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So, having figured out how to do it right, we take on its main lighting and at the same time decorative elements: a lampshade and a ceiling. Reflectors are technologically simpler; their manufacture and fastening to the supporting structure of the chandelier does not cause difficulties.

About attaching lampshades

The Internet is full of pictures with really very beautiful homemade lamps. However, considering them Ask yourself: how do you replace a light bulb? The answer is not always found in the primary sources. Ways of fastening lighting elements in lamps that allow replacing the lamp without the use of a tool will be discussed in, but the technological methods described later in this article are designed to ensure that the lampshade in this case either moves up or is removed down, or you can simply climb into it with your hand.

materials

In order of increasing complexity (and durability), do-it-yourself lampshades and ceiling lamps at home can be made from paper, plastics, threads, ready-made tubes of various kinds, twine or yarn, framed with a fabric cover and stained glass. The last 2 are quite complex, but with a skillful approach to work on lighting and decorative qualities, they can surpass expensive purchased ones.

Paper

It is easiest to make a paper lampshade: from materials other than paper, you will need threads and PVA glue, and from a tool - a sewing needle, scissors and, possibly, a sharp mounting knife. However, paper lampshades are fragile and therefore suitable mainly for chandeliers. But a damaged paper lampshade is easy to replace with a new one.

You can make a lamp out of paper a little stronger in various ways. The simplest is to collect a balloon-ball from paper strips, gluing them at the poles and among themselves, pos. 1 in fig. However, the design in this case is uniform: sufficient strength of the product is ensured only and only by its spherical shape.

Another way is to strengthen the paper itself. It will require some additional material: copper enameled winding wire with a diameter of 0.25-0.4 mm or threads. In the first case, the lampshade will fit without additional hardening for a floor lamp, and in the second, for overhead decorative elements, you will need a solid supporting base, for example. from a plastic bottle. The paper for the lampshade is strengthened with wire as follows:

• On a sheet with a density of 90-140 g/sq. see deduce the contours of the details.
• With a finely sharpened pencil, or a mechanical one with a 0.6 mm rod, the stiffness grid lines are drawn. If the lampshade will be glued together from several solid or slightly cut sheets, the grid lines should form a seamless pattern.
• Apply a thin layer of PVA glue with a brush.
• When the glue dries to a tack, the veins are applied along the grid - stiffeners - from the wire.
• Lubricate the same PVA sheet with a density of 35-60 g / sq. cm, impose on the first and gently smooth with your fingers.
• A day later, the details are cut out with scissors, glued together and painted. In this way, even imitations of the wings of rare species of butterflies, pos. 2; in this case, Maak's swallowtail.

When using threads, both sheets are taken with a density of up to 60 g / sq. see Then, as said, you will need a carrier base, but it is possible to imitate even the texture of rose petals, pos. 3.

Note: a paper lampshade, durable "almost like a real one" can be made from papier-mâché. The technology, rather laborious, is described below, see lampshades for the kitchen.

Plastics

It is elementary to make a lampshade for a chandelier from disposable plastic cups fastened with a stapler, see fig. Its lighting qualities are very good, but the view is frankly utilitarian. Therefore, it makes sense to use such lampshades in rooms with rather high requirements for the quality of lighting, but not in front rooms. The radiation pattern (DN) of the glass lampshade forms a cardioid.

Lampshade made of plastic glasses

A fan-shaped DN with a wide opening, very soft light in the central spot and uniform illumination in the side zone, makes it possible to achieve a lamp with a cone lampshade (or pineapple?) from bitten plastic spoons based on a PET bottle with a cut bottom, see fig. Effective softening of light is achieved by the fact that the spoons work as translucent bowl-shaped reflectors. They are glued to the bottle and glued together with silicone glue, mounting or glue gun. Cyanoacrylate glue is also suitable, but it must be taken thick. Cheap "superglue" is very fluid, the streaks will spread everywhere and spoil the glossy surfaces of the spoons.

From bottles alone, you can also make good lampshades. For example, a sphere from their bottoms fastened with a stapler, like stopar cups (see the figure for a mini-master class) will give a cardioid pattern; however, in comparison with the "ustakanenny" noticeably distorted. But in the country or in the back rooms, a chandelier made of bottoms is quite useful.

Bottle bottom lampshade

Romantic soft light, somewhat spotty, but within acceptable limits, will give a ceiling-ball from bottle "hedgehogs"; however, they are more like blooming sea anemones - sea anemones, see photo on the right. It is not difficult to make the “hedgehogs” themselves: the bottoms are cut off from the bottles, the side walls are cut to the scar before narrowing into the neck, the strips are wrapped around the neck, glued with droplets of glue and fixed with threads or tape for reliability. However, to assemble the "hedgehogs" into a ceiling, you will need a transparent spherical base. It is obtained similarly to a lampshade made of threads (see below), only the threads are taken from white nylon or propylene no thicker than the 20th number, and instead of PVA - a colorless water-based acrylic varnish.

A very uniform illumination allows you to achieve, and very decorative, a lampshade made of leaves cut from bottles, see fig. It is assembled on a temporary spherical mandrel, see below.

The step-by-step master class in this case is also simple, but it requires patience, accuracy, some additional tool and, possibly, material:

1. We are preparing a soldering iron with a bronze nickel-plated tip (for dry soldering) at 40 W or with a conventional copper tip at 25 W;
2. If the sting is copper, you will also need a Teflon (fluoroplastic) tape 0.06 mm wide 60-80 mm;
3. Cut out the leaves from the bottle. From the point of view of lighting technology, pale green or light brown are better suited;
4. With a soldering iron tip (copper - through the film), we slightly melt the edges of the leaves, otherwise they will look unnatural;
5. With the tip of the sting (copper also through the film), we “draw” the veins;
6. With the plane of the sting between the veins, with light touches, we slightly melt the surface so that, like real leaves, it is not quite smooth;
7. Again, with the tip of the sting deeper, but without piercing, we bring out the central vein. It is convenient to do this on a soft heat-resistant lining (coarse calico or felt will go in several layers);
8. We put a thread in the central vein and melt it by “winding” the side roller onto the hollow;
9. Complex leaves, if required, we form by tying the threads of the leaves;
10. Having spread the leaves on the film (now any), we impregnate the threads with acrylic varnish from the pipette. After it dries, the foliage is ready for assembly.

Threads

The procedure for making Christmas decorations and lamps from threads is described many times in Runet. For example - video:

Video: do-it-yourself twine / thread lampshade

Here it can only be noted that, firstly, it will take at least 100 m of thread for a medium-sized lampshade. Secondly, it makes no sense to use inflatable balls as mandrels: after 10-20 turns, under the pressure of stretched threads, the ball protrudes where it is not necessary, and the result is something unspeakable. Thirdly, it is also not necessary to pre-soak the threads in flour paste: the product will turn out to be fragile and not moisture resistant.

As a mandrel in the manufacture of a lampshade from threads, it is best to use a tightly inflated chamber from a sports ball or a durable silicone beach ball inflated from a pump through a nipple. The mandrel is lubricated several times with petroleum jelly (lanolin), carefully rubbing it with your hands. It won't hurt the ball in any way; on the contrary, it will prolong its life.

Further, the thread is wound on the mandrel, continuously pulling through the simplest device, see fig. This mini-impregnating bath, so that it does not accidentally crawl, tip over and douse something with glue, is fixed on the table with adhesive tape; Convenient double sided. The glass is first pierced with a needle and thread, then poured with PVA or acrylic varnish and wound, tightening as necessary. Usually the thread goes through the bath itself, because. glue until it dries is a good lubricant.

When winding, do not forget to leave a window for entering the cable and cartridge - the strength of the cut thread ball drops sharply! A day after its completion, air is released from the mandrel and pulled out through the same window. It, “pro-vaselined”, sticks to the threads very rarely and fragilely: you can tear it off by slightly pulling or pressing it with your finger, and the product remains intact.

Note: jute, sisal or propylene twine can be used instead of thread, but there is a better use for it in a lampshade, see below.

And where is it all?

Plafonds-balls, see fig., Suitable for the nursery, because. form an even soft light. The one on the left is made from paper cupcake wrappers on a thread ball base. Threads - propylene or thin nylon colorless; binder - acrylic varnish. White in the coil, after impregnation with varnish, such threads become almost transparent. Lampshade-ball of cups (on the right) is not so interesting, because the dishes are all the same, but it is more difficult to tear it apart.

In the hallway, a hemispherical lampshade from the same cups is more suitable, see fig. on right. With a low lamp power (more precisely, its luminous flux), it will give a bright spot below and acceptable illumination of the rest of the room, so you can use low-heating incandescent lamps of 15-30 watts. The fact is that the resource of economy lamps and LEDs is sharply reduced with frequent on / off. And a low-power incandescent lamp, especially in the hallway, where the light is constantly off, will not significantly increase the cost of electricity.

A special case is the kitchen. The requirements for lighting in it are set out in a previous article. But the lampshade in the kitchen quickly gets dirty, and the soot eats in hard. Recall: bright light contributes to the condensation and bituminization of vapors of organic compounds. This is the sedimentation of soot; the lampshade is illuminated most brightly.

The simplest way out is a disposable paper lampshade. "Bump", as in pos. 1 fig. below, will give just the character of lighting needed in the kitchen, but you will have to do it again quite often. It is better to mold a papier-mâché lampshade on a suitable mandrel, pos. 2. After varnishing with acrylic varnish, it can be gently washed with a cloth with dishwashing detergent, and painted with a blacksmith's patina, it will look like handmade forged and certainly not like some old newspapers.

But the lampshade on pos. 3 - juice straws glued to the bottle - an example of an unsuccessful solution. Such a lampshade will give an ideal light for the kitchen (straws work partially as light guides), but it gets dirty quickly, you can’t clean it properly in any way, and the product is laborious. Plastic reflectors for local lighting kitchen lamps are best made from reusable plastic dishes, pos. 4, it is quite durable, inexpensive and easy to clean. Cups with handles and saucers, of course, are a matter of design decision, but bowls without a pattern are what you need.

How to make papier-mâché?

Papier-mâché material is useful for many purposes, so let's recall the technology of its preparation and use:

• Old newspapers, or better, the cheapest unglued writing paper, are torn into shreds about the size of a thumbnail. You will need a lot of paper!
• Scraps to the top fill a suitable dish; say, a liter glass jar.
• In boiling water, dilute 1/3-1/5 by volume of PVA.
• While the solution has not cooled down, fill it with paper pulp.
• Stir until the paper completely spreads into fibers.
• After cooling, papier-mâché is poured into consumable dishes or immediately put into action. You can store paper paste for up to 6 months. in the refrigerator in a tightly sealed container.
• Prepare the next batch in the same way.
• If the paper paste immediately goes to work, you can add the next one to the pasted area of ​​​​the mandrel, while the previous one is still wet and wrinkled with your fingers. If you finish it dry, the product, having dried, may fall apart into “cakes”.
• The workpiece is ready for varnishing, painting, etc. after a week of drying at a temperature of at least 22 degrees. The air temperature around the workpiece must be the same on all sides! It is impossible to dry on a battery, convector, under direct sunlight or an infrared emitter!

tubules

Lampshades and plafonds made of pieces of tubes are most often made for night lamps and lamps in the bedroom: due to the round section, they always have a significant refraction of light, which can be very intimate and romantic, but in most cases it is undesirable for permanent and working lighting. Lampshades made of translucent tubes also give a rather spotty light, see fig.; if you use pieces of a thin transparent PVC hose, then the play of light will turn out to be very beautiful, but you don’t need to look at it for a long time, and even more so read or sew in such a light.

Paper and other fibrous materials do not refract light much, but the tubes made of them are fragile in themselves. For example, it is better to make a lampshade from newspaper tubes on a frame, see below: precisely because they wrinkle easily, thin paper tubes are an excellent material for weaving. As for the lighting properties, paper, especially pure paper, is excellent.

Lampshade on the frame

Now let's get down to the lampshades, which are suitable for anywhere, incl. and for a table lamp, which can be pushed to the floor with an elbow. In addition, we will set the condition that the lampshade trim can be washed, cleaned, changed at will. Therefore, we do not touch glass or solid hard plastic lampshades; Also, you can't make them at home. That is, let's deal with lampshades on a frame with soft lining.

About lampshade fabrics

The decorative light cover of the lampshade is preferably sewn from fabric with fleecy threads, i.e. natural. Due to diffraction on smooth synthetic filaments, the light penetrating through such a lampshade may turn out to be hard. It is not difficult to choose a fabric for a lampshade by eye: through the sample, turning it smoothly, they look at some compact bright light source; preferably LED, because it gives the most coherent, i.e. orderly, light. The selection criterion is simple: the less moiré fringes observed from different angles of view, the better the fabric.

About lampshade restoration

The frame of the lampshade is quite laborious and technologically complicated, so first you need to look around at the farm: is there a lampshade from an old lamp lying around somewhere. Straightening it, repairing and updating the lampshade with a new cover will be easier than making a frame from scratch.

The discovered “basket” may turn out to be a very fanciful shape, and in order to build patterns (see below), it will be necessary to accurately measure its diameters in several places. In this case, a home-made caliper from 3 wooden slats and a pair of drawing squares will help out. Of course, he will not give the accuracy of the factory gauge, but achievable (+/-1 mm) is enough for cutting and sewing work. An idea of ​​the possibilities of such a tool is given in Fig.

The measurement procedure is 2-stage: on the sponges in the places where they touch the object, marks are made with a pencil, and then the size is taken between the marks with a tape measure. In order for the movable sponge to slide more smoothly, and, accordingly, to measure more accurately, a fluoroplastic film must be placed under the rubber bands holding it. To measure small diameters, the sponges are turned over with squares outward.

Building a pattern

Now we remove the necessary diameters: the lower and upper hoops (D1 and D11 in pos. 1 in the figure), the largest and smallest on the belts (D2, D6, D10), at the bends, i.e. where the curvature of the generatrix changes sign (D4, D8) and at breaks (D5). Others we take more or less evenly between the mandatory ones.

The diameters of the pattern of 6 wedges will be, taking into account the tightening of the fabric, equal to half of the measured diameters (pos. 2). If the wedges of the finished sleeve are supposed to be more or less, proportionally change the proportion of the diameter in the corresponding cross section of the pattern. But it's too early to cut and sew.

There, at pos. 2 shows that the stitching allowance is geometrically not completely similar to the template. In knot I (inward kink), this is not so bad: you can sew on a backsleeve and tighten the seam with a cord. If the decor of the lampshade involves ruffles, frills, scallops, etc., then perhaps this is how it should be: small folds will fall into place, and the cord will not be visible in the break of the contour.

However, on the contour shelf (node ​​II), whatever one may say, it is not possible to give an allowance so that the seam does not “leave”. In higher geometry, it is proved why, but we don’t need to climb into this jungle: we will simply cut the paper template along “capricious” diameters at breaks and shelves (pos. 3).

Cover tailoring

Now, how to sew a lampshade according to our patterns? First, separate parts of the sleeve are sewn; in this case bottom, middle and top. Then, the widest adjacent part (here, the middle) is sewn to the widest belt (bottom). Then, in the same way, 2 parts following the width are sewn together, etc. The bottom line is that the shortest transverse seam (we have Seam 2) is sewn last. In this sample, after sewing the bottom with the middle, the top is sewn to them. The tailoring of the cover is completed by trimming the excess allowances, except for the lower and upper collars. The edges must be hemmed.

Frame cover

The next stage is the landing of the cover on the frame. Here the machine can be sent to the closet: the work is exclusively manual. Step by step, the covering of the frame of the lampshade with a cover is carried out as follows:

1. The cover is turned inside out (that it was sewn from the inside, probably, and so it is clear) and put on the frame;
2. Wrap inward and stitch the top lapel;
3. Tighten and trim the fabric to the first fold (here - D8). If there was no hoop in the original sample, it must be placed in advance, see below;
4. The fabric is basted to the ribs of the frame from top to bottom alternately, and to the hoop at the inflection;
5. Repeat paragraphs. 3 and 4 to the next bend (now D5), and so on to the bottom hoop;
6. Wrap and stitch the bottom lapel.

frame

How the simplest lampshade frame of a table lamp or floor lamp is arranged can be seen in pos. 1 fig. Hanging for a chandelier is different in that the ring will be at the top, the extensions from it will go to the upper hoop, and then additional holes are needed in the ring for attaching the suspension.

The ring is cut out of a well-soldered and sufficiently strong sheet metal (bronze, brass, galvanized steel 0.4-2 mm thick) or durable plastic from 1 mm. A computer disk is suitable, under the E10 cartridge it will only need to drill holes for extensions and fasteners. The main dimensions of the ring for the E27 cartridge with fastening with union shaped nuts (pos. 3) are given in pos. 2. But it is unacceptable to make a ring for fastening in the gap between the body and the chuck collar with a skirt (pos. 4)! Such cartridges are fastened only with a threaded fitting in the cover!

How stretch marks are attached to the ring is shown in pos. 5: their blanks are not completely bent with a hook, inserted into the mounting holes and gently squeezed with pliers. Then, if the ring is metal, solder (see below). If plastic - fix with drops of superglue or silicone.

solder assembly

Frame parts are made of plastic steel wire with a diameter of 1.5-2 mm or bicycle spokes. The latter are much stronger, do not rust and do not require painting, but they must be bent carefully and they are soldered worse. To solder the frame you will need:

• Soldering iron of at least 65 W (preferably 100-150 W).
• 6% orthophosphoric acid solution. Sold, for soldering, in radio shops and construction. Orthophosphoric acid is also available as food additive E338 in the form of needle-like colorless hygroscopic crystals.
• Flux paste (gel for soldering), always with borax.
• Thin, 0.15-0.35 mm bare copper wire. You can take the veins from the electrical wire.
• Solder POS-30 or POS-40. They are refractory (which is why you need a powerful soldering iron), but much stronger than POS-61 and other fusible ones.

Note: phosphoric acid of medium strength, highly toxic and / or caustic fumes does not exude. But still, when working with it, you need to take precautions - wear goggles and gloves (household latex will do).

The key procedures for assembling the frame on soldering are shown in fig.

The phased brazed steel frame is assembled as follows:

• The ends of the linear blanks are kept for 3-4 minutes in acid (pos. 1), and then rinsed in water (pos. 2). Water needs at least 1 liter, and after 4-5 washes it must be changed.
• If the soldering is in the middle or the part is bent, soak a clean white rag in acid and wrap the place of soldering with it. They hold for about half a minute, then rinse the rags in acid, wrap the place of soldering with it again, and so on until the total time the acid acts on the metal reaches the same 3-4 minutes. After acid treatment, the part in this case is washed under running water for 1-2 minutes.
• Without touching the treated areas with bare fingers, the frame is completely assembled without soldering: the butt joints are tight, but not tight, i.e. with intervals between turns of 1.5-2 mm, wrapped with copper wire, pos. 3 and 4, and apply 2-3 drops of flux paste to each joint. Places of rations at the crosshairs of parts are wrapped with 2-3 turns of copper wire crosswise and fluxed with 1-2 drops.
• Semi-dry, i.e. without a hanging drop of solder, the rations are heated with a soldering iron tip until the flux spreads through all the cracks, pos. 5. It is not necessary to heat the flux to a boil and the appearance of vapors is not necessary. Also, the final result will be better if you heat the flux with a separate soldering iron with a dry bronze nickel-plated tip.
• They collect a drop of solder, apply it to the place of soldering (pos. 6) and heat it until it flows everywhere, as before the flux. The excess solder hanging below is carefully removed with a soldering iron tip. It is impossible to apply unmelted solder in the form of a flexible wire, and refractory solders are produced mainly in rods.

Fabric or twine?

Propylene packaging twine and paper tubes have good lighting properties. If the lampshade is made of woven twine or newspaper tubes, it will give an even soft light, and complex cutting and sewing work will disappear. But in the frame for a wicker lampshade, firstly, there must be at least 10-12 ribs evenly spaced around the circumference.

Note: if the frame is of a simple shape, then only 3-4 ribs can be load-bearing (steel) in it. Let the rest be at least made of straw, they are glued to the upper and lower hoops.

Secondly, to get the rims at the top and bottom, respectively. the training is either doubled in height, with a gap of 2-3 cm, or strips of thin metal or hard plastic of the same width are attached to them. Headbands are needed for decorative reasons: a solid one is wrapped with twine or a tube, and if the headband is double, weaving can be started with a figure eight. The entire side surface is braided like a basket.

Stained glass lampshade

Stained glass lampshades form the luminous flux mainly by refraction, so they are more suitable for the living room.

stained glass lampshades and plafonds

Fragments of stained glass are made of rhinestones, faceted or cabochons. A stained-glass lampshade is assembled on a heat-resistant mandrel (for example, a steel bucket). But compared to a stained-glass window for a window or door, here, since the connections of the elements are not continuous, but point-like, there are significant differences:

1. Solder is used only durable refractory, the same as for the lampshade frame, as well as flux with borax.
2. The framing of rhinestones before soldering is made only from a special copper foil - folia - 3-15 mm wide, depending on the width of the crystal rim.
3. The protective film is removed from the foil immediately before applying it to the crystal; do not touch the outer (soldered) surface of the foil with bare hands!
4. Also, you can not postpone the soldering of rhinestones wrapped in foil for tomorrow: copper will have time to oxidize, and the joints will turn out to be fragile.
5. Upon completion of the soldering and thorough washing of the flux residues (with a rag with alcohol; then with distilled water), the soldering is copper-plated, applying a thick blue solution of copper sulfate with a brush.
6. The remains of vitriol are washed off under running water. You can’t rub with a brush or even with cotton wool, because. the copper film on the solder is very thin.

A small surprise - about New Year's chandeliers and lampshades

New Year is coming soon, it's time to do it. And a Christmas chandelier. Chandelier? Yes. Remember how the festive mood falls if the overhead light is turned on in the room with the Christmas tree. For some, no, but New Year's lighting should correspond to the spirit of the holiday. Let's postpone lighting engineering until serious days, nothing from the festive light will happen to us in a few evenings. Cause, it's time, but it's also an hour of fun.

Usually a New Year's chandelier is a Christmas wreath attached to the chandelier in the living room with light bulbs woven into it. But even an experienced electrician would not need to engage in electrical work at height in the pre-holiday turmoil. And what if the tree is in the nursery, where is the paper chandelier? Then you can at least buy inexpensive plastic blanks for Christmas balls, a garland with colorless light bulbs, stick them into balls, and hang such a pile (on the left in the figure) where it is more convenient.

If the design of the “everyday” chandelier is suitable, you can screw candle lamps into it and decorate it with the same balls or, for example, painted cones, right there. Or you can try a little and make a New Year's jasmine chandelier with your own hands, as in the video below. New Year is New Year, whatever you say.

Video: do-it-yourself jasmine lampshade on the ceiling

Fortunately, you don't have to buy a lamp just because of a beautiful lampshade, since you can make it yourself. Yes, one that will cost less than buying a floor lamp, and at the same time it will be much more beautiful ..

How to make a beautiful DIY paper lampshade that can be used as a lamp

You will need

• Glass with a long stem
• Candle
• Rope - can be twisted from threads
• Lace with a tassel at the end
• decorative tape
• Scotch
• Scissors
• Transparent paper with a decorative pattern
• A little sand

Manufacturing process:

1. Make a template from plain A4 paper.

2. Attach the template to the transparent decorative paper with a pattern and circle it with a pencil. Then cut out the resulting image.

3. Glue the decorative tape to the edge of the paper.

4. Fix with adhesive tape a rope with a brush at the end on the back of the paper.

5. Glue the side ends of the paper to each other.

6. Tie a string to the stem of the glass.

7. Wrap it around the leg as shown in the figure below.

8. Pour sand into the glass, put a candle on top and light it.

9. Put on the made dome on the glass.

And such a beautiful lampshade turned out with a lamp.

How to make a lampshade for a floor lamp with your own hands

You will need

• Paper with a pattern
• Decorative paper
• An awl with which you will pierce holes on the future lampshade
• Glue and brush
• Scotch
• Tape in the color of decorative paper
• clamps
• Lampshade frame

In our case, the frame for the lampshade consists of two parts:

Manufacturing process

1. Tape the patterned paper to the wrong side of the decorative paper.

2. Make holes with an awl along the outline of the pattern. As a result, it turns out like this:

4. Mark with a pencil the line along which you will glue the decorative paper.

5. Glue the paper with glue.

6. Lubricate the lower part of the resulting cylinder with glue and glue the second part of the frame to it.

To make it stick, press it with clips.

8. In the same way, glue the first part of the frame to the top of the lampshade.

9. Glue the tape to the top of the lampshade. It is done like this:

• smear a small piece (five centimeters)
• glue and clamp
• then coat with glue and glue the next piece, etc. until you glue the entire tape

10. Bend the tape so that it covers the frame, and glue it.

As a result, you get such a lampshade on a floor lamp:

Using this technology, you can make any drawing.

What can you make a lampshade from?

• Beaded lampshade
• Lampshade from plastic bottles
• Wicker lampshade in Provence style
• Lampshade made of organza or thread - you can make a hanging option

We will tell you how to make them in the following materials, but now I would like to tell you about…

How to make a frame for a lampshade with your own hands

You will need

• Welded wire - select 3 lengths, focusing on the height of the lampshade. At the same time, do not forget to add 3-4 cm for the connection.
• The upper part of a jar of vitamins, the neck of which will fit right into the ceiling.
• Vacuum cleaner cord return spring.
• Soldering iron.
• An object that can pierce holes (awl, nail, etc.)
• Pliers

Manufacturing process

1. Make a circle of the required diameter from the return spring of the cord from the vacuum cleaner. Solder the ends.
2. Make three holes in the neck of the jar of vitamins and in the circle made. The holes on each item should be approximately the same distance apart.
3. Insert welded wires into the holes and bend their ends with pliers so that they do not come off.

In the end, this is what you should get:

To relax a little after the learned information, here's a video on how to make a candle out of an incandescent light bulb:

Don't switch. Soon there will be a continuation of the topic lampshade with your own hands. Using these links you can switch to the second and third parts of the article.

Updating a lampshade for a floor lamp with your own hands, making a new one or repairing an old one is a good idea to give a fresh gloss, a new mood to your home.

How can you make a lampshade for a floor lamp with your own hands, if the old one is worn out or no longer corresponds to the new time or the new tastes of the owners.

Everyone loves floor lamps. This is the most versatile light source. It is so comfortable to sit under it with knitting or a book, it can be moved, it is mobile and is an interior decoration. Therefore, the decor of the floor lamp so attracts the eyes of needlewomen.

Many lamps are inherited from previous generations, and, perhaps, at first, they push it somewhere, but then the aura of old household items becomes attractive. There is a desire to repair the old floor lamp, update the lampshade and all this at home.

This is a good idea, now there are so many ideas around and the possibilities for their implementation that it is simply embarrassing to sit idly by. To arrange a hauling lampshade on an old frame or to remake a floor lamp is completely up to you, the process will be exciting in any case.

Lampshade frame

From wire disposable hangers

Using pliers, unroll and straighten wire from disposable dry cleaners hangers.

Using a ruler and wire cutters, cut two pieces of straightened wire to the desired length. The length is equal to the length of the perimeter of the floor lamp shade

Use pliers to make a circle with each hook and loop wire to hold the circle together

Measure and cut two pieces of straight wire equal to the height of the lampshade + hem allowance for the hinges

Bend loops at both ends of these wires, use a round stick and pliers

Slip the loop at one end over the circle and pull off, and the loop at the other end over the other circle. Do the same with your own hands with the second wire. To secure the frame structure.

Glue the loops. Glue for metal "Cold welding", "Epoksilin", "Superglue".

Cut 4 pieces of wire with a size equal to the radius of the circle minus the radius of the small circle for the bulb, plus hem allowances for the hook. You can calculate the radius from a known circumference using a formula known from school, or you can use the online calculator at allcalc.ru/node/783

Make a small circle for the light bulb with your hands from a piece of wire a little longer than the circumference of the light bulb socket plus an allowance for the hook. Connect the wire into a ring and glue the ends

Attach all 4 needles to the big circle and to the small one.

wire mesh

For a floor lamp you will need 2m of mesh 40cm wide

How to sew a fabric lampshade video

What can be made

Do better with what you know how to do. If you knit well, show off the knitter's talent, if you embroider boldly embroider a plot that beckons you. The main thing is to do it yourself. Your guests will gasp with delight and admiration.

Fabric lampshade

A very convenient option if you need to update or repair with your own hands at home. And it happens that the furniture has been updated and you need to change the colors of the accessories. Or, finally, the most beautiful embroidery is finished and it turned out to be appropriate for a floor lamp. Padding saves in many cases, see the detailed master class on the site.

You can make a lampshade for a floor lamp or a table lamp in minutes, or you can create a masterpiece from the world of lampshades with your own hands for weeks.

Master class fabric lampshade. Master class fabric lampshade with paper pattern

Lampshade in macrame technique

A macrame lampshade can be found even on the street, as an attractive advertisement for a store or a cozy cafe.

Thread lampshade

Surprisingly, threads have been used for this purpose for several decades. The threads create a particularly cozy look, whether they are tightly attached to each other or scattered in sparse, light, elegant weaves.

• Choose threads to harmonize with the interior of the room
• Use dense, thin threads, they hold their shape and color better. Loose gain glue and become faded.
• Before winding the threads, evenly grease the ball with petroleum jelly
• Use transparent glue that becomes glassy when it dries.

For a black lampshade, we took a skein of black satin thread and 2m of strong black braid.

crochet lampshade

Crocheted lampshades look incredibly cute and cozy at the same time, and at the same time can be exquisitely stylish. Create an exclusive thing with your own hands. Even for beginner knitters, crocheting in a circle is a simple thing. And for experienced needlewomen, a whole expanse of ideas is more complicated.

A lovely lampshade for a flat kitchen lampshade is crocheted according to the pattern. The diagram is attached below.

Wooden lampshade

Wooden lampshades are made from slats or from a single piece of wood. The mind-blowing video shook my imagination.

Video how to make a floor lamp from a log with your own hands

A selection of photos for inspiration and pleasure

Ideas used in the article:

lazuli-handmade.nl, http://marrietta.ru, arxip.com

Always with you, It's beautiful here.

Decorating lamps or creating lampshades is not only interesting, but also useful. You can get the perfect item that matches the interior of your home and still save a lot of money. You just need to buy the simplest lamp, and make it exclusive.

A cozy home is not only the right furniture, but the right lighting. Thanks to a beautiful lampshade, the interior will become exclusive, and the room will become warmer and more comfortable.

If there is a desire to make a rearrangement in the room, then along with it you need to update the chandelier and floor lamp. You can buy just a new product, or you can change the textiles on the lampshade with your own hands.

A detailed master class on making a lampshade will help you create a unique, decorative piece of furniture. Having familiarized yourself with all the possible manufacturing methods, you can choose for yourself exactly the option that will be ideal for you.

Lampshade material

Having a finished frame, you can proceed to the choice of material for the lampshade. It could be:

• textile;
• plastic;
• Knitting;
• leg-split;
• beads;
• paper.

Waste materials that are usually thrown away are also suitable:

• egg cartons;
• newspapers;
• gift wrapping;
• old spare parts for a bicycle or car, etc.

Choosing the material for the lampshade, you need to remember its color. It should perfectly match the created style. In addition, you need pay attention to room lighting. If the room is poorly lit during the day, and there is twilight in it, then a lamp made of transparent or light material is more suitable for it. For a bright room, you can choose a dense and dark material for the lamp - but this will depend on the overall decoration of the room.

As you know, red and yellow add warmth and light to the room; therefore, in order to make the room warmer, you need to install a lamp with a yellow or red lampshade in it. If the room is located on the south side, and the sun warms up its walls all day, then the lampshade for the lamp installed in this room can be blue or green.

Gallery: do-it-yourself lampshade (25 photos)

How to make a frame for a lampshade with your own hands

The frame is a stable base, mainly consisting of two circles. Circles can be both different and the same diameter; they are interconnected by vertical partitions. The length of the partition is the height of the lampshade.

To make cylindrical frame, you need to make two circles of the same diameter. If you need to make a classic frame for a lamp, then in it the lower circle should be of a larger diameter than the upper one.

round shape can be obtained if the partitions are not straight, but slightly curved. The classic frame will only benefit from this.

The shape of the frame will be interesting if there is a ring at the base and not at the top. It turns out that the concave partitions will be connected at the top at one point, and at the bottom they will be fixed at the same distance from each other.

Best for making frames wire, since it can ideally keep its shape, besides, it is non-flammable. Suitable for work copper, aluminum or steel wire with a diameter of 2 mm.

DIY lamp types

I really want to update not only the furniture, but also the accessories after the repair in the room. These include lamps, chandeliers, floor lamps and table lamps. It is desirable that such a piece of furniture be an exclusive detail; it can be installed in the room on a coffee table or in the bedroom on a bedside table or chest of drawers.

To get an exclusive chandelier model, you need to visit exhibitions of handicrafts. If the model you like is worth a lot of money, then you should not be upset. You just need to use your imagination, “turn on” your hands and head - then you can make an exclusive model with your own hands. Since a chandelier usually has not one, but several identical shades, it will take more time to make them than for one.

Modern lampshades can have a very different shape, decorate them to your liking. Preference is given to products decorated with colored beads.

If you want to update your table lamp shade, cardboard is the perfect option. It must be strong, but thin, then the product will be completely different from others. The work is performed in the following sequence:

1. From cardboard you need to cut 4 identical frames, similar to those into which photos are inserted.
2. A piece of fabric must be glued to the back of each product.
3. In each product, on the side, you need to make holes at the same distance. For this, a needle or awl is suitable. With the help of laces, the parts are sewn together, and a flashlight is obtained.

This method of creating a new lampshade is considered the simplest, in addition, the product is very light. Depending on the situation in the room, the color of the fabric with cardboard is also selected. The decor of such a product can be anything.

Thread lampshade

A ball made of threads looks very impressive in the interior. To make it, you will need patience and perseverance, and besides them:

• thread or twine;
• round inflatable ball;
• PVA glue;
• scissors.

The desktop should be covered with oilcloth or unnecessary newspapers, and only after that start work.

1. The balloon must be inflated and tied with a thread.
2. We wrap the ball with the selected thread. You can try to make different patterns, or you can just wind the thread around the ball without changing direction.
3. The winding must be tight.
4. Having reached the desired density, the thread can be cut.
5. Carefully impregnate the entire winding with glue. The better the thread is saturated with glue, the stronger the lampshade will turn out after drying.
6. When the glue is completely dry, the ball can be pierced with a needle and pulled out. Where the tail of the ball was, you need to cut a hole for the cartridge.

If, for some reason, you do not like the color of the resulting product, it can be repainted using spray paint.

The finished twine lampshade can be varnished, decorate with beads or beads.

Paper lampshade

So that the paper cannot heat up and catch fire when the light is on, the lampshade should be quite large. Under such a lampshade, it is better to buy an economical light bulb that heats up less.

Many ideas for making a paper lampshade for a floor lamp can be found on the Internet. Different colors are used, different figures are cut out. The result is a unique creation that can decorate any room.

DIY fabric lampshade

For work you will need:

• piece of new fabric;
• scissors;
• tape measure or centimeter;
• thread and needle;
• pins;
• textile glue or stapler.

Next, you need to choose an object for restoration: it can be an old table lamp or any other lamp that has been “living” with your grandmother for a long time. Think in detail about its appearance, which should fit the already created interior of the room.

For example, you can make a new lampshade for a lamp from tissue to cell. It is sewn on a frame of a certain size. If the old lamp has a frame, then consider that half the work has already been done. And if the frame of the lamp is missing, then this is not a disaster - you can do it yourself, there is nothing complicated about it. Checkered fabric lampshade is ideal for country style.

How to make a lampshade for a floor lamp? A master class on its manufacture can be found on the Internet.

To sew a lampshade onto a cylinder-shaped frame, you need to measure its circumference and height. On the fabric, make a pattern according to the dimensions obtained, then cut it out like a template.

For the cone, you need to make a blank from whatman paper. Try on what was cut out, cut off everything superfluous. If something doesn't work out, you need to redo it.

The fabric for the lampshade is attached to the cone, and the pattern or ornament must be placed correctly. To make the surface smooth, the fabric must be stretched.

The fabric for the lampshade can be cotton or linen.

Lamp shade for children's room

When the child is small, the lamp in the nursery is very relevant. You can always buy such a product, but to make it, you need not only time, but also imagination. It is advisable to make a lampshade for a lamp together with a child in order to develop his imagination. Since the ceiling will stand in the children's room, you need to completely trust the taste of the child.

Naturally, the child will want to see his favorite cartoon characters on the night light. You will need to work hard, and cut them out of paper with him or buy ready-made translations. You need to use the idea with a print on cotton.

For the bedroom

If the bedroom is purely feminine, then the ideal option for a lampshade would be a model, tied with thread. The proposed version is crocheted of white threads of the iris type, which are used to knit napkins to decorate shelves or tables. You can pick up a pattern for thin knitting needles, if it makes it easier for you.

For a classic frame, a napkin is not knitted from 3 air loops. The length of the chain should be slightly longer than the top ring of the frame. Further, the lampshade is knitted in a circle, according to the scheme, like a napkin. It is possible that the height of the product will be greater than the length of the napkin, then it will be necessary to knit more in several rows.

The finished product must be washed and be sure to starch so that after drying it has a certain shape.

White knitted lampshade decorate with colored beads or colored ribbons- It all depends on your imagination.

In a creative experiment, the main thing is to choose the right shade of small decor elements. When the style, color scheme and shape are properly chosen, even the simplest handmade thing will look exquisite.

To make a lampshade made by yourself look neater and more beautiful, you need to first paint a new frame made of thick wire, and then carefully wrap it with cotton tape. Then the fabric of the sewn lampshade will not suffer.

Conclusion

It is very easy to update the lamp, the lampshade of which, over time, has lost its original appearance. After reviewing the relevant information and purchasing all the necessary materials, you can make a unique thing that will decorate the interior of your home.

Lighting is the most important component of the interior. The coziness and comfort level of our home depends on the lighting. The play of light and shadow allows you to beat the winning moments of the interior and divert attention from bad moments. And also - lamps, floor lamps, chandeliers and lamps create the atmosphere that we call "home". Unique lamps will help to make a dwelling only “your own”, personal, individual, and the best way is to make a lampshade with your own hands. Homemade plafonds and lampshades are the thing that will make your home stand out from the rest.

A few words about security

In the manufacture of lamps, floor lamps and chandeliers in industrial conditions, the minimum distance from the "body" of the lamp to the materials is preliminarily calculated. This distance depends on the power and thermal radiation of the lamp and on the type (combustibility) of the material from which the ceiling / lampshade is made. At home, hardly anyone will bother with such calculations. And in order not to create a dangerous situation, it is worth adhering to certain rules.

And in general, having made a lampshade and installing it, in the first few days, pay attention to whether the ceiling heats up. Heating is any increase in temperature above ambient. If the lampshade feels “warm”, change the light bulb to a less powerful one. Check again. So until the homemade lampshade warms up.

Where to get a frame

If you want to remake an old lamp, floor lamp, sconces in which the old lampshade has become unusable, you can simply use the existing base by peeling off the old material. Before starting work, inspect the frame well, if there is rust or a damaged coating somewhere, maybe it’s worth stripping everything off and painting it again? At the same time, the color can be changed. If there are no old frames, you can buy an inexpensive lamp (in a store or at a flea market) and do the same operations with it. Good lampshades can, by the way, be made from waste baskets. They are wire, there are plastic. The main thing is to find a suitable shape and size. Then make a hole in the bottom for the cartridge. Further - it's up to decoration / plating, and here there are a lot of options.

If this method is also not available, you can make a lampshade without a frame (there are some) or make a frame yourself. The material for making a frame for a lampshade with your own hands is: wire, wood (wooden or bamboo sticks, specially cut elements), plastic bottles.

How to make a frame for a homemade wire lampshade

The wire for the lamp frame needs aluminum or steel. Aluminum is easy to work with, but wrinkle easily. This is not very important when the lampshade is already in use, but this fact must be taken into account during operation: you can ruin the shape. On the other hand, such plasticity allows easy and simple changes in the shape during operation. So that's a good option. Aluminum wire can be "mined" from electrical cables. You will have to remove the protective shell and you can use it.

Steel wire is more elastic, so it retains its shape well. It can be found in the construction market. It's harder to work with her. It is desirable that there were strong male hands nearby.

In addition to the wire, you will need powerful wire cutters and pliers to work. The frame of the lampshade usually consists of two rings and racks connecting them. The shape of the future lampshade depends on the size of the rings and the shape of the racks. Questions may arise regarding the number of racks and how they are attached. The number of posts depends on the size of the rings and how "round" you want the lampshade to be. The more posts, the more “smoothly” the fabric will lie. So it's up to you to choose, but the optimal distance between the racks in the lower circle is about 5-6 cm.

Techniques for creating a frame for a wire lampshade

Methods for attaching the stack to the lampshade rings depend on the thickness and type of wire, as well as the tools you have. The easiest is to make a small hook at the end, then clamp it tightly. And so that the ring does not slide left and right, pre-treat the wire at the attachment point with sandpaper with a large grain. This is an option for thick aluminum wire. If the wire is steel, and with a diameter of 1.2-2 mm or more, the best way is. Thinner wire can be bent and wrapped around the ring or also made a hook.

If you make hooks, wind the wire, the appearance is far from being as ideal as that of factory frames. But this imperfection will be covered by the lampshade itself. If she still worries you, find a ribbon of a suitable color (usually matched to the color of the lampshade) and carefully wrap the resulting frame. It will get much better. The tape can be smeared with PVA glue and, wet, tightly, turn by turn, wrap the frame around.

wire mesh

If you can find a fine wire mesh, you can quickly make an almost perfect cylindrical shade for a floor lamp, table lamp, night lamp, candle shade, etc. All you need is to cut off a piece of mesh of the desired length and width, roll it into a ring and fasten the wires by wrapping them around the racks.

To prevent the mesh from straightening when cutting off a piece, cut so that long free ends remain on both sides. They will fasten the ceiling of a cylindrical shape. And the imperfection of the upper and lower rings can be masked with a tape of the desired color.

From a five-liter plastic bottle

An interesting shape lampshade can be obtained from a large plastic bottle. There are bottles of 5-6 liters and even 10. Here they can be used. From the container we cut off the top or the bottom - depending on what you like best. In the cut off part we make a ring for the cartridge. If the top is cut off, a neck can be used for some cartridges. For those with a larger diameter, it will have to be cut off.

Then we cut out the excess plastic, form the rims and racks of the ceiling. In order not to be mistaken, you can first draw all the lines with a marker. Cutting will be easier. Everything is elementary. Then we just decorate. And yes, it is necessary to cut out the plastic, otherwise the warm air will have nowhere to go.

We make lampshades on the frame

There are enough options on how to make a lampshade cover:

From tapes

The easiest and fastest way to transform an old lampshade for a floor lamp or table lamp is to use ribbons. You need a frame or lampshade in the form of a cylinder. It can be "naked" or covered with fabric. If you use a "bare" frame, the light will break through the cracks, which will create interesting lighting effects, but the lighting will not be uniform. Reading in this light is inconvenient - this is an interior solution. If you need even lighting, cover the frame with fabric first. It can be the same color as the ribbon, a couple of tones darker or lighter, it can be contrasting. Everything depends on your desire. And remember that the darker the fabric, the less light the lampshade lets through.

We take a tape 1-2.5 cm wide. We fix it from the wrong side of the lampshade with PVA glue, additionally fixing it with a pin. If you took a wire frame without fabric, we attach it to the upper or lower rim (you can sew it on with your hands, you can use glue). Then we begin to wrap the entire frame, from top to bottom, placing the turns of the tape close to each other, but without overlap.

Having finished the circle, we unfold the tape 90 °. We fix it in this position (with a needle and thread or PVA glue, glue from a gun, temporarily fixing it with a pin, pressing it with a clothespin). Then we skip the tape under the first tape, pull it out, lay it on top of the second one, then pull it down again, pull it up through one tape. So, gradually, we create an interlacing, filling the entire lampshade.

Alternatively, you can skip two vertical tapes. But then you need to make sure that each next row moves one crossbar. Then you get a different type of weave. Such a lampshade is ideal for floor lamps, since it will direct the light downwards, scattering through the walls will be small.

In this version, the ribbons can be the same, they can be of the same color, but of a different texture, they can differ by a couple of tones or be contrasting. In a circle, the tapes can be started all the way, or you can - after a certain distance. If you find a wide tape and apply it with an overlap, then horizontal ones will not be needed at all. And if you use a braided or twisted cord (in the lower photo on the right), we get a completely different lampshade in appearance. So only this technique of finishing the lampshade gives a lot of options.

Let's briefly present the ideas. There are many options for how you can design standard frames for lampshades in a non-standard way. The first method has already been voiced: you can knit a lampshade cover on knitting needles or crochet. Several options in the photo.

Not everyone knows how to knit. It is easier to work with beads, especially if you glue them. You can decorate an old fabric with beads, sequins, beads of various shapes and sizes. You can make such a “new-old” lampshade with your own hands in a couple of hours. You select the decorations that match the color, coat the fabric with PVA glue, stick the decorations. To complete the look, you can assemble pendants from beads and beads that are attached to the lower rim, but this is already painstaking work. Although the effect is interesting.

You can sew a new lampshade out of fabric. But it is not necessary to make it an updated copy of the old one. Fantasy must be turned on! If the lamp or floor lamp is in the girls' room, a new cover for the lampshade can be made in the form of a skirt. The style of the skirt is up to you. Interesting look in the fold. With and without ruffles.

In the boy's room, you can use an old geographical map. They are on thick paper. If the paper is not thick enough, first you need to stick the card on cardboard, and then glue the lampshade from such a blank.

Original shades are obtained if the finished frame is braided with threads or ropes. Ropes can be natural. In this case, they are gray, brown beige. You can find thin synthetic colored cords. Of these, more "fun" in color products will turn out. The situation is even simpler with knitting threads. They are thin, thick, textured, with a smoothly changing color. In general, there are a lot of options.

We take the frame and braid it according to a certain pattern. You can start with racks. Braid each rack with a pigtail (the length of the threads should be 3 times the height of the rack). When this work is finished, we begin to stretch the threads / ropes between the racks. They will need to be passed through pigtails, so it is more convenient to do this with threads with a needle, and the ropes can be pushed through like that.

The second option is to first entangle the entire frame horizontally, and then braid the racks. A pigtail will no longer work here, you just need to fix the turns on the rack with oblique stitches with a certain slope. This version is somewhat simpler in execution, but the “pigtails” look more decorative.

Homemade ceiling lamps without a frame

Many materials are rigid enough to hold their shape on their own, yet malleable enough to be made into something interesting. There are a lot of such homemade lampshades. And almost all of them are worth your attention. We give here only a part, the other part will go in the photo section (see below).

From knitted lace doilies

Many people have crocheted napkins and they lie in the “stash”, because it’s a pity to throw it away and they don’t know how to use it. There is a very interesting idea - to make a lampshade for a hanging chandelier out of them. In addition to napkins, you will need a large balloon or an inflatable ball, glue for heavy wallpaper (vinyl, silkscreen, etc.), a brush.

We soak the glue according to the instructions, wait until it swells. Inflate a balloon or take a ball, hang it up. When the glue is ready, lay out a napkin on some clean surface, coat it with glue, put it on a ball.

It is necessary to lay out with such a condition that in the center there will be a hole for the cartridge. Glue the napkins one by one. They need to be laid out so that the edges overlap slightly. When all the napkins are laid, once again coat them with glue and leave to dry. When the glue is dry, blow off the ball or ball (the ball can be pierced if you don't mind) and take it out through the hole. That's all, the lace lampshade is ready.

In some cases, there are problems with how to hang the finished lampshade on the cartridge. The problem is solved simply - take a transparent plastic bottle, cut off its neck, if necessary, expand the hole to the desired size (so that it fits tightly on the cartridge), then cut off the plastic so that you get a ring 5-7 cm wide. Lubricate this ring with PVA glue , and glue it to the lampshade from the inside of the ball.

Round plafonds made of threads

Almost the same technology can be used to make round and semicircular stylish shades. Choose the thread of the right color. Their composition is absolutely unimportant - the color, thickness and texture are important. They can be shaggy, smooth, twisted, thinner and thicker. It depends on the appearance. It is most convenient to work with cotton threads of medium thickness. They absorb glue well and then, after drying, keep their shape perfectly.

You will also need a ball or ball. This will be the base of the lampshade, which sets the shape. Choose the size of the base as you wish. The threads will need to be glued, for this you need PVA glue. It is poured into a container, diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 1.

You can use other glue. It is important that it becomes transparent after drying. These are WB-29 from TYTAN Professional and D2 joinery adhesive. If you use any of these types of glue, read the instructions.

On the ball or ball, draw a circle, which will be slightly smaller in size than the lamp socket. On the opposite side, draw a larger circle - this will be the lower edge of the ceiling. Now everything is ready, we can start.

We coat the threads with glue and wind them around the ball in a chaotic manner. It is more convenient to do this if the glue is poured into a container - you can lower the entire skein there, and just pull the thread slowly. With glue in a tube, everything is not so comfortable: you have to coat sections up to a meter long, wind them up, and coat them again. Time goes much longer. This is if you do not use PVA. But on the other hand, the products turn out to be more rigid and do not sag, do not change shape over time, as can happen with filament lampshades on PVA.

When winding threads around the ball, we carefully go around the drawn circles. If you accidentally climbed into the "forbidden territory", we simply move the threads, forming an even (more or less even) edge. When the threads run out or you decide that there is enough density, the process can be stopped. We fill the edge of the thread between others. All. Then we coat the ball with wound threads again with glue (PVA can be watered) and leave to dry (at least 2 days). To prevent the ball from rolling, we find a bowl or pan and use it as a stand.

The last stage is to blow off the ball or ball. If the ball has a nipple, press it with a thin wire, releasing air. Take out the dropped ball. That's all, you can thread the lamp inside and test the lampshade.

The technology is the same, but the appearance is very different…

According to the technology described above, it is possible to make not only round shades. Rectangular, triangular, trapezoidal. Choose a base that is easy to remove, wrap threads soaked in glue, braid, even sticks, newspaper tubes, etc. After drying, remove the base and, behold, you have made a lampshade with your own hands. A couple of examples in the photo below.

You can also use chopsticks... Just wrap the ball with cling film too and use not PVA glue, but transparent carpentry

It's a paste-like polymer clay in a tube that's been applied to a milk carton, then dried and the bag removed...

Creative homemade shades for lamps, floor lamps and chandeliers

You just wonder what people don’t make beautiful and unusual things from. Plafond from a cup, grater, bottle, beer or glass can, metal parts and beer can rings ... It seems that everything can be used ...

Lampshade from an old sieve ... stylish

Candlesticks turn into lamps ... without lampshades

You can’t tell in life, but these shades are made of hooks used to open metal cans for drinks and canned food… if they are painted, it will be even more interesting

Don't know what to do with grandma's crystal? Make plafonds out of it ...