Tutorial: Veneer Pendant Lights
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
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Guest tutorial yesteryear Holly of The Adventures of an Almost xl Year Old Intern
Today we're thrilled to bring Holly of The Adventures of an Almost xl Year Old Intern percentage amongst us her novel tutorial on making veneer pendant lights! Check her out on the Nate Berkus Show making her brass lights adjacent calendar week (in the United States of America on Oct 12th)!
Recently I visited 1 of my favorite stationery stores inwards town as well as saw these beautiful wooden sheets of paper; a sparse veneer made from thus many dissimilar types of forest (cherry, walnut, birds oculus maple, aspen, ruddy cedar, y'all elevate it!) as well as was actually inspired yesteryear it. I idea it would hold upward perfect for creating a lite fixture (clearly I am on a lighting boot lately!) So, I made some (two of them to hold upward exact) as well as I didn't intend it was possible but I dear these simply equally much equally my brass pendant diy!
If y'all similar what y'all run into above, hither are the directions on how to practice your own:
Materials needed:
Larger Pendant
Start amongst 2 embroidery hoops, 1 measurement 12" diameter as well as the other 5" diameter (I solely used the fully formed hoop as well as did non operate the outer hoop amongst the metallic hardware attached). Cut iv pieces of the newspaper measurement 1" broad as well as 11" long. Measure the hoops as well as split them into iv equal parts as well as and score each. as well as thus attach each slice of the forest strip to the meridian as well as bottom amongst mucilage as well as encompass each destination amongst bulldog clips until it sets
While that business office is drying cutting 1" strips of newspaper that are each 17" long. Note: I was careful to croak along them inwards lodge because I wanted the forest grain to agree when i glued them.
Begin attaching the wooden newspaper to the large hoop first. equally y'all attach them, business them upward amongst the meridian of the hoop, clip the exterior of each slice inwards lodge to agree it. note: i ended upward buying as well as using a bunch to a greater extent than clips than I started amongst inwards lodge to hold upward to a greater extent than efficient amongst my time.
Once dry, operate a 17" long 1" broad strip of newspaper to roll approximately the exterior of the smaller hoop to encompass mucilage as well as seams as well as operate 2 17" strips to roll approximately the exterior of the larger hoop. To practice the slice that volition agree your pendant, delineate the within as well as exterior of your smaller hoop onto a slice of basswood. Use your at nowadays border to describe a business from the inner hoop tracing from corner to corner to notice the centre of the piece. This is where y'all volition describe a circle large plenty to thread your pendant wire through (should hold upward large plenty to permit the plug to transcend through).
Cut where y'all traced the exterior border of your hoop too equally the circle inwards the centre . Slide the slice into the meridian of your fixture from the bottom. You shouldn't require mucilage equally it volition hold upward stable amongst your newspaper strips holding it.
Smaller Pendant
The directions are the same but instead of using a large as well as a pocket-size hoop, I used 2 pocket-size hoops. Also instead of using 1 type of wooden newspaper i used 2; instead of 1" strips that were 17" long I cutting 1 1/2" strips; as well as I used 2 brusque braces instead of 4.
For these lights I am using a super duper low wattage bulb. I did lodge burn retardant spray to apply to them as a precaution but it didn't larn far inwards fourth dimension for this postal service thus I don't know if it volition touching on the wood.
For those of y'all simply tuning inwards as well as wanting to know to a greater extent than close Holly y'all tin ship away yesteryear going here as well as online:
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Today we're thrilled to bring Holly of The Adventures of an Almost xl Year Old Intern percentage amongst us her novel tutorial on making veneer pendant lights! Check her out on the Nate Berkus Show making her brass lights adjacent calendar week (in the United States of America on Oct 12th)!
Recently I visited 1 of my favorite stationery stores inwards town as well as saw these beautiful wooden sheets of paper; a sparse veneer made from thus many dissimilar types of forest (cherry, walnut, birds oculus maple, aspen, ruddy cedar, y'all elevate it!) as well as was actually inspired yesteryear it. I idea it would hold upward perfect for creating a lite fixture (clearly I am on a lighting boot lately!) So, I made some (two of them to hold upward exact) as well as I didn't intend it was possible but I dear these simply equally much equally my brass pendant diy!
If y'all similar what y'all run into above, hither are the directions on how to practice your own:
Materials needed:
- sheets of 11x17" 2 ply wooden paper (for the smaller light i used 1 sail of birds oculus maple as well as 1 of ruddy cedar as well as 1 of walnut as well as for the larger i used three 1/2 sheets of the cherry)
- 2 embroidery rings
- 1 slice of basswood measuring 1/16" x 4" x 24"
- glue (E-6000 is my favorite)
- bulldog clips (i used both size 0 as well as 1)
- x-acto knife (i used size #2)
- pencil
- measuring tape
- long ruler or at nowadays border to cutting against
- pendant light
Start amongst 2 embroidery hoops, 1 measurement 12" diameter as well as the other 5" diameter (I solely used the fully formed hoop as well as did non operate the outer hoop amongst the metallic hardware attached). Cut iv pieces of the newspaper measurement 1" broad as well as 11" long. Measure the hoops as well as split them into iv equal parts as well as and score each. as well as thus attach each slice of the forest strip to the meridian as well as bottom amongst mucilage as well as encompass each destination amongst bulldog clips until it sets
While that business office is drying cutting 1" strips of newspaper that are each 17" long. Note: I was careful to croak along them inwards lodge because I wanted the forest grain to agree when i glued them.
Begin attaching the wooden newspaper to the large hoop first. equally y'all attach them, business them upward amongst the meridian of the hoop, clip the exterior of each slice inwards lodge to agree it. note: i ended upward buying as well as using a bunch to a greater extent than clips than I started amongst inwards lodge to hold upward to a greater extent than efficient amongst my time.
After finishing amongst the large hoop, motion on to attaching each destination to the smaller one. Note: hither I had to overlap the strips of newspaper inwards lodge for it to fit onto the smaller hoop. I was careful to croak along the grain lined up.
Cut where y'all traced the exterior border of your hoop too equally the circle inwards the centre . Slide the slice into the meridian of your fixture from the bottom. You shouldn't require mucilage equally it volition hold upward stable amongst your newspaper strips holding it.
Smaller Pendant
The directions are the same but instead of using a large as well as a pocket-size hoop, I used 2 pocket-size hoops. Also instead of using 1 type of wooden newspaper i used 2; instead of 1" strips that were 17" long I cutting 1 1/2" strips; as well as I used 2 brusque braces instead of 4.
For these lights I am using a super duper low wattage bulb. I did lodge burn retardant spray to apply to them as a precaution but it didn't larn far inwards fourth dimension for this postal service thus I don't know if it volition touching on the wood.
For those of y'all simply tuning inwards as well as wanting to know to a greater extent than close Holly y'all tin ship away yesteryear going here as well as online:
twitter!