base of this piece is a genuine reclaimed rotary telephone, its glossy red housing and original dial preserved exactly as found, coiled cord and all — every original curve and detail left untouched, a direct and unmistakable relic of its former working life. The handset rests in its cradle exactly as it was, a small frozen moment mid-conversation.

From the telephone's body, aged blackened pipework rises and branches in two directions, each hand-bent through its own sequence of turns before ending in a cage-guarded pendant bulb, the two lights staggered at different heights and angles. A salvaged pressure gauge sits fixed at the centre of the branching pipework, its dial and needle preserved untouched, adding a second layer of found instrumentation to the piece. Four short pipe legs lift the whole assembly slightly off the surface, giving it a grounded, almost creature-like stance.

No telephone housing carries quite the same gloss or wear twice, and this particular unit, gauge, and pipe run were shaped entirely around what survived. This is a singular object, existing in exactly one configuration.

Details

• One of a kind — this exact dial-phone will never be reproduced

• Recycled Art — pipe fittings, gauge, valve, wood, and brackets all reclaimed

• Handcrafted piece — assembled piece by piece, no two lamps identical

• Original red dial-phone - working-style rotary dial and cord retained

• Salvaged pressure gauge - original dial and needle intact
  

• Reclaimed blackened pipework - hand-formed branching arms
  

• Two independent cage-guarded pendant bulbs at staggered heights