Ahh, the infamous lampshade... I originally wanted to use
wooden paint stirrers to make the shade but I couldn't find my hot glue gun so I settled for torn fabric strips tied to both ends of the shade.
At Mark Moore Gallery, New York painter Cordy Ryman exploits it with masterful nonchalance, making tasteful abstractions out of such studio leftovers
as paint stirrers, strips of Velcro and sliced up stretcher bars.
For those who may have wondered, the cabinet door idea just kind of came to me when I was holding a
couple paint stirrers one day.
For geometric lines, try folding it up like an accordian and using metal clamps or
wooden paint stirrers to protect sections from the bright pigments.
If you don't have Ping - pong paddles or badminton rackets, make some by taping paper plates onto fat craft sticks, wooden
paint stirrers, or cardboard tubes (paper - towel size is best).
To hang them, we tied a string to them and then stapled it to
the paint stirrer.
Since we were making alot we used a bucket and
paint stirrers to hang our ornaments from.
I just cut them off
the paint stirrer and I'll add attach another string to hang them.
You can just tie a knot around
the paint stirrer, or if your string is long enough, just wrap it around several times.
Supplies Pipe Cleaners String (kite string, yarn, baker's twine) Borax Boiling water (it is really important that it's boiling) Food coloring (0ptional) Container (wide mouth mason jar or bucket) Pencil or paint stirrer
That paint stirrer trick... amazing!!!
So I went back, and again they were so nice and let me dip
my paint stirrer in the can.
love your stories... and your pics... and your spoons... and
your paint stirrer table... and you:)