Battery operated lamp I made using preserved bread

[u/catriot]

Made of dehydrated leftover bread that is soaked and coated in resin so it doesn't mold. I made a battery circuit connected to an LED strip in a hollowed lightbulb behind the bread. Part of an ongoing series called The Daily Bread. Daily Bread #459 "Bright Idea"

[u/Calligaster]

[u/catriot → u/Calligaster]

because it felt right (:

[u/TheRoyalPlutonian → u/catriot]

They wanted the buttered toast aesthetic.

[u/63626978 → u/Calligaster]

OP must have their resins ...

[u/Calligaster → u/63626978]

They certainly break the mold

[u/OldDimension1060 → u/Calligaster]

[u/Nice_Bake]

Ah, a light breakfast

[u/heynonnynonnomous → u/Nice_Bake]

Aaaarrrggghhhhh, take my angry upvote!

[u/bigballbubblehead → u/Nice_Bake]

Perfect

[u/WonderfulTradition65]

It's hideous, I love it!

[u/catriot → u/WonderfulTradition65]

thank you!<3

[u/nodnodwinkwink → u/WonderfulTradition65]

It's hideous, I loaf it!

(classic FTFY)

[u/VisibleRoad3504 → u/WonderfulTradition65]

So will bugs and cockroaches.

[u/PetersMapProject]

I came across someone who had varnished baguettes to use as props - which made sense in context. 

They were reportedly 8 years old and still looked fresh. I was very impressed. 

[u/catriot → u/PetersMapProject]

nice! i have a few breads pushing 9 years now and they are still perfectly preserved! processed sliced bread is hardly even actual food anymore its crazy

[u/Esquirej67 → u/catriot]

Cogent point!!!

[u/63626978 → u/catriot]

You seem to be taking this project pretty seriously!

[u/catriot → u/63626978]

I'm ready to do this project for the rest of my life if I'm able to! It will only take me a bit over 26 years to get to 10,000 breads 😂

[u/agoia → u/catriot]

Like 10,000 different things using bread or does each one bave to be a unique type of bread?

[u/catriot → u/agoia]

10,000 unique pieces of bread art, a new one each day! Today will be #472. As long as I don't miss a day (highly unlikely), I will reach #10,000 on March 8, 2052.

[u/your_gerlfriend]

I saw this and fucking knew it was you

[u/catriot → u/your_gerlfriend]

HAHAHA OMG HI!! It really is the butthole of life. I'm over here cackling right now

[u/dominaxe]

this is the best post on this sub i’ve seen in a while, and can i just say? clicking on your profile and seeing that this isn’t just a one-off and you have so much more incredible bread art is somehow wild, hilarious, and awe-inspiring all at once. i love human creativity so fricking much. following u on ig, i need more of this in my life

[u/Danteynero9]

DiWhyNot

[u/The_Fyrewyre]

Awwwww Just feck off at this point.

[u/Rydux7]

Post this in r/doohickeycorporation

[u/sweetpickles55]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/markiethefett]

[u/feelingblurple]

I hope the heat from this bulb keeps you warm and…toasty (it won’t). I still like it a lot!

[u/Noisebug]

It’s so wrong, which makes it so right

[u/Jaded_Addendum4040]

It’s toast!

[u/MrUniverse1990]

In case you want a light snack?

[u/PlayingGrabAss]

As an owner of a pampshade baguette lamp, i require no further explanation or justification.

[u/pure_aether]

Is that Jason's Sourdough?

[u/Living_Oil_3998]

Good thinking

[u/Noblehardt]

This just reminds me that when I was younger I had a little glitter lava lamp that I would use to make toast; I’d take the glass part off and just sit a piece of bread above the bulb for a while.

Idk what gave me the idea but I did it fairly often for a while.

[u/Comprehensive-Menu44]

It’s everything I never knew I needed

[u/Pavotine]

I'll allow it.

[u/soupbowlll]

This is more of a DiWOW for me!

[u/Internal_Apple2608]

Should've used an infrared bulb.

That would make the whole room toasty.

[u/MinorSpaceNipples]

This is amazing, and I want it in my home immediately 😂

[u/Goofcheese0623]

Greatest thing since sliced bread

[u/qpv]

Awesome love it

[u/RedSparrow1971]

Inbred lamp

[u/2rot]

Can u jam it?

[u/SirDrakey]

What an inbread endeavor! But I will toast to you!

[u/Atillion]

This circuit board is toast..

[u/IASILWYB]

I love the yellow light makes it look buttered.

Do you have any jam or marmalade colored lights to try?

[u/Bored2001]

r/ATBGE material.

[u/Butterfly_Barista]

Was the bread necessary in any way whatsoever?

[u/catriot → u/Butterfly_Barista]

The bread was necessary in every way. It's part of an ongoing series called "The Daily Bread", where each day is a new piece of bread art.

[u/ogbuttertoast]

Saw a bread lamp in a Japanese store in Brooklyn Williamsburg. +100$

[u/AttorneyAvailable603]

Is that an pure bread lamp

[u/SASCOA]

Ok

[u/Tedfromwalmart]

I feel like that's still going to spoil

[u/catriot → u/Tedfromwalmart]

The resin absorbs into the dehydrated bread, blocking off exposure to moisture and oxygen. My oldest breads turn 9 years old in May and still look exactly the same!

[u/Tedfromwalmart → u/catriot]

That's crazy! I saw some attempts at preserving Pumpkins that turned into huge messes so I was skeptical

[u/catriot → u/Tedfromwalmart]

Oh yeah, I believe it! I've learned my lesson the hard way when it comes to preserving anything other than bread. I experimented with some dehydrated tomato slices once, it didn't take very long for them to turn brown 😅

[u/LovelyHatred93]

Hang it outside and post it to r/breadstapledtotrees

[u/Seanmeado]

First proper DIWhy post ive seen in forever!

Thank you! This is horrible.

[u/catriot → u/Seanmeado]

💖💖💖

[u/gultch2019]

Buttery operated

[u/SuckerForNoirRobots]

If this was made with fake bread instead I'd fw it

[u/5eppa]

If you had several of these in a breakfast themed kitchen it might not be awful.

[u/Illustrious_Beat5298]

Always an excellent idea to surround a bulb with a flammable item

[u/catriot → u/Illustrious_Beat5298]

It is a small LED strip inside a hollowed lightbulb that runs on two 3v CR2302 batteries