John and I made this lamp a few weeks ago (yes, we are crafty in many ways). I must admit I was inspired just a little by all those super cool mid-century plastic ones that are way too expensive for me to even dream about. And while you can get perfectly good knock-offish ones from IKEA, why do that when you can Dr Frankenstein it with stuff you already have? So I did some number crunching and figured out how many pieces I could cut from one sheet of Canson paper at what size, chopped em out and strung them on two loops. The loops are bamboo, ripped out of some mangled paper lanterns I couldn't bring myself to throw away. Good thing I didn't, eh? Eh? John rigged some wire to hold the thing on the chord, and viola. I am super satisfied.always, carolyn
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