You might have cooler results if you untie the loofahs so that you can twist and wind them into whatever pattern you want. Might be a cool idea to do this for a tumbler or coffee thermos. Love the episode! You always bring a smile to my face seeing you get up to some crazy cool creative ideas in the shop.
you should get some bright (maybe florescent) colored loofahs and cast them in black resin, so when you turn it the colors would be streaking throughout.
Okay, Ben, as an artist, I appreciate your creativity and ingenuity, but… I think that lamp falls under just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Lol! I love the idea of using loofa for the texture and color, it might look cool with the light shining through it, as well. The fluffy stuff on the top is going to be a dust and cobweb magnet!
Unfortunately I have to agree here. It's a great idea in theory. And I think that's where it should stay. As a way to push the boundaries of art, I think it's great. As a way to provide light into a dark room, I think it's somewhat less great.
i mean also just use better materials than buying waste to make more plastic waste, although with the amount of epoxy fumes and lathed plastic strips im not sure this dude cares lol
I bet this would be amazing if the light was put in the hole you drilled. I'm imagining it radiating from inside the resin and loofahs. Could you try maybe putting a string of lights inside the center to see what happens?
Love it! The swirls are so cool! I hope you do another one, maybe using a bunch of mini loofahs and turning them into a hollow sphere or egg shape to be lit from inside. Then all the swirls would be lit up and seen really well. 😊 Thank you, Ben, hello Nicole!
Hiya Ben and Nicole! I very rarely comment but I just had to say I absolutely love this. I can definitely see an iteration of this being sold at Target. Just add a crystal shade instead and a disco/ color changing light and it's perfect for a bathroom/vanity table/powder room. Hope you guys consider making something like this again; refining the process. Let an influencer get hold of it and call it good. I most certainly would buy one!
If you cut rope on each loofah, you can get each one unscrunched, then scrunch them all back together as one. I think it would lead to something more interesting.
That looks so amazing, I wonder how it would look if you removed the string, unwrapped them and cut them into strips. I think that it would be almost like a tie dyed piece mixed together.
Love the vlog channel cause its just Ben and Nicole havin a blast. The lamp came out pretty neat! I wonder what untying the loofas might get for results if ever tackled again
I just realized, your voice and speech mannerisms remind me of my favorite apex RUclipsr, The Gaming merchant, the accent is not the same but the rest is similar. Love your videos :)
It’s always fun to see you create something new, Ben! I have to admit as the lamp was turning the shape of it gave me lady in a fancy dress vibes so I thought it’d be hilarious if you drew a face on the shade. It’s a very pretty project for sure!
Ben, watching your channel has reminded me of a good trick: Scoring. Now I learned this 22 years ago in elementary school art class when we were making clay pottery, but well, I don;t make pottery as an adult so I kind of forgot. But through watching your channel, and watching you score the blanks to glue on your waste blocks, I remembered this trick and recently used it do epoxy on the nosepad to my glasses. Previous attempts to epoxy it on have failed, I don;t think the epoxy was really holding on to the nose pad, but I think with the scoring, and epoxy getting into the little cuts, it may just hold up now. Thanks for the inadvertent help!
I love the idea of this. I think you should do it again with only two loofah colors, black and white maybe, and encase the loofahs completely in resin and make the top flat
What a fun project! It would be cool to use the loofahs and make a little pot with a lid to hold toiletries like cotton balls and cotton swabs. I think it would look really cool in a bathroom! You could also cut the loofah plastic open (it's usually tied with string in the middle) which opens it up into basically a long ribbon of the loofah material. You could then twist or braid multiple colors together! The possibilities are endless!
Peter Brown made a similar project 2 years ago where he cut the string off and turned a couple into a bowl. His wife even suggested putting bath bombs inside for a bath side accessory. If you haven't checked it out, I highly recommend.
This is an interesting project. I was thinking about the similarity to trimming hair just before you mentioned it. I wonder what it would look like with a light shining through the netting.
Pretty cool idea Ben. I kind of thought in the beginning it might’ve been a water fountain of some type using the loofah and such. Always entertaining though.
This turned out really cool! If you cut them I wonder what you could do with the mesh? Maybe layer it with that iridescent stuff roll it in a big tube and make a lampshade?
Plastic loofahs are bunched up tulle. You can buy tulle in rolls or by the yard. Then you can have more control over the shapes and easily mix together colors of the netted fabric.
I think you'd get some good results if you completely submerge the loofah and then turn a vase or bowl out of it. The patterns of the loofah in the resin, especially if you put a light behind it, would look amazing I think.
I did Something pretty similar a few months ago. I made dice with epoxy and filled them with a cloth similar to yours but much smaller with holes like less than 1mm big. It is usually used to pack gifts. Sorry for my english btw :D hope it is possible to understand me
I thought you were going to put a light inside the loofas. I think that would have looked really cool. 😅 Anyway it still looks pretty cool. I love watching your videos. Missed Nicole this time. ❤❤
speaking of loofahs... i think getting a few pumice stones that have a ton of air holes in would be a good one.. especially with multi coloured resins :D
I'd like to see another of these, with more loofahs of different colors, untied and twisted around in interesting patterns, cast into a solid blank with no poofs coming out, then bore out the center and make a bright multi led strip lamp with it.
I love that the pink has the blue and green beside it, because my mom's favorite color is pink and my two favorite colors are green and blue. And then one of my best friends (who is more of a sister then a friend really), her favorite color is black, so double perfect that the green and blue are next to it :D
I like it, may have been able to save some lufa by running something for the bit to follow ahead of time, then tape of course. Not sure but came out pretty good for a first try and love the way it looks in the resin.
Would tieing the loofas with hair ties above the resin line keep them neat and away from the resin while it hardens? Does look very cool, love the black and blue colours in the base.
I’m thinking that you could take that central post (that the wire is running through) and wind an LED ribbon around it. Power that up as well, and you have a wicked internal glow.
Well that came out really cool looking!! Thanks for sharing. PS what scares me is that we've all been using plastic on our skin since loofahs came out women longer than men
I like the base, no keen on it's hair do though 😂 Lit from below might cast some great wall shadows. Glad the base didn't come away while turning 😰 Thank you great stuff 👍Hope your both settling back in.
You might have cooler results if you untie the loofahs so that you can twist and wind them into whatever pattern you want. Might be a cool idea to do this for a tumbler or coffee thermos. Love the episode! You always bring a smile to my face seeing you get up to some crazy cool creative ideas in the shop.
That's exactly what I was thinking
Oooo yeahh
I came here to say this exactly
Me too 😂
My thought too! Really want to see this!
you should get some bright (maybe florescent) colored loofahs and cast them in black resin, so when you turn it the colors would be streaking throughout.
Okay, Ben, as an artist, I appreciate your creativity and ingenuity, but… I think that lamp falls under just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Lol! I love the idea of using loofa for the texture and color, it might look cool with the light shining through it, as well. The fluffy stuff on the top is going to be a dust and cobweb magnet!
Haha, I kinda agree, but I think they're a lot of other things possible with loofa's that would look cooler if you ask me.
Unfortunately I have to agree here. It's a great idea in theory. And I think that's where it should stay. As a way to push the boundaries of art, I think it's great. As a way to provide light into a dark room, I think it's somewhat less great.
i mean also just use better materials than buying waste to make more plastic waste, although with the amount of epoxy fumes and lathed plastic strips im not sure this dude cares lol
Also it's flammable there's a reason why lamps use ceramic 🤦
I bet this would be amazing if the light was put in the hole you drilled. I'm imagining it radiating from inside the resin and loofahs.
Could you try maybe putting a string of lights inside the center to see what happens?
Same! I was expecting it to light from within to show off the textures.
Its really neat that there weren't a bunch of air bubbles in it. Nice work Ben ❤
Still my favorite wholesome RUclipsr out there. Sometimes I just put your videos on when I cant sleep and watch them till I pass out.
Thankyou 😊
With the amount of close calls this should be your lucky loofa lamp
Looks like cotton candy. Very cute
You can buy those loofahs that are braided. ❤❤❤❤
Thanks Connie 😊
So cool! I love the blue loofah, it looks like swirling water.
Love it! The swirls are so cool! I hope you do another one, maybe using a bunch of mini loofahs and turning them into a hollow sphere or egg shape to be lit from inside. Then all the swirls would be lit up and seen really well. 😊 Thank you, Ben, hello Nicole!
love it! here in Canada we call those bath puffs loofah is actually the insides of a gourd 😊
Ikr?! I want to say, a la Crocodile Dundee, “that’s not a loofah…” (brandishes real long gourd skeleton) “*THIS* is a loofah!” 😅
I'm from England and I've only known them as shower or bath puffs, too. Loofahs grow on vines/bushes don't they, like a type of squash?
They are synthetic loofahs, which is why they are called loofahs.
As a Canadian... what? I have literally never even once heard of those being called "Bath Puffs" XD
I work at london drugs they come in large displayers in a bunch of different colours literally labeled Bath Puffs @@leecoffill8425
Hiya Ben and Nicole! I very rarely comment but I just had to say I absolutely love this. I can definitely see an iteration of this being sold at Target. Just add a crystal shade instead and a disco/ color changing light and it's perfect for a bathroom/vanity table/powder room. Hope you guys consider making something like this again; refining the process. Let an influencer get hold of it and call it good. I most certainly would buy one!
Thankyou! Yeah for sure 😊
I like that. Very impressive. Never would have thought about using them that way.
Blue looks the best!
That turned out really cool!
Thanks Linda 😊
Your voice an explanation is very soothing and your work is awesome thank you
I was worried that the exposed luffa was really going to cause problems, but I the end it came out great as always. Great Job 👍👍👍
Very very cool! Thank you for sharing ❤
Hi Ben 👋, the lamp is so pretty and completely cool. Have a great weekend.
That is such a cool lamp! Awesome idea, Ben! Great video as always, much love ❤️
If you cut rope on each loofah, you can get each one unscrunched, then scrunch them all back together as one. I think it would lead to something more interesting.
Love the loofah lamp! I'm surprised you didn't make a loofah shade. I bet you could!
Thanks Ellis 😊
Interesting lamp idea. Another idea I thought of is cutting the top off and make it into a lidded pot.
That's pretty cool!
Thanks Mate!
The sort of gift that gets ‘put away until you find a suitable spot’.
That looks so amazing, I wonder how it would look if you removed the string, unwrapped them and cut them into strips. I think that it would be almost like a tie dyed piece mixed together.
Another fantastic project.......every one is a great hit....brilliant ❤
What a marvelous idea! That lamp is beautiful. Great job, Ben.👍👍
turned out very nice!
Love the vlog channel cause its just Ben and Nicole havin a blast. The lamp came out pretty neat! I wonder what untying the loofas might get for results if ever tackled again
Cool idea! ❤
Hey Ben
Fun project. I also see a nice vase for a bathroom counter.
Take care 😊
It looks like it would be a nice gift for a young girls bedroom.
I just realized, your voice and speech mannerisms remind me of my favorite apex RUclipsr, The Gaming merchant, the accent is not the same but the rest is similar. Love your videos :)
What a beautiful lamp that turned out awesome❤
It’s always fun to see you create something new, Ben! I have to admit as the lamp was turning the shape of it gave me lady in a fancy dress vibes so I thought it’d be hilarious if you drew a face on the shade. It’s a very pretty project for sure!
Ben, watching your channel has reminded me of a good trick: Scoring.
Now I learned this 22 years ago in elementary school art class when we were making clay pottery, but well, I don;t make pottery as an adult so I kind of forgot. But through watching your channel, and watching you score the blanks to glue on your waste blocks, I remembered this trick and recently used it do epoxy on the nosepad to my glasses. Previous attempts to epoxy it on have failed, I don;t think the epoxy was really holding on to the nose pad, but I think with the scoring, and epoxy getting into the little cuts, it may just hold up now. Thanks for the inadvertent help!
Now just sprinkle some glitter on the loofahs ❤️
That's beautiful. Well done you.
I love the idea of this. I think you should do it again with only two loofah colors, black and white maybe, and encase the loofahs completely in resin and make the top flat
What a fun project! It would be cool to use the loofahs and make a little pot with a lid to hold toiletries like cotton balls and cotton swabs. I think it would look really cool in a bathroom! You could also cut the loofah plastic open (it's usually tied with string in the middle) which opens it up into basically a long ribbon of the loofah material. You could then twist or braid multiple colors together! The possibilities are endless!
Peter Brown made a similar project 2 years ago where he cut the string off and turned a couple into a bowl. His wife even suggested putting bath bombs inside for a bath side accessory. If you haven't checked it out, I highly recommend.
I think making a soap dish out of loofa would be cool! ☺️🛁🧼
I knew what it was going to be as soon as I saw the shape you made.
Great idea, o like they result
This is an interesting project. I was thinking about the similarity to trimming hair just before you mentioned it. I wonder what it would look like with a light shining through the netting.
Another great video love the patterns that where created ❤
Dang this turned out cool!
Next time, put the loofahs in the container and then pour the resin over the top
Pretty cool idea Ben. I kind of thought in the beginning it might’ve been a water fountain of some type using the loofah and such. Always entertaining though.
This turned out really cool! If you cut them I wonder what you could do with the mesh? Maybe layer it with that iridescent stuff roll it in a big tube and make a lampshade?
The resulting lamp looks like it's going to Prom with itself. Cool!
It'd make an interesting lamp, for sure!
Clean, soapy
i was thinking it would be a vase! i didn't expected to be such a cool lamp, it's amazing. and i bet Nicole have to buy new loofahs as well XD
Awesome lamp Awesome Video Ben's worx 😊 and I hope you are all well 😊
Awesome project
It looks cool
I love it.
Thanks Lynn 😊
This would have made an awsome bumch of flowers in a vase or ice cream cone. Love it well done
That is so very very cool Ben ❤❤❤❤
so very cool Ben totally love it . 💜👋
awesome video ben love it
I understand why you stopped pot cam but I miss pot cam lol. Cool piece thanks Ben!
It will be back 😊
Well I'm excited! Thanks!
Plastic loofahs are bunched up tulle. You can buy tulle in rolls or by the yard. Then you can have more control over the shapes and easily mix together colors of the netted fabric.
at first i thought u added the holes for the water, and not like, wires LOL
very interesting project for sure 👀
It would be cool to see it done with deconstructed loofah. Get a bit more of a variegated look maybe.
I hope you asked Nicole first...
When you drilled the base I immediately thought "oh sick a loofah bong" lol
I think you'd get some good results if you completely submerge the loofah and then turn a vase or bowl out of it. The patterns of the loofah in the resin, especially if you put a light behind it, would look amazing I think.
Lovely clean project 😂🎉❤
did anyone else see Ben in the mirror while wet sanding? LOL 🤫🤣
love this project Ben!!! Keep up the good work! ❤
I did Something pretty similar a few months ago. I made dice with epoxy and filled them with a cloth similar to yours but much smaller with holes like less than 1mm big. It is usually used to pack gifts.
Sorry for my english btw :D hope it is possible to understand me
Your English is great x
@@clarewillison9379 thank you 🫶🏻
That is really cool!
Great work
Cool!😎
I thought you were going to put a light inside the loofas. I think that would have looked really cool. 😅 Anyway it still looks pretty cool. I love watching your videos. Missed Nicole this time. ❤❤
Pretty cool, Ben!
speaking of loofahs... i think getting a few pumice stones that have a ton of air holes in would be a good one.. especially with multi coloured resins :D
I'd like to see another of these, with more loofahs of different colors, untied and twisted around in interesting patterns, cast into a solid blank with no poofs coming out, then bore out the center and make a bright multi led strip lamp with it.
Awesome
I love that the pink has the blue and green beside it, because my mom's favorite color is pink and my two favorite colors are green and blue. And then one of my best friends (who is more of a sister then a friend really), her favorite color is black, so double perfect that the green and blue are next to it :D
I like it, may have been able to save some lufa by running something for the bit to follow ahead of time, then tape of course. Not sure but came out pretty good for a first try and love the way it looks in the resin.
Would tieing the loofas with hair ties above the resin line keep them neat and away from the resin while it hardens? Does look very cool, love the black and blue colours in the base.
Cool lamp
Thanks Stacey 😊
I've tried this as well for knife scales I was going for a snake skin look. It somewhat worked but had to put a thin layer over after shaping.
I opened them up and twisted em thinking it would be stronger. You are alot more give and take then myself. Great work you make me want to try more
I have a suggestion! If you untie the loofahs you get long ribbons of the nets, I would do this and mix the different colors all around the resin!
I’m thinking that you could take that central post (that the wire is running through) and wind an LED ribbon around it. Power that up as well, and you have a wicked internal glow.
Nice work. Any idea why I’m getting bubbles at the top of my blanks in the pressure pot? We’re doing 50PSI.
Go higher, 50 psi sounds like a lot, but its nothing, try something like 60-70
@@morbidflame1139 Will do, thanks!
@he-mansuncle7661 yeah, just increase by 5-10 until you obtain the optimal results
I bet that would look cool if it was lit up from inside the resin Ben. Maybe think about doing something like that next time?
Best way is to untie them and mix and match colours maybe a egg or bowl made from it.
This makes me wonder if you could make a black loofah drizzled with colors to create galaxy-like swirls of netting.
It's very pretty but, I think you need to do something with the exposed loofahs to keep them from unraveling further.
Love the lamp. Wish I had your talent. ❤❤❤❤
Love the project. Did you consider using the organic loofah instead of the plastic? Less dangerous for sure just a thought
A cool lamp
Well that came out really cool looking!! Thanks for sharing. PS what scares me is that we've all been using plastic on our skin since loofahs came out women longer than men
Hey Ben I’d be interested to see if you made another one of these with the light inside…. Wonder if it would penetrate through?
I like the base, no keen on it's hair do though 😂 Lit from below might cast some great wall shadows. Glad the base didn't come away while turning 😰 Thank you great stuff 👍Hope your both settling back in.
I want a loofa lamp!😂
I like this, but I think it would look even better with the light inside, shining throught the loofahs. This looks great though!
Cute lamp for a bathroom. Would like u to make one where the loofah inside is lit up.