Cube Cardboard Lamp

There is not much to say except that this lamp is COMPLETELY made with cardboard! 

I hope I can make this instructable easy enough for all of you to try it.
I needed a lot of patience to make this lamp but the results are worth it. I can't tell you enough how rewarding it is! :)

Step 1:

Draw many little strips 5mm x 8cm (0.19 x 3.14 inches) on a thick piece of cardboard and cut them.
I can't tell exactly how many you need because it depends very much on how thick your strips are but you can make some now and some later.

To obtain the effect of this lamp, you need corrugated fiberboard.

Comments

[armorlord]

Here's my version of the lamp. I must say it only looks good from certain angles - where the lamp is not directly viewed.

[lindarose92]

I believe it looks REALLY nice!! Thank you for showing it to me! :)
What's wrong with the other angles?

[armorlord]

Notice that the picture is taken from a 45 degree angle to the cube. If I were to look directly at one of the sides, I would be able to see the light bulb inside and not be able to see the dimming affect of the cardboard.

So whenever we have guests over and I break out the lamp, I made sure to put it in such a way that only the corners can be viewed.

[Beauhunt]

Very cool and creative.

[lindarose92]

Thank you very much!

[Charlestark]

great idea! I'll try to do it

[lindarose92]

Thank you! Post the picture here if you do it, I am curious to see it :)

[thejunkmonger]

would really be cool to encase the cardboard squares in clear resin that way they wouldn't be a dust magnet and would also last a long time. for example http://www.dickblick.com/products/castincraft-clear-polyester-casting-resin/

[lindarose92]

I tend to use what I already have only but that would be a great idea, thank you! :)

[Tuki-Taki(Anannya Islam)]

wow!!! great idea...:)

[chuchomalaga]

Congratulations!! I'm teacher in Malaga (Spain) and since I proposed my pupils (12-13 years old) your lamp, they are excited. This is Denis Contreras Hernandez lamp. He had done all by himself. Thanks for your inspiration.

[lindarose92]

Oh this is so nice!! I can't believe that it was done by a 12 year old, he did a great job! It makes me really happy, thank you for showing it to me! :)

[seb_bd]

Awesome project! I did mine following your instructions.
You should precise that people should make always the same pattern for a "big square". If they don't, some strips of different squares will be lined up when you make the cube (like on my picture) and it won't be pretty! Keep up the good work :)

[lindarose92]

Wow, this is great! It's the first time that someone makes a project following my ideas and it's so rewarding :) Actually yours looks better than mine in some ways :D Thank you so much for showing it to me!
And you are right about the pattern, I am sorry I didn't mention that in my instructable, I am going to edit it now!

[seb_bd]

You're all welcome, it was a pleasure doing it :)

[Tarun Upadhyaya]

Congratulations!! We are the winners :-).

[lindarose92]

Yaaay thank you! I am so excited about it! Congratulations to you too!! :)

[Tarun Upadhyaya]

me toooo :), can't wait to get my hands on those tools :)

[lindarose92]

Exactly! I hope they arrive soon :D I love your 'ibles by the way!

[Tarun Upadhyaya]

I am so glad that you love my iBles. As you can see I am a light lover, I loved this cubed lamp of yours :).

[lindarose92]

Thank you! Since I started to try and make lamps, I too am in love with them now! It's an unlimited world and I keep having new ideas :)

[Tarun Upadhyaya]

Oh yes, the possibilities are endless :)

[Muhaiminah Faiz]

Congrats on winning the cardboard contest! :)

[lindarose92]

Thank you!! I am so happy about it! :)

[786Ayesha]

Congratulations!Finalist.I like this very much.All the best

[lindarose92]

Thank you so much! :)

[christopher eccles cake]

this is excellent, we still have loads of cardboard in our shed from when we moved a couple of years ago so i'm defiantly trying this, it looks superb!

[lindarose92]

Thank you! Have fun doing it!! :)

[shazni]

congratulations on making the finalists!

[lindarose92]

Thank you! I am so happy about it!!

[Jessie Marie]

Wow, this is such a cool idea!

[lindarose92]

Thank you so much! :)

[fire1888]

Great idea and instructions, it is all about textures, love it!!!

[lindarose92]

Thank you very much! :)

[Peris The Majestic]

Great work!! I really like it :D I see you as a finalist of this contest

[lindarose92]

Guardando il tuo progetto, noto ora che anche tu sei italiano! :D

[Peris The Majestic]

ahah ma tu guarda! non devono essere molti gli italiani che conoscono questo sito... mi fa davvero piacere! (tra l'altro vedo che ti sei data parecchio da fare! un sacco di progetti!) che vinca il migliore ;)

[lindarose92]

Grazie! Ora in effetti mi sento un po' più a casa sapendo che non sono l'unica italiana haha...in bocca al lupo! :)

[lindarose92]

Thank you, I really hope so! I hope to get enough votes (*hint: please vote for me!) :D

[uncle frogy]

I discovered by accident trying to make a shoe rack out of cardboard the best laminating glue to work with cardboard. It is waterborne urethane. It is water clean up and recommended for floors it also has a one hour dry time..
It also penetrates the cardboard and leaves it much stronger.
I love working with cardboard. great idea
uncle frogy