A simple lampshade of thread can become a wonderful decor element in your kitchen or in a dining room above the dining table. Thanks to its visual transparency and uncomfortable, it gives airiness and ease and weightlessness to the surrounding interior. Pick up the threads of the desired color, combine the colors and textures of the thread, select the desired ball size - and you will have a unique lampshade that you can make your own hands.
Tip: Before you start creating a lampshar, practice on smaller thread balls . After you make some small balls, you will understand how much glue should be applied to the thread, as a tight and at what distance to apply the hundreds, which thread thread to give preference. Small balls can be placed in a plate and put on the table under the lampshade, creating an interesting composition.
You will need:
One big inflatable balloon
Pump to pump a ball
Several motors of threads (it is desirable to take threads of different thickness of cotton or acrylic)
Petrolatum
Glue (best take the wallpaper glue)
Light bulb
Marker
Instruction:
Step1: Place the volumes with a thread in the tank with glue and how the threads should be blocked. It is advisable not to mock all the threads at once, but to do it portion so that they do not confuse.
Step2: Inflate the ball and spread it with a thin layer of vaseline.
Step 3: With the help of a marker, sink a small circle around the bowl base. The circle should be of this size so that the light bulb can pass through it. This circle should remain without threads.
Step4: Suspend the ball vertically.
Step 5: Wake up the ball with threads - first thread thread, then thread of the fond. Distribute the shoes evenly around the ball. Give threads to dry out for 24 hours.
Step 6: Place the lamp inside the lampshar, secure the lampshade at the right cord altitude - and everything is ready!
Some more photos of lampshades made using the same technique:
