Plastic Origami Lampshade
Turn the piece back over then stand it up to make the lampshade shape.
Plastic origami lampshade. This is to make the head of our lampshade. Use thin copper wire as the stem and cut into pieces the length of 15 20cm wire through the plastic leaves and twist leaf with extra 10 15 mm wire at the end. The one shown here is simple enough to be aced by everyone.
Cut the upper part of it carefully with a knife. It took me a few tries before mastering it so don t give up. Diy lampshade material adhesive styrene sheet for lampshade making pre cut length of 17 5 inches high x 40 inches wide pressure sensitive styrene plastic sheet perfect for making lampshades 4 5 out of 5 stars 253.
The diy origami lampshade is quite simple in the end it is all about getting the folds exactly right. Cut the plastic bottle. Designer yaroslav olenev was named the winner of the ecology and design sector of future now magazine for his incredible plastic spoon lamp.
The catch is that my version only has 3 rows and anyone who s ever tried to fold a letter into an envelope knows that it s far easier to fold things in half or other powers of two. The design of this lamp is based on the origami magic ball which has a 2 1 ratio of length height but which is better suited to a lamp if you have a 4 1 ratio. It also holds the bulb holder over.
Take an empty plastic bottle and hold it horizontal. There are triangular folds that stand up from the piece. Work along the top edge of the piece using a stapler to secure the two layers of each triangular fold together as close to the base as you can.
Of course this depends on the design you choose. Origami lampshades are among the most interesting and most fun ones and as it turns out they re also pretty easy to make. An acrylic painted old bottle has been got here as a lamp base the illuminated lampshade has been done using a plastic sheet cardboard.
Heat the needle or wire to penetrate a hole of each leaf. As you can see it s made out of wallpaper not regular paper. Turn the folded piece upside down.
If you do the folding in right order and precisely using 160 gsm paper the lamp starts to form while folding. This really is a very creative manner to repurpose those utensils you get from take away ice creams and meals so start saving them up instead of throwing them in the garbage.
