While the companies that produced the original hula girl motion lamps are no longer in business – and the lamps no longer available – I set out to create the world’s most authentic replicas.

After years of research, I was able to find a retired mold maker who still had part of the original mold. He taught me the painstaking process of how the lamp was cast, finished and assembled. No detail was spared – from picking four slightly different color silk threads for the hula skirt, to custom-designing a pattern for the weave, every part of the lamp is as close to the original as possible.

Each lamp is hand-cast, triple-plated for the highest quality, then coated in an antique patina. The only upgrade is on the inside. An engineering team improved the design of the original motor to provide years of quiet enjoyment.