Care · Cleaning

A numbered edition is not maintained. It is lived with. Care of the piece is part of how the piece becomes the owner's, and the discipline involved is light. The studio's guidance below is a working reference, not an upkeep schedule.

A Voxel Forge shade is a sculptural object that carries light. Its surfaces are printed at 0.16mm layer height in Bambu Lab PLA Basic — Jade White, a material chosen for how it behaves under prolonged interior conditions. The care below is calibrated to that material and to the two hardware approaches the catalogue uses. Indoor use only. Away from heat sources. Away from prolonged direct sun. The shade is safe at typical room temperatures and well within range of the lighting it encloses; the limit is sustained exposure above approximately 50 degrees Celsius.

Everyday care

A dry microfiber cloth handles the working case. The shade carries surface geometry in fluting, banding, fissures, branching, or layered planes depending on the piece, and the cloth lifts dust from flat regions without disturbing the form.

Marks and fingerprints

For fingerprints or spots, wipe lightly with a barely damp cloth and a drop of mild, pH-neutral soap. Dry the surface immediately afterwards. No solvents. No alcohol. No abrasives. The polymer is dimensionally stable and weathers without yellowing under long-term interior use, but the white that leaves the bed is the white the studio committed to, and aggressive cleaners shift it.

Surface geometry

Where relief runs deep, a microfiber cloth no longer reaches. A soft brush, the kind used for camera lenses or fine instruments, is the studio's recommended tool for surface texture the cloth cannot follow. Work in the direction the form suggests. In tectonic pieces, that is the banding or fluting; in biomorphic pieces, the brush follows the way the surface gathers.

Light surface marks, fingerprint residue from handling, and fine dust in the deepest crevices are part of the object being lived with. They are not damage and do not require studio attention.

Série I — hardware

Série I pieces use the Bambu Lab LED Lamp Kit 001. The kit is fitted into the shade assembly. The studio handles kit maintenance and replacement; the owner's care is shade-only. If the kit fails, the studio handles replacement; see When to contact the studio below.

Série II — hardware

Série II pieces use a metal base with a standard E27 socket. The shade attaches magnetically. Four 6mm neodymium magnets installed in the shade's underside engage with the base. The shade lifts free without tools for bulb replacement or cleaning.

The studio's bulb recommendation is warm LED at 3000 Kelvin, up to 8 watts, with at least 4cm clearance preserved between the bulb and the shade's inner surface. For the full hardware specification, see the Materials page. Cooler colour temperatures shift the way the shade reads. Higher wattages move the shade closer to its thermal limit. Either shifts the piece away from the form the studio committed to.

Lift the shade straight upward. The magnets release cleanly once the seal is broken. Set the shade on a soft surface during bulb changes. Reattach by aligning the underside with the base; the magnets find their position on their own.

Storage and transport

When a piece is not in use, avoid stacking and avoid pressure on the shade. The original packaging is the safest enclosure if it is still on hand. Between rooms, Série II carries as two parts: the shade and base lifted separately. Série I, with its fitted kit, moves as a single piece.

PLA is rigid; layer-line bonds resist load well, but sharp impact at a single point can crack the geometry. Avoid hard surfaces during handling.

When to contact the studio

Some conditions warrant studio assessment. Cracked geometry. Surface deformation from heat exposure. Structural failure of the magnetic attachment on Série II. Failure of the LED kit on Série I.

Light marks, settled dust, and fingerprint residue from handling are the object being lived with and do not need to be raised.

For service requests, write to the studio through the contact page. Include the piece's edition number where possible; it appears on the underside of the shade and on the documentation that shipped with the piece.

Material consistency is part of what makes each piece comparable to the others. Care discipline is the same observation in the owner's hands.