Washi Tape was a contentious issue in the shop days. Penny suggested we get some in, and I did. Felix came as close to pitching a fit as I've ever seen him, over it. These are two adults I adore and who flat together. But oooh blimey, they have different attitudes to washi tape.
Felix's position was that it wasn't a proper craft supply. I agreed. But, its beautiful, coloured, matchy rolls in a set was so intoxicating to the stationery lover in me! So, I decided to make something crafty out of it, as much to prove a point to Felix.
I decided to make a lampshade with a delicious set of Starry Night, Van Gogh washi tape. Even though it is sticky, I didn't trust it to be strong enough to hold a shade together, and making the rings sticky (as you do) held them onto the styrene.
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| Building those rows, one at a time. Ever so carefully not leaving even a sliver of white between the strips. |
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| All filled up now, the ends roughly trimmed and tucked in. |
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| I gently tucked the tape around the rings, nice and tidy! |
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| And finally, here we are. It's silly, but I like it. I think it's still in the shop. Felix hated it! heehee! |
It's been at least two years since I made a lampshade and I miss it. Once, fabrics were divided into ones that would make a good lampshade, and the rest!
I still have a few lampshades in me. I'll get there...
Dear Mrs. C.,
ReplyDeleteIt's brilliant! Hee-hee, smoke the joke?
Anyhow, really, it's a terrific lampshade with high cool factor. Love the coloration and the bias angling.
How I wish I could make lampshades decently. The most recent effort, and it's 15 years old if it's a day, were little shades for a three-arm chandelier. They are adequate at shading the bulbs, and barely that. I am sure my mother would like th em to go away quietly. One of these years :)
Very best, and let's see, it's just past midwinter there, no? Hoping it's nice. It was 95 Fahrenheit today here and definitely not nice.
Natalie
Hello! Oh I used to be obsessed by those dear wee shades, at one point you couldn't look at a second hand sales site without a wash of them but when I was at peak longing, they had all gone. It is so often in the timing. They are such fun to cover. I had a student in my stretch frame lampshade class (it is a totally different process) bring a bunch of little ones for her 1960s caravan which she was decorating and we had so much fun with them. I have a few older posts about them. I can see with your patience for hand work, that you could have fun recovering them again some time, when you have time (lols). It is most definitely not 95 here, ew I am so sorry sounds sweaty and miserable. It is according to an online calculator, 56 F. <3
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