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Bloody's Art corner...Lamp, Screen Prints, now working on a mug for my bar |
Bloody Good
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Joined: May 18, 2012
Posts: 36
From: Portland OR
|  Posted: 2012-07-06 5:15 pm Permalink
Just thought I'd show off my Swag Lamp I made from tutorials I found on the forums and a little of my own ingenuity. I used bamboo and dried palm leaves from my garden. I have it hooked up in my Hut by remote control.
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VampiressRN
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Joined: Nov 23, 2006
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From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2012-07-06 6:10 pm Permalink
Welcome to Tiki Central and nice job on the lamp. Good idea on the remote control.
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clintiki
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Joined: Jul 14, 2011
Posts: 81 | Posted: 2012-07-06 7:55 pm Permalink
Sweet swag man. I gotta try my hand at this! What kind of fabric did you use for your tapa design?
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 1973
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2012-07-06 8:27 pm Permalink
Kool
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danlovestikis
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Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3568 | Posted: 2012-07-06 8:54 pm Permalink
Very nice. There are so many art forms for tiki its just so much fun to see what's up on this thread. Thanks for joining in, Wendy
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Bloody Good
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Joined: May 18, 2012
Posts: 36
From: Portland OR
| Posted: 2012-07-06 9:40 pm Permalink
Thank you so much for the nice comments and warm welcome. I love projects like this, it was a heap of fun. The fabric I ordered was from amazon, I think I just typed in Island prints or Island fabrics. There is a thread if you search for it that shows using modge podge on it after it's attached to the frame.
A tip to anybody else making a lamp...go to Lowes and in the fan/lighting dept they have a swag lamp kit that comes with 12ft cord and chain for $12. I bought the socket and cord I used from Ikea which was only $5 but then I bought the decorative chain separate and the chain was almost $16 by itself...I didn't learn about the Lowes kit until afterwards.
I do other art as well, I own a screen printing business here in Portland and I just did a 6 color tiki screen print, that I'll be posting soon. I'll be selling shirts of it in my Etsy shop at some point soon too.
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Badd Tiki
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Joined: Aug 28, 2008
Posts: 269 | Posted: 2012-07-07 08:25 am Permalink
Swag-arific!
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Holler Waller
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Joined: Mar 13, 2011
Posts: 133
From: SW Kentucky
| Posted: 2012-07-07 12:57 pm Permalink
Very nice light & thanks for the Lowes tip - I still miss Portland
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6412
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-07-07 2:45 pm Permalink
Bloody great lamp! Those windmill fan palm leaves worked out well as a "thatched roof". That tapa style fabric is made by Alen's Fabrics, you can find it on their website www.islandshawaiianfabric.com - on sale for $6 a yard right now  They have several cool prints including the same pattern in blue.
http://islandshawaiianfabric.com/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=139&page=2
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Sophista-tiki
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From: Seattle WA
| Posted: 2012-07-07 4:36 pm Permalink
Holy Crap! ( thats my most used expresion for amazement) That looks AWESOME. Now I want to try.
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Sophista-tiki
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| Posted: 2012-07-07 4:36 pm Permalink
sorry my holy crap posted twice
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Murph
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Joined: Jul 11, 2006
Posts: 673
From: SoCal
| Posted: 2012-07-07 10:23 pm Permalink
Nice job, that is a great lamp.
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LoriLovesTiki
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Joined: Jul 03, 2011
Posts: 471
From: NJ
| Posted: 2012-07-10 12:48 pm Permalink
Add my admiration to the group's! Fantastic job on the lamp. The creativity of people on TC continues to astound me. job well done.
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Bloody Good
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Joined: May 18, 2012
Posts: 36
From: Portland OR
| Posted: 2012-07-16 07:54 am Permalink
Thank you for all the kind comments! I sat out under the lamp light last night watching the koi in my pond drinking a old recipe mai tai. You can't get a better way to wind down!
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WestADad
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From: Tornado Alley
| Posted: 2012-07-16 08:16 am Permalink
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On 2012-07-16 07:54, Bloody Good wrote:
I sat out under the lamp light last night watching the koi in my pond drinking a old recipe mai tai. You can't get a better way to wind down!
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100% agree! Great lamp!
Chris
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