SWIZ - Mugs 'n' Stuff....yep! More lamps (and some pendants). - Other Crafts

S swizzle Tiki Socialite Melbourne,Australia Joined: Jun 03, 2007 Posts: 1449	S swizzle Posted posted on Sun, Jan 17, 2016 7:49 PM Thank you Wendy, although Australia might think otherwise. :D Thanks Joe. Because i started buying baskets when i first decided to try my hand at making lamps, the routed tops and bottoms were what i came up with as the way to attach everything. I'm happy with how they turn out and am trying to come up with my own style and not copy anybody else, at least not too directly. Your lights look great also. Cheers MDM. I can be creative if i want to, i just need to not be so lazy. Thank you hiltiki. About half of what fabric i have has come from eBay. I was very lucky to find that store and pick up something different. Cheers Skipman. Thanks TikiAno. ======================================================================================================== Just a couple more lights to show at the moment. I have three in progress but it's been too hot to work outside at the moment. In my previous post i said that i planned to cover the third frame i had ready with the red fabric that was pictured, but after laying it out and having a look at it, the quality of the print was not very good (the screens weren't registered properly when they printed it so everything is outside the lines) so i went with the purple instead. Here's both sides of the same light and the bottom. It's probably been a couple of years since i first decided i wanted to have a go at making lights and i was buying basket type things to utilise in my lights from thriftstores, long before i actually got around to making my first light/lamp, and the following one pictured is one of the very first i bought. A few weeks ago by chance i happened to find another one exactly the same so as the bases on these were going to be the same size i made both at the same time. I've only posted a photo of one of them from front on as they both identical, save an extra washer being added to the lid on one, and a pic of each base. I'm going to keep the one with the cowrie shells for myself and TRY to sell the other one. More soon. Cheers swiz

Thank you Wendy, although Australia might think otherwise. :D

Thanks Joe. Because i started buying baskets when i first decided to try my hand at making lamps, the routed tops and bottoms were what i came up with as the way to attach everything. I'm happy with how they turn out and am trying to come up with my own style and not copy anybody else, at least not too directly. Your lights look great also.

Cheers MDM. I can be creative if i want to, i just need to not be so lazy.

Thank you hiltiki. About half of what fabric i have has come from eBay. I was very lucky to find that store and pick up something different.

Cheers Skipman.

Thanks TikiAno.

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Just a couple more lights to show at the moment. I have three in progress but it's been too hot to work outside at the moment.

In my previous post i said that i planned to cover the third frame i had ready with the red fabric that was pictured, but after laying it out and having a look at it, the quality of the print was not very good (the screens weren't registered properly when they printed it so everything is outside the lines) so i went with the purple instead.

Here's both sides of the same light and the bottom.

It's probably been a couple of years since i first decided i wanted to have a go at making lights and i was buying basket type things to utilise in my lights from thriftstores, long before i actually got around to making my first light/lamp, and the following one pictured is one of the very first i bought. A few weeks ago by chance i happened to find another one exactly the same so as the bases on these were going to be the same size i made both at the same time. I've only posted a photo of one of them from front on as they both identical, save an extra washer being added to the lid on one, and a pic of each base. I'm going to keep the one with the cowrie shells for myself and TRY to sell the other one.

More soon.

Cheers
swiz

Post #757439 by swizzle on Sun, Jan 17, 2016 7:49 PM