My first conception of the (4) spiral lamp I did some years ago. I was at a friends house, she and her daughters showed quarter horses. I was sitting in the living room, on a wall there was three long shelves filled with trophies, one trophy in particular caught my eye. It was a single spiral with a cup on it. The trophy was made of-- plastic--.(Pop metal). In my mind's eye, I could see the single spiral made of wood. It put my mind to thought, mentally I designed a way the single spiral could be made of wood. A thought came to mind, that would make a beautiful lamp. How can I put a hole through the middle of a spiral, in my mind I designed a way to do that also. While giving this more thought, I would need a cylinder of wood, dissected 360