These five photos are some of the final photos that I took of my lamp.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Lamp Shade Design
For my lamp shade design I was trying to decide between a few different lamp shade with different lighting techniques. My first option was a lamp shade with flowers cut out and shaded differently with 4-ply bristol board. Although I did like that technique because of the shading and the way the flowers gave off a shadow in the light I wanted to do something not so literally.
My next option was to use water to make the paper more sheer and to make it easier to fold and crumple. But after exploring with that technique I realized the paper would harden after the water had dried so it never quite looked the same as it did when it was wet.
My final option was a little more challenging for me but it combined a few techniques that I was also thinking about using. I finally decided to make a chandelier type lamp. The final product almost looks like a jelly fish but with the tiers of the lamp it looks more like a chandelier. I cut up and pieced together bristol board to make the tiers. But for the "jelly fish" effect I crumpled up the paper and folded the strips of paper.
My next option was to use water to make the paper more sheer and to make it easier to fold and crumple. But after exploring with that technique I realized the paper would harden after the water had dried so it never quite looked the same as it did when it was wet.
My final option was a little more challenging for me but it combined a few techniques that I was also thinking about using. I finally decided to make a chandelier type lamp. The final product almost looks like a jelly fish but with the tiers of the lamp it looks more like a chandelier. I cut up and pieced together bristol board to make the tiers. But for the "jelly fish" effect I crumpled up the paper and folded the strips of paper.
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