For my lamp I have been searching for the best way to illuminate it, I looked at just standard energy saving bulbs but they just do not quite cut it for me in terms of aesthetics or light quality, they lack brightness and the light the do radiate is very white which will make my lamp look dull, I looked at LED strips which is just a wafer thin tape with LED bulbs embedded in it, they do preform very well also they are very economic and do give off heat which will be a very bad idea as it might evaporate the liquid I’m putting within the to plastic sheets, however I had the same problem as I had with the energy saving bulbs they are just to white and boring on colour, so I did some minor research and I discovered a very aesthetically pleasing and illuminating type of light source called EL wire, which is a thin copper wire coated in a phosphor which glows when an alternating current is applied to you can get it in a range of different bright colours, I think this type of lighting source will be perfect with my lamp because I can get it in Red, it’s also a cheaper alternative to bulbs, it’s very durable and doesn’t give off much heat.