Remember yesterday when I was talking about how important it is to set the mood before you start laying down the Halloween ambiance? This is why. If you’re gonna work with something like the Mathmos Revolution (Drinkstuff, £39.92), then you have to start with a blank canvas. In this case, a pitch black room is the perfect route to creepytown. This little lamp contraption uses two tea lights and a glass vase to scare the living daylights out of your guests. Pretty cool, right?
I’m not gonna get all intellectual on you here, but I just want to touch on the science behind this for a second. The two tea lights at the base of the object give off heat, which rises to the top, and heats the angled blades above. The angled blades then use the heat energy to spin themselves. And while that’s a pretty interesting bit of science, it’s not the most interesting thing here. See, attached to the angled blades are cut outs of skeletal horsemen, which start to move by themselves. The result is shadows of eerie skeletal horsemen running in frantic circles, visible not only in the glass vase itself but also projected onto the surrounding walls. Unsettling, right? Even more so when you’re in a pitch black room and the only thing you can make out is the haunted horsemen.
While I’m a bit too old to take part in trick-or-treating (ok, really too old), I still enjoy Halloween. Even if you can’t go door to door dressed up as a mythical creature to beg free candy off your neighbors, you can still use this time as an excuse to gorge yourself on sweets. Which is exactly when I plan on doing.
5 out of 5 skeletal horsemen stars.
Specs:
-Dimensions: 170mm tall; 150mm diameter
-Includes skeletal spinning graphic, blown glass vase, base with central pole, and two tea light candles
-Spooky skeletal carousel
-Uses the power of rising heat
-Graphic illustration by Laura Coley
-Designed by Jonathan Krawczuk
-Not available for delivery in USA or Canada
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