Oooh. The first time I saw these paper lampshades from Seattle artist Jil Smith years ago, I wanted one. More precisely, I wanted to learn how to make them myself. Like, right then. Aren’t they cool?
I still want to learn how to make these …. hm …. hm ….. hmm …..
Anybody know how to make the frames??
You could try here:
http://www.lampshop.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=07_00_FRAMES
They seem very reasonable.
How do I love the Internet and all the things it lets you learn?
Yesterday, I looked up copycat recipes for Chef Boyardee pizza sauce, for the food-poisoned recovering daughter.
And poodle skirt construction for the g-daughter, though that was not as successful. (Pippa, computations about circles need to use pi, okay?)
And what Jugendstil was.
And how much what Lucia paid Miss Mapp for Mallards would be today (52,000 pounds)
And how you can start at point A and link your way to point Z
serendipitiously discovering great blogs, like this one.
I’ve seen people do stuff like this but always using existing frames/lampshades (either re-covering an old plain lampshade, or taking the frames off of a thrift store lampshade and using them). I don’t know but I suppose with the right gauge wire, one could make one’s own frames…you’d probably need an existing frame to use as a template, and maybe some kind of a bending jig to help bend the wire (Lampshade wire seems to me to be about as heavy, but more flexible than, wire-hanger wire)
I’m determined to figger it out!
Okay. My last comment looks dumb now, but Sal, your comment went into Thee Olde Moderation because of the link. I’m checking that out for sure. Thanks!
Two words: popsicle sticks. 😉
Go to the craft store and buy about three or four wooden basket-weaving hoops. (The ones that run along the top and bottom of a basket to create the handle and also the support for the weave.) Line the insides vertically with thick wooden skewers (the ones that come 100 per pack) or basket-weaving fronds. Glue as many as you need around the inside to make it sturdy.
Cover with happy paper.
That’s what I’d try anyway.