Who is Mister Moonbeam?

I’ve long been fascinated by the struggle between humans and nature, the places they meet, a root pushing through the sidewalk, a car rusting in the woods, the neverending march of entropy. I don’t want either to win, or lose. While I’m not entirely enthused at modern humans’ attempt to dominate the natural world, neither do I want to live in an overgrown shack with no roof, at least not all the time.

On some instinctual level I feel driven to maintain that delicate balance. If a yard is consumed by bramble, cut it back. Where humans have overstepped their bounds, nature deserves the helping hand.

Why I do anything is mostly a mystery to me. Surely some reasons are born of intent, but others only slowly emerge over time. It is in this way I wonder, perhaps my fascination with plastics, that most wholly human of all materials, is an equilibrium seeking response to living amongst the timeless trees and Victorian architecture of Eureka, California?

Or not. I’ve lived in cities before and my creative vision was an echo of today’s. So maybe it’s that I’m struck sick with nostalgia for the detritus of the past - old music, furniture, buildings, and it’s a balance of past and future I seek to resolve within myself?

Whatever the reasons, I make fancy plastic lamps. I’m currently enthused with 3D printing as a vehicle to explore form and beauty that could exist no other way, but am fluent with other plastics, glass, wood, fabric - most anything with translucent properties has caught my interest at some point. For a night owl, I’m oddly obsessed with light.

While I welcome off-the-shelf orders, collaborating on a project, finding the right aesthetic for the room, for the person, is much more gratifying to me - if my vocation doesn’t introduce me to interesting people then what am I even doing here?

About the Lamps

I personally design, print, assemble, and finish all lamps, one at a time.

For the material, I've chosen PETG plastic for its superior durability, heat resistance, and food-safe/low-odor properties.

Each color has been carefully curated, ranging from muted earth tones to vibrant statements, to suit a variety of tastes and palettes.

The lamps themselves are typically heavier than one might expect, designed to shine but built to last.

UL Listed parts throughout, with a 16' vinyl cord. Each lamp comes with an adjustable cord hook to suspend the lamp from a ceiling hook - or cut the cord and hard wire into any ceiling fixture.

Due to the ubiquity of smart bulbs, and my personal distaste of line switches and pull chains, no switch is added to the lamp. Optional color matched remote control switches are available, reach out for details.

Thanks for reading, feel free to get acquainted.

Martin Scot Bilben, Mister Moonbeam