Post #758122 by swizzle on Fri, Jan 29, 2016 11:18 PM

Thank you Wendy. I enjoy routing the bottoms of the lamps but it really tests me trying to come up with different patterns that i haven't already done, although there are some that i really like and are easy to draw up so i there will always be some that are the same.

Thank you hiltiki and Lori. I appreciate your comments.

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I have a few more lamps i've finished to show you but before i get to them here's a couple of displays i made for my swizzle sticks. These pics were posted in another thread and i realised i hadn't posted them here in my own thread, so here they are for those that might have missed them. I have enough swizzle sticks left for at least one more of these, if not two, but when i get around to making the new ones they will be a different colour. I glued some placemats i found at the thrift store onto some foam core board and sewed the sticks on with fishing line. The bamboo frame is actually moulding i bought from a framing supplier a long time ago.

Now here are my most recent lamps i've finished. All of these lamps use cane/wicker basket type things that i found in thrift stores for the body. The last two pictured i tried a different way of attaching the fabric compared to how i have done it on all the cylinder shaped lamps i have made and i'm quite happy with the results. The idea still needs a little tweaking but overall i'm going to continue using this new method. Every lamp i make i learn something from which i take with me onto the next one and i know what works and what doesn't, or, it teaches me what not to do to get a better a result and make my life easier.

I'm quite happy with this particular lamp. I think the shape is quite unusual and not like anything i recall seeing before. And although the fabric is still washed out the pic, this lamp, and the next one especially, actually show up quite good in the photos when lit up.

And finally, this guy. I really love this light and will be keeping it for myself, unless someone wants to pay me big $$$ for it. :lol: I was really happy with how it turned out and had made that decision when i finished it. After i saw what it looks like lit up that confirmed it for me that this one is staying with me.

Well that's going to be it for a little while. I have a few bits and pieces for some other lamps laying around but it will be a while before anything else gets finished.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers
swiz