Post #241996 by Eleio the fleet on Mon, Jul 10, 2006 9:03 AM

Aloha everyone!

Though the existing photos for this thread are no longer available, I just wanted to thank everyone for having participated in this discussion and sharing your work.

Going by the photos and everyone else's input, I got up the guts to create my own.

I'm in Denver, so my access to Tapa (especially within my price range) was very limited for this project. Therefore, the closest "tribal" cloth pattern I could find at the time, was African. Having learned a great deal from this project, I plan to make another using tapa and the woven cording.

Anyway, here's a picture of my work.

So you are aware, this light is portable, meaning that it's not set up with an electric light fixture. I chose to do this because I'm not confident in my wiring skills and keeping the lighting battery powered means that I can set up the lamp almost anywhere. The light derives from a dissected set of those color changing tiki head party lights. The battery pack lasts about three hours, but there is also an electric plug in, if needed.

If memory serves, the lamp is 5 feet long. 20 inches in the center and 16 on the ends.