This was a project I attempted without a commercial lamp shade mold. Instead, I took an old paper shade, filled it with styrofoam from a spray can, and build the shade on that. I learned alot from this project, like next time to use a commercial mold. And also, use smaller feather pieces so they will lay flatter to the mold. This version was 366 pieces.
I got the idea from a lamp I saw on the internet, but this design is my own.
Getting started on the grind.
grinding continues – the orange and yellow eye rings are tedious.
finished grinding (24 feathers, 30 eyes)
washing the pieces (468 in total)
washing and sorting the groups. Each feather and eye into its own envelope.
gluing the ones that broke (maybe 4 ot them)
24 feathers, 24 envelopes each with an eye (some have 2 eyes)
foiling (a very relaxing task)
starting the assembly with push pins on the styrofoam mold
1/4 of the way around
3/4 of the way around
almost done fitting the pieces onto the mold
such concentration – I’m prpbably wondering what’s for lunch!
all the feathers are fitted onto the mold – next the eyes (no photo of that)
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