Hanging Lights Make Over

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“Halogen Atom”, “Stars”, “Metal Lemon”, “Sol” (in English, “sun”), “Grapevines” are a few names of modern models of hanging lights. Metal and light have revolutionized sculptures, bringing again into the spotlight the appreciation of crafts and creativity in a domain which was normally associated with marble and stone. The arts have taken over our existence, we cannot separate our lives from arts. From the way we move and talk to the incredible designs of the newest cars, from the sounds we hear every day to the ultimate architectural projects, from the food we eat and the clothes we wear..to the hanging lights we have in your homes, everything’s got a tendency towards “the beautiful”, towards arts.

But we don’t always like to buy everything, right? Especially when it comes to things that can be easily made with our own hands. That means we play and realize objects that turn out to be pretty loyal copies of what we initially imagined. That saves us money as well. If you’re among the “how to do it yourself” guys, who love the reward of being surrounded by their imagined objects, by their own creative energy, then maybe you might be interested in a few ideas about how to obtain a contemporary hanging light, beautiful, cheap, and truly yours.

The first suggestion is to use a porcelain doll for the main part of the lamp. You remove the doll’s head, because you are supposed to place a bulb instead of it. You can paint the doll’s body using spray and there are lots of fun models to think about. Here’s a picture of what the final product could look like.

However, our purpose is to make it a hanging lamp. All you need to do is to adjust it with a thin line – make it as “invisible” as you can – and place it in your home. A friend of mine used this idea, and she choose to hang it in the corner of her room, above the desk. Her desk is always full of folders and papers and she thought of something that’d help her save some space. This floating doll suits her room and her personality. If you’re not very enthusiastic about floating dolls, you can replace the main part of the lamp with another object that you like better than dolls ?

Another idea, same modern and definitely not expensive, is to use an old washing machine barrel. All you need to do in order to realize a modern hanging lamp out of this old washing machine barrel is to purchase a bronze or silver spray, because you need fresh hues for your hanging light, and place it in your room. Here is a picture of what you might get.

The last suggestion in this article is the realization of an outdoor hanging light. You will need some skills for this one, but if you’re creative enough, you can replace the complicate models with less complicate ones, such as circles of different sizes, squares, maybe the sillhouette of a child. However, the main material you need to use is wood (very cheap too). You may like to combine it with some glass, but that’s optional.

So, you will make 4 wooden facets of a box, because that’s your final product’s shape. You will first cut them to obtain your favourite model, make a nice finish to it (you can also paint it), add a bulb to your wooden box, and a wire, then hang it in your garden. It could look like this :

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