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Tiki Modern lamp
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Sat, May 4, 2013 2:32 PM
I have been making concrete tiki's for my yard and house lately (still working up to a fountain) and I got the inspiration to make a lamp, largely spurred by a Witco lamp pictured in 'Tiki Modern' that has a cool bachelor pad leopard print lampshade. I don't have the chain saw that would allow me to reproduce the Witco look, but I set out to create something that would have that tiki modern feel that my heart so fondly desires. |
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Sat, May 4, 2013 2:46 PM
By the way, I am hard on the hunt for the ideal leopard print fabric with which to cover the shade for this. I want something that looks like classic fifties or early sixties leopard print, which tends to have the look of a pelt with a darker area where the leopards backbone runs. The prints I am finding online are more a over all pattern. I really want this thing to look period correct.... if any one here has any ideas, please let me know. [ Edited by: Gwen 2013-05-04 14:47 ] |
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Sat, May 4, 2013 8:25 PM
Love where you are headed with this lamp. Great idea. As for vintage fabric, you might try Etsy. I have had luck on there before finding stuff that I couldn't find on ebay. Good luck. I look forward to seeing more on this lamp. Dale |
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Sun, May 5, 2013 8:48 AM
Gwen, Love the lamp, what a great idea! When you get a chance post some pics of your yard tikis. Or if you have already, point me in the right direction. I'd love to see your growing group! |
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Sun, May 5, 2013 12:28 PM
Here is the lamp base as of today. I am pretty taken with this sand heavy concrete mix. The sand creates a matt finish which I think has a very early sixties look to it. I want to do a giant version of this for my yard! |
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Sun, May 5, 2013 12:59 PM
DIG IT! |
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Gwen
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Tue, May 7, 2013 4:38 PM
Here is the lamp as of today- all finished! I made the shade from buckram and covered it with some fabric I found at Jo-ann fabric. I admit to being very pleased with it. I really think it has the mid century swinging bachelor pad vibe that I was going for. [ Edited by: Gwen 2013-05-07 16:44 ] |
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Tue, May 7, 2013 4:44 PM
Here is the lamp as of today- all finished! I made the shade from buckram and covered it with some fabric I found at Jo-ann fabric. I admit to being very pleased with it. I really think it has the mid century swinging bachelor pad vibe that I was going for. img]https://tikicentral.com/uploads/77548/51898fd3.jpg[/img] |
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Tue, May 7, 2013 5:36 PM
Wow! Impressive mid century modern look! I really dig it! |
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Tue, May 7, 2013 7:15 PM
Looks great Gwen. Are you familiar with http://www.spoonflower.com ? If your computer graphics skills are as good as your painting skills you can design your own fabric for lampshades (or whatever). No minimum and prices start at about $20/yd. That could be expensive if you were making a California King bedspread, but not so bad for a lampshade. Sophista-Tiki has over 100 great Tiki designs there you could buy also. I suspect she paints some of her designs as watercolors then scans and manipulates them but I don't know that for sure. At any rate, it's a great resource for an artist. |
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Tue, May 7, 2013 7:32 PM
Thanks for the wonderful tip, Mad Dog Mike! What a great business concept that is. My computer graphic skills are non-existent, but I just signed up for a class to help remedy that, so perhaps in the not so distant future I might be able to make use of spoonflower. I had so much fun making this lamp I am half tempted to make more and see if I can sell them. |
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Tue, May 7, 2013 7:58 PM
Great looking lamp. I think you succeeded in creating the look you wanted. Wonderful job. Dale |
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Hale Tiki
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Wed, May 8, 2013 4:23 AM
Gwen, you can always paint a fabric pattern then scan it in! Then it would have a painterly look to it. Food for thought. |
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Gwen
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Wed, May 8, 2013 7:40 AM
Good idea. For now, I am obsessing on the lamp base itself. I keep looking at this and thinking how it would be better if the base where longer with a more pronounced taper. So I guess I will be doing a second one when time allows. |
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Wed, May 8, 2013 8:04 AM
The completed lamp looks good, Gwen. I think your next one should be a traditional Moai. MAking them to sell is an excellent idea but it would have to be from ITMP or something because I think shipping would be cost prohibitive. |
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Wed, May 8, 2013 8:19 AM
Very cool lamp Gwen, great job! |
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Gwen
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Wed, May 8, 2013 8:56 AM
Thanks for the kind words, Lori! If I decide to make them to sell, I would definitely do a traditional Moai. I would also cast it from concrete mixed with vermiculite, which would make it drastically lighter weight. |
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Gwen
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Wed, May 8, 2013 8:56 AM
Thanks for the kind words, Lori! If I decide to make them to sell, I would definitely do a traditional Moai. I would also cast it from concrete mixed with vermiculite, which would make it drastically lighter weight. |
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Wed, May 8, 2013 9:04 AM
Wow that is a really cool lamp. You've started something great. Each time you do a new project you can just edit the title by going to page one - edit and type the change and submit. I do this every day. Your thread with all your projects would be terrific to see together. Cheers, Wendy |
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Gwen
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Wed, May 8, 2013 10:24 AM
Thank you for the great tip, Wendy! I will do just that. |
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Wed, May 8, 2013 12:27 PM
That turned out very nicely, now let's see another! |
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