• Catch and Release, a wall-mounted sculptural fishing rod lamp built from antique brass and silver lamp parts on a hand-carved burl wood base. A vintage fishing reel mechanism sits at the center, with a beaded line extending out to a gold tassel pull and a small Edison filament bulb glowing at the top. A fully functional lamp by Random Brass.
  • Close-up detail of the functional reel mechanism on Catch and Release. The brass and silver lamp-hardware reel is the operating switch — turning it pulls the beaded line through the rod and operates the lamp. Built from antique lamp parts by Random Brass.
  • Close-up of Catch and Release lit, showing the warm amber glow of the Edison filament bulb against the dark, deeply textured burl wood base. The brass socket and silver reel hardware are visible in the foreground. A sculptural fishing rod lamp by Random Brass.
  • Side view of Catch and Release mounted on a wall, showing the full silhouette — burl wood base, brass and silver reel mechanism, Edison filament bulb at the top, and the long gooseneck pull chain extending outward with a gold tassel at the end. The first piece in the Random Brass fishing collection.
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"Catch & Release"

"Catch & Release"

$3,600.00 USD
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Catch and Release wasn't just about making something that looked like a fishing rod. It was about making something that worked like one.

This was Sean's first engineered piece in the fishing collection — and the first Random Brass piece where the sculpture itself contained a working mechanism. Spinning the reel turns the lamp on and off. Pull the gold tassel and the beaded line runs through the rod, operating the lamp the same way a real reel feeds line. The mechanism is built entirely from lamp parts. It works because it was designed to.

The base is hand-carved burl wood — raw-edged, deeply grained, exceedingly rare. The discoloration is the giveaway: this slab was cut from a live-edge countertop sourced through Natural Kinships, a small family-owned mill in Bend that Sean has worked with for years. Every component above it is an antique lamp part, assembled without welding, bending, or solder.

Wall-mounted. Fully functional. The piece that started the fishing collection.

 

The reclaimed wood base of this piece was sourced from Natural Kinships, a small family-owned mill in Bend, Oregon. The family — a father and two sons — fell trees themselves, mill them at their own shop, and turn them into countertops, tabletops, and live-edge slabs. Sean has worked with them for years; over time, they began setting aside cuts specifically suited to his work. Every Natural Kinships base carries a piece of that story.

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