{"product_id":"nevs-hand-poured-ocean-lamp","title":"Nev's Hand-Poured Ocean Lamp","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e.prod-wrapper{font-family:'Poppins',-apple-system,sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:0 auto;color:#1a1c1e;line-height:1.7;font-size:16px;}.prod-wrapper *{box-sizing:border-box;}.prod-wrapper h2{font-size:24px;font-weight:600;margin:40px 0 16px;color:#0f2b3d;letter-spacing:-0.01em;}.prod-wrapper p{margin:0 0 14px;}.prod-hero{background:#0f2b3d;border-radius:10px;padding:34px 30px;text-align:center;margin-bottom:28px;}.prod-hero-icon{font-size:34px;margin-bottom:10px;}.prod-hero h1{font-size:27px;font-weight:600;margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.3;}.prod-hero-sub{font-size:16px;margin:0;line-height:1.6;}.prod-story{background:#faf8f3;border-left:4px solid #b08755;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;padding:24px 26px;margin:0 0 32px;}.prod-story p{font-size:18px;font-style:italic;color:#21252a;margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.6;}.prod-story-by{font-size:14px;font-style:normal;color:#6a7078;margin:0;}.prod-includes{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(4,1fr);gap:14px;margin:0 0 34px;}.prod-inc-card{background:#eef2f4;border-radius:8px;padding:20px 14px;text-align:center;}.prod-inc-icon{font-size:26px;display:block;margin-bottom:8px;}.prod-inc-name{font-weight:600;font-size:15px;display:block;margin-bottom:4px;color:#0f2b3d;}.prod-inc-desc{font-size:13px;color:#4a5058;line-height:1.5;}.prod-features{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr);gap:16px;margin:0 0 34px;}.prod-feat{background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #e0e4e7;border-radius:8px;padding:20px;transition:transform .18s ease,box-shadow .18s ease;}.prod-feat:hover{transform:translateY(-3px);box-shadow:0 6px 18px rgba(15,43,61,.11);}.prod-feat-icon{font-size:22px;display:block;margin-bottom:8px;}.prod-feat-title{font-weight:600;font-size:16px;color:#0f2b3d;margin:0 0 6px;}.prod-feat p{font-size:14px;color:#4a5058;margin:0;line-height:1.6;}.prod-expert{background:#0f2b3d;border-radius:10px;padding:28px 30px;margin:0 0 34px;}.prod-expert-q{font-size:16px;font-style:italic;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 14px;}.prod-expert-name{font-size:14px;font-weight:600;margin:0;}.prod-expert-role{font-size:13px;margin:2px 0 0;}.prod-colors{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:9px;margin:0 0 34px;}.prod-chip{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;background:#faf8f3;border:1px solid #e0e4e7;border-radius:100px;padding:7px 15px 7px 10px;font-size:14px;}.prod-dot{width:15px;height:15px;border-radius:50%;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.12);}.prod-perfect-for{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:9px;margin:0 0 34px;}.prod-tag{background:#eef2f4;border-radius:6px;padding:8px 14px;font-size:14px;color:#21252a;}.prod-list{list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0 0 34px;}.prod-list li{position:relative;padding:0 0 0 30px;margin:0 0 13px;font-size:15px;color:#21252a;line-height:1.6;}.prod-list li:before{content:\"\\2713\";position:absolute;left:0;top:0;color:#b08755;font-weight:700;font-size:17px;}.prod-list strong{color:#0f2b3d;}.prod-guarantee{background:#faf8f3;border:1px solid #b08755;border-radius:10px;padding:24px 26px;text-align:center;margin:0 0 26px;}.prod-guarantee-t{font-size:18px;font-weight:600;color:#0f2b3d;margin:0 0 8px;}.prod-guarantee p{font-size:15px;color:#4a5058;margin:0;}.prod-note{background:#eef2f4;border-left:4px solid #0f2b3d;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;padding:18px 22px;margin:0 0 34px;}.prod-note p{font-size:14px;color:#4a5058;margin:0;line-height:1.6;}.prod-specs{width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:0 0 20px;font-size:15px;}.prod-specs tr{border-bottom:1px solid #e8ebee;}.prod-specs tr:last-child{border-bottom:none;}.prod-specs td{padding:11px 4px;vertical-align:top;}.prod-specs td:first-child{font-weight:600;color:#0f2b3d;width:38%;}.prod-specs td:last-child{color:#4a5058;}@media (max-width:600px){.prod-includes{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr);}.prod-features{grid-template-columns:1fr;}.prod-hero{padding:26px 20px;}.prod-hero h1{font-size:22px;}.prod-specs td:first-child{width:46%;}}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-wrapper\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-hero-icon\" style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003e🌊\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ch1 style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003ePoured In A Net Shed At Dickson Inlet\u003c\/h1\u003e\n    \u003cp class=\"prod-hero-sub\" style=\"color:#dfe7ee !important;\"\u003eNev Pascoe, seventy-four, Port Douglas, Far North Queensland. Forty-six years underwater, then an inner-ear injury ended it. Sixty-eight lamps left, and his eyes are going.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e“I cannot get down to her anymore. So I built her somewhere I can still see her. That is all any of these are — a dive I get to take sitting down.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp class=\"prod-story-by\"\u003eNev Pascoe on the manta ray at Opal Reef, February 1994\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eWhat turns up at your door\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e💡\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-name\"\u003eThe Lamp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-desc\"\u003eHand-poured resin on solid timber, built over three days\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🐬\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-name\"\u003eYour Scene\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-desc\"\u003eOne of four real moments Nev can date and place\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🔌\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-name\"\u003eUSB Lead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-desc\"\u003eWarm-to-cool LED, button-controlled, full range\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e✍\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-name\"\u003eThe Site Card\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-desc\"\u003eWhere and when he saw it, written by hand\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eWhy this is not the servo-counter version\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e💧\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-feat-title\"\u003eThe Deep-Pour Clarity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt up in thin layers across three days, every layer hand-poured and hand-degassed so not one bubble survives. That is what buys real optical depth. You are not looking at blue plastic, you are looking down through water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e📏\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-feat-title\"\u003eThe True-Scale Figure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe diver and the animal sit in honest proportion — the way Nev actually saw them. A four-metre manta reduces the diver to a speck. Get the scale wrong and it is a toy with a light in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🪸\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-feat-title\"\u003eThe Bommie Wall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe timber is shaped by hand into the profile of a real coral outcrop, worked from Nev’s own reef log books. No two are alike, because no two sites are alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🌊\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-feat-title\"\u003eThe Tide-Line Seam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere the resin meets the timber there is a fine foaming surf line, worked by hand. The slowest step in the build and the one a factory skips outright. “It is where the thing starts breathing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🪵\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-feat-title\"\u003eThe Driftwood Anchor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA solid weighted timber base with its own grain, which hides the light and sits dead level on a shelf or a bedside table for twenty years. Furniture, not knick-knack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🔆\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-feat-title\"\u003eThe Ninety-Four Blue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarm-to-cool LED across the full range, from the gold of a shallow morning to the cold blue-black of thirty metres. Named for the year of the manta and mixed to what that bommie looked like before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n    \u003cp class=\"prod-expert-q\" style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003e“Most resin work that reaches the Australian market is a single pour with a moulded figure dropped into it, and you can pick it across a room. What is unusual here is the layering discipline — three days of thin pours, each one degassed by hand, which is the only way to get a genuine vertical colour gradient. The other tell is the water line at the timber. Almost nobody works that seam, because it cannot be costed at volume. This is a maker doing it the slow way because he does not know another way.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp class=\"prod-expert-name\" style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003eDr Helena Brandis\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp class=\"prod-expert-role\" style=\"color:#c9d6e0 !important;\"\u003eMaterials conservator, contemporary craft, Brisbane\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eThe four scenes, and where they happened\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-colors\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#1c3f5c;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eManta Ray · Opal Reef, 1994\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#2e6382;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWhale Shark · Ribbon Reefs, 1988\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#3c7f6d;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSea Turtles · Agincourt Reefs, 1990s\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#b08755;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eTurtle \u0026amp; Divers · Opal Reef, 1996\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eWhere these end up\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🛏 Bedside tables\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e👶 Kids who have never seen a reef\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🤿 Divers who had to stop\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎁 Milestone birthdays\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e💝 Anniversaries\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🏡 Homes a long way from the coast\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🐚 Anyone who loves the Reef\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e👷 People who value hand work\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eWhat you are actually buying\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cul class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoured by one man, in one shed.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every lamp in this batch was built at the same bench at Dickson Inlet by the same pair of hands. There is no workshop team and no outsourced stage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA real place, on a real date.\u003c\/strong\u003e Each of the four scenes is a dive Nev can name the site and the year for, worked from forty years of his own hand-written reef log books.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLayered, not single-poured.\u003c\/strong\u003e Three days of thin pours, each degassed by hand. That is where the depth comes from, and it is the step that cannot be rushed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBuilt to be switched on every night.\u003c\/strong\u003e USB-powered, button-controlled, weighted timber base. Meant for a bedside table, not a display cabinet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSixty-eight left, and no second batch.\u003c\/strong\u003e Macular degeneration is taking the fine colour work. He will not put his name on a pour he cannot see well enough to check.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n    \u003cp class=\"prod-guarantee-t\"\u003eThirty days, and one condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eSwitch it on and live with it first. If it is not right, send an email and it goes back — no restocking fee and no explanation needed. Nev would rather have it back on the shelf for somebody who wants it than sitting in a cupboard because somebody felt awkward about asking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the hand work:\u003c\/strong\u003e every lamp is poured freehand, so no two are identical. Small differences in the timber grain, the depth of the colour and the position of the figure are part of the method, not faults. The timber is shaped individually, which means the reef profile inside your lamp exists exactly once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003ctable class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOptically clear epoxy resin, layered over three days, on a solid timber base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-sanded and polished on every face, hand-worked surf line at the water line\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDesigns\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eManta ray · whale shark · sea turtles · turtle and divers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 20 cm tall, 13 cm wide at the base\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWarm-to-cool LED, USB-powered, button-controlled, full range of settings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePackaging\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBoxed with the USB lead and a hand-written site card\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWipe with a soft dry cloth. Keep out of direct sun, the same as any resin piece\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaking\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-poured in layers, hand-degassed, timber shaped by hand. No moulds for the scene\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNev Pascoe, Port Douglas, Far North Queensland — in the water from 1969 to 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEdition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSixty-eight lamps remaining. No second batch.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Handmade by Nev Pascoe","offers":[{"title":"Manta Ray","offer_id":59274505355612,"sku":"TIDE-AU-MR","price":85.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Whale Shark","offer_id":59274507911516,"sku":"TIDE-AU-WS","price":85.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sea Turtles","offer_id":59274507944284,"sku":"TIDE-AU-ST","price":85.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Turtle \u0026 Divers","offer_id":59274507977052,"sku":"TIDE-AU-TD","price":85.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/4081\/9292\/files\/au-trl-gal-01-manta_fc6fc2be-a3ba-4957-8eb5-62242d12ae13.jpg?v=1790334744","url":"https:\/\/backroad-goods.com\/products\/nevs-hand-poured-ocean-lamp","provider":"BACKROAD GOODS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}