PET Bottle Tiffany Lamp

PET is one of the most widely spread material now a days. No matter where on planet Earth you are, chances are there is a PET bottle lying just around the corner.
But even in that plastic, soulless ugliness, beauty can lie.
So I have a project: to transform PET in other things. It goes from ultramodern cyberpunk bags to tiffany lamps.


This instructable is about how to make a totally fake tiffany lamp out of 2 PET bottles, epoxy putty and lamp spare parts.

Step 1: You will need:

Materials:

   * 2 PET bottles, one 10 litres, one small with an interesting stylized shape.
   * 2 plastic soda bottle caps (only one shown in the image)
   * 1 lamp kit. If you can't find a lamp kit, like me, you'll need
          * a lamp socket
          * about 30 cm (about 12 inches) of long threaded pipe
          * 2 hex nuts
          * about 1.5m (about 5 ft) of lamp cord
          * a plug
          * a harp (I didn't get one)
   * Epoxy putty (about 250g or 1/2 pound)
   * A piece of thin MDF, about 10cm x 15cm (4in x 6in)
   * metallic gold spray paint
   * transparent spray paint
   * black and silver acrylic craft paint
   * patina or dark metallic paint or alcohol based wood inks or brown liquid shoe polish
   * glossy acrylic transparent varnish
   * black or gray colored liquid lead
   * cheap ballpoint pens in various colors. I used blue, light blue, green and purple.
   * permanent marker (like Sharpie).
   * lampshade design (mine is a dragonfly)
   * a light bulb (less than 60W) or a compact fluorescent lamp (energy-saving light)

Tools:
   * pliers
   * utility knife
   * scissors
   * cotton swabs
   * screwdriver
   * hot glue
   * hot glue gun
   * a little water
   * a container for mixing the ink
   * a ruler
   * measuring tape
   * optional: a cutting board

Comments

[Hermea]

I wonder if gel pens would work for multiple different color possibilities or whether their ink composition is too different.

[vafaservices]

wonderful,amazing,awesome, many thanks from Iran.

[martingudell]

Have no compliments enough to give you. IT IS A MASTERPIECE. Thanks a lot!

[Cassandra-Dido]

Thanks to every one for the nice comments. Sorry for the horrible English, is not my first language.

[cdawisconsin]

Wow. Beautiful work.

[bricabracwizard]

This is brilliant!! I also thought at some point you'd used stained glass and then when I read through your instructable I was blown away. Very, very intricate work .... well done!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

That is amazing! I thought it was real stained glass when I clicked on it! Very beautiful :)

[Cassandra-Dido]

Thank you so much for your comment. Is my first instructable, thank you again!