Tutorial: Veneer Pendant Lights
Guest tutorial yesteryear Holly of The Adventures of an Almost twoscore Year Old Intern
Today we're thrilled to convey Holly of The Adventures of an Almost twoscore Year Old Intern portion alongside us her novel tutorial on making veneer pendant lights! Check her out on the Nate Berkus Show making her brass lights side yesteryear side calendar week (in the United States of America on Oct 12th)!
Recently I visited i 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 optic maple, aspen, ruby cedar, you lot mention it!) as well as was actually inspired yesteryear it. I idea it would hold upwards perfect for creating a low-cal fixture (clearly I am on a lighting boot lately!) So, I made some (two of them to hold upwards exact) as well as I didn't intend it was possible but I honey these simply every bit much every bit my brass pendant diy!
If you lot similar what you lot meet above, hither are the directions on how to practice your own:
Materials needed:
Larger Pendant
Start alongside 2 embroidery hoops, i criterion 12" diameter as well as the other 5" diameter (I entirely used the fully formed hoop as well as did non exercise the outer hoop alongside the metallic hardware attached). Cut iv pieces of the newspaper criterion 1" broad as well as 11" long. Measure the hoops as well as carve upwards them into iv equal parts as well as and grade each. as well as thus attach each slice of the forest strip to the elevation as well as bottom alongside gum as well as comprehend each goal alongside bulldog clips until it sets
While that piece of job is drying cutting 1" strips of newspaper that are each 17" long. Note: I was careful to perish along them inwards gild because I wanted the forest grain to check when i glued them.
Begin attaching the wooden newspaper to the large hoop first. every bit you lot attach them, trouble them upwards alongside the elevation of the hoop, clip the exterior of each slice inwards gild to agree it. note: i ended upwards buying as well as using a bunch to a greater extent than clips than I started alongside inwards gild to hold upwards to a greater extent than efficient alongside my time.
Once dry, exercise a 17" long 1" broad strip of newspaper to wind unopen to the exterior of the smaller hoop to comprehend gum as well as seams as well as exercise 2 17" strips to wind unopen to the exterior of the larger hoop. To practice the slice that volition agree your pendant, describe the within as well as exterior of your smaller hoop onto a slice of basswood. Use your instantly border to describe a trouble from the inner hoop tracing from corner to corner to uncovering the pump of the piece. This is where you lot volition describe a circle large plenty to thread your pendant wire through (should hold upwards large plenty to permit the plug to overstep through).
Cut where you lot traced the exterior border of your hoop likewise every bit the circle inwards the pump . Slide the slice into the elevation of your fixture from the bottom. You shouldn't request gum every bit it volition hold upwards stable alongside your newspaper strips holding it.
Smaller Pendant
The directions are the same but instead of using a large as well as a modest hoop, I used 2 modest hoops. Also instead of using i 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 curt braces instead of 4.
For these lights I am using a super duper low wattage bulb. I did gild burn downward retardant spray to apply to them as a precaution but it didn't brand it inwards fourth dimension for this shipping service thus I don't know if it volition impact the wood.
For those of you lot simply tuning inwards as well as wanting to know to a greater extent than virtually Holly you lot tin flaming yesteryear going here as well as online:
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Today we're thrilled to convey Holly of The Adventures of an Almost twoscore Year Old Intern portion alongside us her novel tutorial on making veneer pendant lights! Check her out on the Nate Berkus Show making her brass lights side yesteryear side calendar week (in the United States of America on Oct 12th)!
Recently I visited i 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 optic maple, aspen, ruby cedar, you lot mention it!) as well as was actually inspired yesteryear it. I idea it would hold upwards perfect for creating a low-cal fixture (clearly I am on a lighting boot lately!) So, I made some (two of them to hold upwards exact) as well as I didn't intend it was possible but I honey these simply every bit much every bit my brass pendant diy!
If you lot similar what you lot meet 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 canvass of birds optic maple as well as 1 of ruby cedar as well as 1 of walnut as well as for the larger i used iii 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 instantly border to cutting against
- pendant light
Start alongside 2 embroidery hoops, i criterion 12" diameter as well as the other 5" diameter (I entirely used the fully formed hoop as well as did non exercise the outer hoop alongside the metallic hardware attached). Cut iv pieces of the newspaper criterion 1" broad as well as 11" long. Measure the hoops as well as carve upwards them into iv equal parts as well as and grade each. as well as thus attach each slice of the forest strip to the elevation as well as bottom alongside gum as well as comprehend each goal alongside bulldog clips until it sets
While that piece of job is drying cutting 1" strips of newspaper that are each 17" long. Note: I was careful to perish along them inwards gild because I wanted the forest grain to check when i glued them.
Begin attaching the wooden newspaper to the large hoop first. every bit you lot attach them, trouble them upwards alongside the elevation of the hoop, clip the exterior of each slice inwards gild to agree it. note: i ended upwards buying as well as using a bunch to a greater extent than clips than I started alongside inwards gild to hold upwards to a greater extent than efficient alongside my time.
After finishing alongside the large hoop, motion on to attaching each goal to the smaller one. Note: hither I had to overlap the strips of newspaper inwards gild for it to fit onto the smaller hoop. I was careful to perish along the grain lined up.
Cut where you lot traced the exterior border of your hoop likewise every bit the circle inwards the pump . Slide the slice into the elevation of your fixture from the bottom. You shouldn't request gum every bit it volition hold upwards stable alongside your newspaper strips holding it.
Smaller Pendant
The directions are the same but instead of using a large as well as a modest hoop, I used 2 modest hoops. Also instead of using i 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 curt braces instead of 4.
For these lights I am using a super duper low wattage bulb. I did gild burn downward retardant spray to apply to them as a precaution but it didn't brand it inwards fourth dimension for this shipping service thus I don't know if it volition impact the wood.
For those of you lot simply tuning inwards as well as wanting to know to a greater extent than virtually Holly you lot tin flaming yesteryear going here as well as online:
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