The Nelson bubble lamps are comprised of an assortment of lights in various spherical silhouettes. Produced in 1952 when Nelson was inspired by a hanging Swedish lamps, he thought it was hard to produce and later on created his own version by combining a resinous lacquer used by the military for protecting decommissioned ships and planes then spraying it over a wire care. His process was more efficient but it paved the way to the many other designs he was able to produced that became an instant mid-century modern classic.