Post #421450 by Hakalugi on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 4:35 AM

On 2008-11-30 04:02, Pikeys Dog wrote:
The central part of the lamp still screams out 'classical' Roman / Greek.

Why not wrap it with hessian then varnish it to give it a bark effect?

Pikeys Dog is right. Something more has to be done. If you were serious about it you would just replace the whole thing, but since you are not, further modification looks to be required. Beyond hessian wraps and varnish, you could encapsolate portions in bamboo and wrap with reed/cane binding.