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We had to improvise a sery of lamps for the annual design school exhibition of 2010. We came up with an idea of a very big dôme shiny blue inside and ...
First, we found a big trash can. A kind of big cardboard sonotube. This seemed perfect to create a vacuum chamber.
We inserted a tube inside the sonotube and sealed it with silicone. The tupe was was the good dimension for our shopvac. We attached them together wit...
We heated up a 1/8 clear sheet of Polyethylene clamped in a steel frame. Of course... you need a really big oven (wich we had). The sheet was 2'X2'. O...
To create the hole on top of the lamp shade, we heated an aluminum tube with a torch during 30 seconds. Once reached the good temperature, we used it ...
We clamped a Dremel to a table and used the flat surface to cut a regular edge. You will probably have to remove some extra plastic with grid 120 sand...
The first layer on the clear surface has to be the color you choosed. Use a paint that has very good covering capacity.
The second layer has to be while paint. This will give the glow to the color inside and patch the light holes.
The last layer we chose was mate black paint (or black board paint). It gives a nice contrast with the colorful and shiny inside.
Chose your bulb. Don't go over 60 watts. Make some tests!
The IKEA suspension kit comes with a screw knob that will help you fix the lampshade to the socket. That's how industrial design students end up doin...
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Do you have any idea what the Melting point is? I've been searching for this method for awhile.
thanks,
Zapp