old lamp | new lamp
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To think I was going to throw this old lamp away. If it weren’t for a dream I had two nights ago, I would have eventually gotten rid of it. And because of that dream and the work of art I created in it, I now have a new lamp. But let me tell you, this thing was the most difficult object I have ever decopatched. It’s spherical, collapsible and spins on a moving axis, a true pain in the neck (literally). I did it though, and the result is, if I should say so myself, a lot nicer than the one I made in my dream. Don’t you love it when that happens?
first thing i did was fish out some old food-color-dyed napkins to cover the original lampshade
what a pain. i was covered in glue
a few hours later and the shade is finally covered. a less challenging feat would have been to decopatch the entire set of my internal organs. never again
i found this great tracing paper stashed away among my many note/sketchbooks. i thought that this was where the fun would begin. i was wrong
the first figure complete
there IS life on mars. sticking the tracing paper on proved even more challenging than the napkins. the paper is very hard and dry, but it surprised me by creating an ethereal effect
lights on
ok so it's a little red light district
stretch. i don't know why but this sort of reminds me of fossilized mosquitos in amber
girly one
girly two
girly three
floating membranous planet
all lights out but one. a sun in the middle of my studio
some more girlies for my lamp. there's a dark room feel here
the figures just weren't sticking to the shade. i had to use both hands, my head, the wall. my son took this picture
interrogation room
fixing her hair
love it! i’ve been feeling pretty crafty myself… i want to craft party if you want to join in anytime.
nice work
what a dream….. look what it triggered- the red light girls
Wow! Remarkable…amazing…brilliantly creative…
…what a great idea! Who is gonna be the lucky person on chirstmas? ;)
Me :)