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Who Invented The Lava Lamp?
Home » Gadgets » Lava Lamps » Who Invented The Lava Lamp?The invention of this type of motion lamp is credited to Edward Craven Walker. There is a certain amount of controversy surrounding its actual origins. It is said that Walker came up with the basic design in the 1950s while developing a complicated egg timer in England. Another version of the story is that Walker got the idea from a simpler liquid motion lamp he saw in a pub in post World War II England. The pub’s décor included a fascinating lamp, which Walker described as a contraption made out of a cocktail shaker, old tins and things. In any case, Walker is the man who molded this idea into its current from and started it on its way to becoming a popular cultural icon.
Walker became determined to make a better version of the novelty item and spent the next decade and half doing so. He had perfected a secret Lava recipe of oil, wax and other solids. The original model had a large gold base with tiny holes to simulate starlight and a 52 ounce globe that contained red or white Lava and yellow or blue liquid.
Initially local retail merchants thought his lamps were ugly and disgusting. Luckily, for Craven Walker the Psychedelic Movement and the Love Generation came to dominate the 60s merchandising in Great Britain and the sales of the lava lamp soared. It was the perfect light for modern times.
Walker died in August 2000, at the age of 82 after suffering from bouts of cancer.
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