April 30, 2008 @ 10:36 pm
Tutorial: Mod Fruit Hanging Lamp
We are very excited to bring you this tutorial in conjunction with Diana of Sämyii, a very creative crafter based in Italy. Diana puts her bright and fun spin on projects ranging from Panty Pouches (panty-shaped change purses) to adorable creature Moleskine covers. Today, Diana shares with us her tutorial for making a super cool lamp with hanging fruit charms. Diana notes that you can use any charm, but has chosen fruit for summer.
TIP: Change the hanging charms to match the season or your room decor!
If all goes as planned, your finished lamp will look like this:
Let’s get started!
Materials needed:
» Acrylic sheets
» Scissors
» Plastic fruits
» Invisible nylon thread/fishing line
» A cord light kit (available at your local hardware store for around $10)Step 1
Save this template to your computer. If you would like a bigger lamp, resize the image in a photo editing program. Print and cut out template.
Step 2
Using your template, cut 30 shapes out of the acrylic sheets.
Step 3
Start to assemble the pieces: the shapes have two pairs of matching corners, opposite diagonally (marked by the asterisks and arrows in the previous image). Fit together matching corners of the pieces, slowly “knotting” them together. There will be two different knots: the asterisk corners need 5 pieces to form the knot, and the arrow corners need 3 sheets to form the knot.
Step 4
Continue to assemble until you create a star, then fit in the remaining pieces in the same way.
Step 5
Continue until you create a sphere. Before completing the sphere, be sure to insert the light bulb end of the cord kit into the sphere.
Step 6
Cut as many lengths of nylon thread as pieces of fruit. The length of the thread can vary, depending on how high or low you want the fruit to hang. Tie a piece of nylon thread to the stalk of each piece of fruit.
Step 7
Make a slipknot at the other end of the thread.
Step 8
Hang the slipknot in a knot under the lamp. Continue to hang fruit in every knot of the lamp.
Voila!
We’d love to see your finished lamps! Photos of your completed projects can (and should!) be added to the craftershock Flickr photo pool!
Big thanks to Diana for sharing this tutorial with us! To see this and many more of her projects, check out her blog and Flickr photos. To purchase her goodies, head over to her Etsy shop.
Enjoy!
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Posted by Sparkle Thots » Blog Archive » make your own mod lamp
May 5, 2008 @ 10:21 am
[…] this on CrafterShock and had to share. I’m not too crazy over the hanging fruits but I love the […]
Posted by Catrina Harris
May 20, 2008 @ 1:49 am
The paper part is cool! The fruit is sorta…outta place…But I love the idea!
Posted by dan magly
May 20, 2008 @ 9:34 pm
at first i thought the fruits were odd. but then i noticed the paper form resembles whipped cream and thought it was appropriate, though i don’t know if that was intentional..
Posted by Leighann
May 22, 2008 @ 9:31 am
This is cute! I have to go with Dan Magly on this one.
Also, cute whipped cream+ fruit. I like it! it’s pretty groovy.
Posted by Alexandru Strimbeanu
May 22, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
Brilliant! I have made this at home and it’s great!
Thank you for sharing!
Posted by Becki
May 22, 2008 @ 1:27 pm
That is too cool looking!!!
Posted by Holly
May 22, 2008 @ 4:19 pm
The lamp is brilliant but again the fruit are bizarre ans don’t work.
Posted by Romae W
May 28, 2008 @ 11:45 pm
This is a beautiful and unique craft. I loved the idea, and made my self one right away. It now hangs in the center of my computer room, and I get many compliments on it when I have guests over. =]
I did add my own touch to it though, with a stamping kit I got for my birthday, I created a modern red/black square design that fit with the way my room was styled. I must admit the effect is pretty neat, (as the light shines through it pinkish almost). Thank you for the idea!
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Posted by Anonymous
June 12, 2008 @ 6:36 pm
Love the lamp but WHERE do you get the Acrylic sheets???
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