Post #753183 by swizzle on Mon, Oct 26, 2015 6:13 PM

Thanks bamalamalu. Not every one i make will have reused parts but i like the idea of finding something that gives me a base to start with.

Cheers hang10tiki.

Thanks tikiskip. I'm always looking for baskets i can use when i'm in thrifstores but it's not that often i'll find anything good. Although, having said that, i do have a bunch of bits and pieces which i've collected over the last year or so when i decided i wanted to start making lights.

hiltiki, thank you for your compliments. I try to be as precise as i can but if you saw my work up close you'd see that that is not always the case.

El Jefe, cheers buddy.

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So i mentioned in my previous post that i had put one of my other lights on hold while i worked on a new idea i had and here it is. I'm pretty happy with how this turned out and plan on making more like it but also using different images and some table top versions. After making this one i remade the template and changed the chin shape and nose a little bit as i wasn't 100% with it.

First a few progress shots.

Here's the first panel cut out.

Assembled and burnt.

Stained.

And finished.

When the light is not on you can only see the hessian in the panels and then when it is the coloured fabric i put behind it shows. There's a light green and dark green on opposite sides to one another which you can see in the pics but unfortunately they look a lot whiter than it really is because of the photo.

I've started work on a table top version which i'm going out to continue working on now. Still deciding on what fabric i'll be using for it though. I'll post pics when it's done.

Cheers
swizzle