Susan Pickering Rothamel of US ArtQuest tells how to create a decorative lampshade with art paper.
Materials:
craft knife
old lampshade
cardboard tubes, straws or sticks
ruler
wire
hot-glue gun and glue sticks
newsprint paper
art papers
scissors
rubber stamp
tinted ink pad
small dipper
embossing powder
heat gunglue tape
trim paper
mica tiles
Steps:
- Use a craft knife to cut the square lampshade off the old frame.
- Measure and cut a cardboard tube or straw to fit the corners of the lampshade frame.
- Thread wire through the tubes so that a couple of inches of wire sticks out at each end. Add a dab of hot glue to hold the wire inside. Let dry.
- Twist the ends of the wire to attach the ends of the tube to the top and bottom of the shade frame (figure A). Repeat for all four corners. Apply a dab of hot glue at the corners to hold down the wire (figure B).
- Use an old shade as a pattern and draw a template on newsprint paper. Cut out newsprint slightly larger than the lampshade because the finished paper will have to wrap around the frame.
- Trace newsprint template onto art paper of choice (figure C). Cut out.
- Stamp the design onto art paper with rubber stamp and ink. Before the ink dries, use a small dipper to sprinkle embossing powder onto the design. Let dry, then shake off the excess powder.
- Use a heat gun to set the embossing powder on the design. (A blow dryer is not hot enough.)
- Use the craft knife to cut out portions of the design, making holes in shade.
- Apply glue from glue tape (figure D) around the top and bottom of the shade and wrap the shade onto the frame.
- Use glue tape to apply trim paper as desired.
- If desired, glue mica tiles onto the design so that light shows through the tiles.
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