5 Japanese Lamp From Recycled Materials

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intro: Japanese lamp from recycled materialsA cheap but attractive paper "shoji" style lamp that uses mostly recycled parts and is easy to put together.

DISCLAIMER 1: The overall design (and possibly the whole idea) of this lamp was influenced by atarax's shoji lamp Instructable. The motif on the side was influencedNick Falzone's superb Sangaku and Yuugou case mods. I did not steal either of their ideas.

DISCLAIMER 2: This is probably one of the safer non-computer Instructables I've written. However, hot glue is hot, scissors are pointy, bamboo can give nasty splinteand this Instructable involves wiring a mains l ightbulb socket. If you are unsure of how to do that safely, I disclaim all responsibility for electrical mishaps.

DISCLAIMER 3: Yes, I got the parts images from Google image search because I built this thing before taking the photos, and couldn't be bothered taking photos of alight socket and corrugated cardboard. If I am using your image and you would rather I didn't, let me know and I'll replace it with one of my own.

Image Notes1. The finished article. Ignore the gaps around the edges, I made mine in a rush.

step 1:MaterialsYou will need the following.

Tools:

Glue gunCraft knivesScissorsDiagonal/wire cutters or nail clippers

Materials:

Strong corrugated cardboard, preferably 2-layerPaper- I used regular lined paper but if you wanted to be fancy you could used textured craft paper or tracing paperBamboo/wooden chopsticks or kebab skewersStraight batten lightbulb socketPlugA couple of metres of flex (2-core or 3-core is ok)(optional) Inline switchLightbulb- I use an 11W CFL, I 'm not happy about the idea of an incandescent bulb in a box made of paper
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Image Notes1. Only one layer- the double-layer stuff they move furniture in is a lot tougher

Image Notes1. Replace with locally appropriate plug.

Image Notes1. Torpedo switch.

Image Notes1. I used this sort, they aren't the most sturdy but you can cut them with nailclippers and they bend nicely if you want a curvy design. Also they cost about apenny each.2. This sort would make a much stronger lamp.



Image Notes1. Textured paper would be nice but it has to be thin enough to let light throughtracing paper would be good, I used thin lined paper.

step 2:Make a frameBefore doing this you will need to decide how big you want your lamp to be. You are constrained by the length of your chosen framing material (unless you want to gohardcore woodwork and make joints) and the size of your paper. I chose a shape a lit tle smaller than the A4 paper I was using in roughly the same aspect ratio. If you very keen on mathematical aesthetics you might like to use the golden ratio, but a slightly tall rectangle is generally a good way to go. Avoid a shape wider than it is ta

your lamp will look squat and weird.

Cut two stick-like things (hereafter referred to as "sticks") to the height of your frame and two to the width of a side.

Glue a short stick to a long stick. (Image 1)

Glue another short stick to the free end of the long stick, then get as right-angley as possible and glue the remaining long stick between the two short sticks. (Image 2)

Image Notes1. The surface is the side panel of my beige Viglen case- the metal is heat-resistant and hard to glue stuff to, so makes a good glue gun table.



2. Glue.3. In these photos I am actually making a square panel for the l id of the lamp butpretend this side is longer than the other one.

Image Notes1. Try and get the angles to 90 degrees before finally gluing this joint up,consistency will make your life easier later on.2. Good nail clippers are good at cutting thin bamboo skewers, but watch out f

flying bits.

step 3:Motif, part 1Now you have to decide what, if any, motif you want on the side of the . I used this asymmetric square pattern because I liked the way it looks- anything within the bouof reason that you can construct with a glue gun and bamboo skewers, go for it. I will provide instructions on how to construct this motif which can be generalised to mrectilinear patterns.

I was intending for the small rectangle in the middle of the motif to be square, but screwed up my measurements, and by complete chance it ended up having the samaspect ratio as the side which actually looks much better. The exact lengths are unimportant but I will assume you have "short motif sticks" and "long motif sticks".

Measure one short motif stick length from one long side of the frame, at the top and bottom (Images 1 and 2). Glue a long motif stick to one of the points you just markalong the line connecting the two points. ( Image 3)

Image Notes1. Mark here...

Image Notes1. .. and here...



Image Notes1. I couldn't find a pen to mark with so used my Super Manly Bowie Knife instead.2. Mark 1- glue here3. Mark 24. Eventually one of the other length of stick will be glued here, hence the

measured gap.5. The frame has been rotated 90 degrees from the previous picture

Image Notes1. Hopefuly this is more helpful than confusing....2. Mark 13. Mark 24. The first stick you glue in5. Second mark 16. Second mark 27. Second stick to glue in

step 4:Motif, part 2Essentially, repeat the process at 90 degrees to the first stick- measure away from one edge with sticks of one length and glue a stick of the other length along the line(Image 1)

Repeat for the remaining sticks, gluing all the points they meet at. (Image 2)



Image Notes1. Mark 1, glue again2. Mark 23. Glue here after gluing at mark 14. It skins b'ars, it guts fish, it saws wood, it opens beer! Is there anything it doesn'tdo?

Image Notes1. Again, pretend it isn't square, for the moment...

step 5:Skin itNow you should have a glued-up frame. Admire i ts spindly beauty.

Now grab a piece of paper and lay it on top of the frame. (You can turn the frame over if you are worried about the "handedness" of your motif, ie it doesn't have reflecsymmetry). Apply dabs of hot glue along one of the short sides of the frame to stick the paper to it. Work towards the other end, tacking the paper with dots of glue-seams are unnecessary and get strands of glue everywhere unless you're very handy with a glue gun, and the paper isn't structural so enough to keep it held to theframe is ok. (Image 1)

Once the glue is set, trim the paper along the edges of the f rame, as neatly as you can because this will be on the outside of the lamp. (Images 2, 3)

Image Notes1. This picture was pretty hard to take given I'm right handed and didn't use atripod :)


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Image Notes1. Shallow groove for flex2. Crazy European lightbulbs!

step 9:Attach the sidesAssemble the sides of the lamp around the base and mark where the corners sit. Now run a seam of hot glue along the inside edge where the base of each side panemeets the base, and up the insides of the side edges. Don't glue the base on, as you will need to remove it to change the bulb.

Image Notes1. Glue along here- I didn't because I'm lazy so used a lot of sellotape and stuckbits of skewer in at the corners.2. Ratty-ass old armchair inherited with the house..

step 10:Switch on, stand back, admire!And you're done!

A few notes- the lamp is verylight and not very strong, so don't put it somewhere it will get knocked around. With an 11W CFL it gives a soft glow that is ok to read by won't light up a whole room br ightly.

Running for an hour with the lid on, the paper on the lid was slightly warm to the touch and the sides were room temperature so it's probably safe to leave on for longperiods, but if you are using an incandescent bulb I would suggest not using the lid.

The lamp is not at all fire safe- don't even think about using a naked flame or other combustion-based source of light in this rather than the lightbulb. Again Iaccept no responsibility for what you do outside the scope of these instructions.

Image Notes



Image Notes1. The finished article, rather badly lit

1. It's not this dim in real life, I underexposed this to show what the lamp looks

like to a human eye



Image Notes1. Mmm, soft diffuse light2. Hilariously rickety DIY cardboard shelves. Yep, I keep my soldering iron andcalculator on home-made cardboard shelves. Form an orderly queue, ladies.

step 11:Reader submissions

More than any other Instructable I have written, this one seems to have inspired people to try it out for themselves. These pictures were submitted by four readers whobuilt their own lamps, and all added something to the design.

Thanks to all of them for sharing their work and inspiring me to keep making projects!

Image Notes1. IcarusOne used balsa sticks, so his lamp came out a lot straighter than mine,and added feet to give a lit tle clearance underneath the lamp.

Image Notes1. cubester808 used translucent paper, so you can see the bulb inside the lampthis would go well with multiple lamps, or (if you were brave enough) a candle ooil lamp.


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Comments

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Negotive00 says: Dec 12, 2008. 3:47 PM REPI just finished making my version, heres the pics :) i liked the sepia pic so i added that one with the color one.

kamuimask says: Jan 5, 2009. 12:22 AM REPWow, nicely done. I've just started getting materials for mine. Just wondering, how did you do the lighting inside the lamp?

Negotive00 says: Jan 7, 2009. 3:14 AM REPi took one of those 3 way pole lamps and gutted it for parts, i attached the lighting units to dowels with screws, then hot glued the dowels to the sideof the inside, i like the way each one has a switch on the back so i can turn on one or all three.. ill post a pic later, im just ettin ready for work now

strider_14 says: Jan 2, 2009. 9:37 PM REPThis looks awesome, and I SO want to make one; Im just a little iffy on some of the electrical work.

Is there another instructable or external site you can refer me to for more info on wiring everything? I checked some of the other lamps people have done,but I can't find any that have a full wiring tutorial including bulb socket, switch and plug. Thanks for any advice you might have. Props again for the awesomwork.

PKM says: Jan 3, 2009. 2:28 PM REPbut I can't find any that have a full wiring tutorial including bulb socket, switch and plug.

I'm totally on it- I can write up wiring the electricals for the next one I build, which might be soon because it's depressingly dark at this time of year.

zzzxtreme says: Dec 19, 2008. 1:08 AM REPthanks very beautiful and cheap. a lil bit of chinese brush stroke would be awesome

PKM says: Dec 19, 2008. 3:58 AM REPI did think of that- possibly the next one I build will have one, I discovered that charring the end of one of these sticks makes a nice charcoal pencil thatgreat for that sort of drawing.

(Discovered while trying to draw a stencil of a picture of the lamp on some wax paper so I could bleach a t-shirt with it... mm, instructo-incestual)

musicalbee2003 says: Jun 17, 2008. 6:18 PM REP

I made one, and it looks...decent (*%#@&~$ hot glue cobweb thingies!). Made an interesting discovery. I used tracing paper, but it was too thin. So I glued two sheets together, awhen it dried I had a sweet panel with a spiral pattern! It looks awesome. Unfortunately, my camera hates me, so I can't post a picture. It turned out pretty sweet! Serendipity rules.

DuctTapeRules! says: Dec 18, 2008. 11:43 PM REPMe too! Hot glue EVERYWHERE! My one was too short for the lightbulb and poked a hole in it but it looked OK. I just used normal A4 printer paper

katicks says: Dec 7, 2008. 8:34 PM REPi try make the lamp,yesterday. but i don't use bamboo. the lamp look ood.
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PKM says: Dec 8, 2008. 3:46 AM REPGlad to hear it. As always I'd love to see pictures of the finished item if you wanted to upload some.

Lucazio says: Dec 3, 2008. 9:04 PM REPAre you sure that you're not secretly a ninja or something because that is SO COOL. One question: would it be easy to make a battery powered version?(with a smaller bulb)

PKM says: Dec 4, 2008. 4:05 AM REPIt should be, if you have the circuit to power the battery-powered bulb. One thing to think about is that the paper blocks quite a bit of the light (I random

uess about "half", whatever that means) so if it's not a very bri ht bulb you won't et a very bri ht lamp.

cowscankill says: Dec 3, 2008. 2:39 PM REPI want to make, but I don't-- I DO! I have a lamp! I WANNA DO THIS!!!

I don't have bamboo though...And actually, it's kinda big. I want to modify the design.

PKM says: Dec 4, 2008. 4:01 AM REPAnd actually, it's kinda big. I want to modify the design.

Go right ahead- see the last step, several people have made their own with different designs and they are all cool. A bag of a hundred skewers cost mesomething like 99p, or you could use all sorts of other materials.

mistercow.pnoy says: Sep 11, 2008. 4:46 PM REP

What is "Flex"?

PKM says: Sep 11, 2008. 5:18 PM REPThe word "flex" is UKinese, as bumpus would put it- in UK parlance, "cable" is thick high-gauge wire used in fixed locations (eg behind walls) to wire upelectrical sockets and fixed appliances where the wiring doesn't have to move, and the thinner more flexible wire used to connect to movable appliancelike lamps is called "flex".

Shut Up Now says: Nov 26, 2008. 8:35 PM REPare u from the uk. well considering the pic of the plug, and the use of the word flex, i think you are. great instructable. maybe i should make i smallone for my desk. that would be cool dont you think? i really wanna make one of theses when i get time

PKM says: Dec 2, 2008. 3:16 AM REP

Yep, I'm from the UK. I'm thinking of making a desk lamp similar to this actually (once I buy a desk) so if I do I'll write it up.

bumpus says: Sep 14, 2008. 4:32 PM REP:D

StarFace says: Nov 20, 2008. 1:01 PM REPThis lamp is ace!

And just to let you all know... anyone that wants LED lights go for ebay! You can get quite a lot of them for really quite cheap!

Alternatively if you live in the UK, look in places like Wilkinsons- you can usually get strings of LED lights for around 2quid... they are usually star shaped owhatever but often come with a small box attached so you can turn them on and off/control brightness etc... another alternative to think about might beputting fairy lights inside because the bulbs are easily replaceable, they would provide different colours for a cool variation and are very, VERY cheap!Pluswith fairy lights you can usually program them using the little box (if there is one attached) so you wouldn't just have a lamp, you'd have a light show - Wou

probably make a really nice night-light for a child actually

Hope this helped anybody x

how_may_i_help_you says: Dec 1, 2008. 4:16 PM REPwow, I haven't heard anyone say "ace" for years

afterZtheZsnow says: Nov 26, 2008. 4:59 PM REPthis is SOAWESOME! I'm going to try it! XD
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BobBooth says: Nov 21, 2008. 3:18 AM REPThis instructable inspired me to build a free-hanging icosahedron version; 15 cm sticks for the triangle edges worked out to a good size. The parchmentpaper I had on hand wouldn't stick to the hot glue, so I went with regular A4 printer paper. 14 Watt CFL inside. Thanks, it was a lot of fun!

mironman says: Nov 19, 2008. 9:49 AM REPawesome im soooo going to make this

flying_carrot says: Nov 15, 2008. 9:52 AM REPHey! I just have made my lamp, but I decided to make i t in some other shape. Take a look and tell me what you think.

flying_carrot says: Nov 14, 2008. 9:17 AM REPThis lamp is so awesome! I will make it soon, but before that I have one question. How to blend together all sides of lamp on the easiest way?

PKM says: Nov 14, 2008. 10:14 AM REPThanks!

That's a question I wondered about while I was designing it, actually. If you wanted the frame to look really consistent you could build it all as one partand add the paper skin inside when it was complete- that would be harder than my method but would give neater looking edges.

My edges don't quite meet up because the skewers I used bent a little- if you used stiffer bamboo chopsticks, for instance, the edges could probably bemuch straighter and could be make to match up better. I'd be interested to know how it goes for you so I could possibly improve the design.

Carlos Marmo says: Oct 30, 2008. 3:46 PM REPWonderful Work!

Congratulations!

Rmg12 says: Oct 18, 2008. 4:39 AM REPwow cheap, easy and looks boss!

rak says: Sep 27, 2008. 9:21 AM REPthe led is a good idea.can u make it hanging, and hide the batteries... in a "fake bottom" that is easily accessible? makes changing the batteries and fixing it a lot easier.also, can it be done with a string of leds?

corey11 says: Sep 27, 2008. 7:31 PM REPyea you figure it would, just line the sides with leds and it should be good. But i cant find leds anywhere so you will have to order them off the internet.here is a link...http://www.theledlight.com/5mmwhleds.html

rak says: Sep 28, 2008. 7:25 AM REPare we talking about some special leds here?and do they have any that come in super high output? -- might make it work out

gandalfsz says: Jun 1, 2008. 1:40 AM REPYou could take baking paper. I think it would look cool and it is resistant to heat too. To make it look even better you could ball it up and unball ( Is this anenglish word ?) it again.Greetz Daniel
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skill3 says: Jun 8, 2008. 2:37 PM REPBy "baking paper" do you mean parchment paper? I think that would be brilliant, it 's silicon impregnated, meant to bake on, translucent, even "fancy"looking. It does have a bit of a sheen to it however, if you're concerned with the aesthetics.

gandalfsz says: Jun 9, 2008. 12:39 PM REPYes I meant parchment paper. But LEO (Translation Tool) said that baking paper is also correct). Sorry for bad my English but I am still learning.greetz daniel

shooby says: Sep 11, 2008. 2:32 PM REPThis is cool. Are the sections proportional to Shoji (tatami mats)? If not they should be.

That would be square of 1x1, rectangle of 2x1

PKM says: Sep 11, 2008. 4:00 PM REPThey aren't- I was working to several different constraints, mathematical, aesthetic and practical in nature, so did what anyone sensible would andeyeballed it all :)

The paper is A4, which has an aspect ratio of (root 2) to 1 (210 to 297mm as I remember), the skewers are 300mm and I wanted to waste as little aspossible, I wanted a nice aesthetic shape (possibly close to the golden ratio) and I wanted the small rectangle in the middle to be square.

As it turned out, I did my maths slightly wrong and the small rectangle in the middle is the same shape as the lamp, which looks way better than what Iintended to do. Long story short, it was a lot of guesswork and what looked right.

I'm plannin another one, so perhaps the next will be taller and thinner.

shooby says: Sep 11, 2008. 4:06 PM REPHey, as long as you were thinking about it . Good job.

F-17 says: Aug 5, 2008. 7:36 PM REPhow lon does the outer ed e have to be for each section?

znorris says: Jul 17, 2008. 2:12 PM REPIt could look good with a few LEDs. Looks a little to bright to me. Anyway, badass, i love it, keep it up!

PKM says: Jul 17, 2008. 4:06 PM REPIf it looks overly bright that's probably because my camera didn't cope very well with taking photos of the room's main light source- it's really not verybright, and such a diffuse light that you can comfortably look straight at it even with no other l ights on. I considered making a bunch of smaller ones butwould be a lot of effort :P

Thanks for the feedback!

znorris says: Jul 17, 2008. 4:55 PM REPOh aight great! I haven't made any of the countless instructables i have bookmarked but i might just do this one. :)

I was actually thinking of how cool those could be outside but im not sure if you could use the same materials. Then my thought was to take one ofthe top pieces and make it a solar cell. That way its good looking and uses less power.

lego187 says: Jul 5, 2008. 11:57 PM REPi bet it would look amazing with a black light light bulb in it.

n0ukf says: Jul 7, 2008. 12:37 PM REPDifferent papers (as well as other materials) react differently to black light. You could have 2 sheets that look the same in normal lighting and yet in blaclight one would glow and the other wouldn't. You'd also want to see what black light back-lighting does with your materials. You might end up with a l igthat glows but otherwise blocks the UV from reaching anything else.

Lego man says: May 29, 2008. 5:15 PM REPHow much is it in American dollars? Very Cool! rated.
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Etcetera says: May 29, 2008. 9:08 PM REPWell, as the pound is about 2 times the US dollar, 10$. Might have altered a little in recent months, the dollar value so terribly unstable.

Lego man says: May 29, 2008. 9:40 PM REPThats what scares me.

PKM says: May 30, 2008. 4:30 AM REPThe paper and cardboard were effectively free, the bamboo skewers were 1 for 100 and you might have some lying around (or you could usesurplus bamboo chopsticks from chinese takeaway)- the electrical parts were what cost real money. IIRC the bulb holder was 1.50, the plug

was 1.00, the plug was another 1.50 and 2 metres of flex was 1.00 so the electrical parts together cost 5.00 or about $10 (I didn't usa switch in the end). The CFL was another 3, though- ouch.

I got them from a fairly expensive small family-run store, though, so you might get them cheaper or you could always salvage them from brokenelectrical stuff. I ot a whole desk lamp that had all the parts you would need for this project (minus the bulb) for about 3 from Ar os...

zachninme says: Jul 5, 2008. 8:04 PM REPI think you could do this for under 5 USD. I think that some low-cost items don't easily scale price-wise.

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