lampshade

How-To: Woven Ribbon Lampshade

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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May 7th, 2013 0

Give an old wire-framed lampshade a new lease on life with this woven ribbon lampshade tutorial!

How-To: Embroidered Lampshade

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

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January 16th, 2013 0

Add a beautifully subtle handmade touch to your home decor with an embroidered lampshade!

How-To: Modern Paper Lampshade

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

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January 10th, 2013 2

Give your winter decor a burst of cheer and a pop of bright color with a modern paper lampshade!

How-To: Repair a Separated Tiffany-Style Lampshade

By Michael Colombo

Michael Colombo

In addition to being an online editor for MAKE Magazine, Michael Colombo works in fabrication, electronics, sound design, music production and performance (Yes. All that.) In the past he has also been a childrens' educator and entertainer, and holds a Masters degree from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

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December 21st, 2012 9

Learn how to re-assemble a broken Tiffany-style lampshade with not much more than epoxy and some basic hardware.

Cool Modular Origami Lampshade Method

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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June 18th, 2012 6

Made from recycled foil-lined cardboard beverage packets by designer Ed Chew. He’s figured out how to fold and interlink them such that only the silvery foil-lined side is visible.

How-To: Falling Leaves Lamp

By Goli Mohammadi

Goli Mohammadi

I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.

Contact me at snowgoli@gmail.com or via @snowgoli.

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August 18th, 2009 13

Light and paper are always a good combination, and indirect lighting can be such a nice way to soften the feeling in a room. The translucency of vellum and the texture of the handmade paper is what makes this project really stand out. Add a little bit of a three-dimensional design and the impact of this simple project will be self-evident.

Lamp knits its own shade

By Collin Cunningham

Collin Cunningham

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March 24th, 2008 0

Some amazing works from the Family of Form exhibit at the Design Huis in Eindhoven, Netherlands. A lamp that develops like a living organism: switch it on and it slowly starts growing by knitting its own lampshade at a speed of three rotations per hour. Sleeping Beauty [via] And the Cindarella table apparently created with […]

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