Friday, April 1, 2011

Dave + Bamboo + Tomato Cage = Cool Lamp

Remember the Taiwanese lantern makers?

They left behind a bunch of bamboo strips -- the woody parts they split from the more flexible green sides they used -- and enough lantern-weaving knowledge in Dave to make him dangerous.

And because he's Dave (read: *awesome*), he immediately cemented his new knowledge into skill. He began weaving bamboo circles. Then, using a tomato cage as a frame, he applied the circles and wove them together...




Then, in a moment of serendipity, he discovered that one of our paper lamps, the twin to this one...


...fit perfectly inside his creation. Here it is, hanging in its new home, the reading room...


5 ate pie:

Kat Harris said...

Whoa! How awesome!

beth said...

That? That is nine shades of awesome!

Julie Hedlund said...

Beautiful!!

Amanda Hoving said...

Wow -- that is impressive!

nomadshan said...

He's like MacGuyver, seriously.