Outdoor Still Life Painting

ORGANIC ORIGAMI LAMP SHADE

This year’s Design Fringe focuses on the theme of “home”. The home can be an endless source of inspiration for design. Create an organic origami lamp shade for your house. Learn the art of folding paper using simple origami techniques. Follow this step by step activity to make your own origami lamp shade.

Materials needed:

Recycled paper, paper wrapping from flowers, cut up magazines, old wrapping paper
Pencil
Sticking tape or glue
Scissors
Lamp
Large dish to trace

autumn flora sculptures

Monet, The Galette

Step 1

Place large dish onto paper
Trace around the dish
Repeat this step
Cut the two circles out
Fold each circle in the centre
Cut paper in half

Step 2

Fold the half into another half and slowly fold the paper in
Keep slowly folding in a small section at a time in towards the centre
Repeat this step on all four half pieces

Monet, The Galette

Step 3

Place all the four halves together
Glue or sticky tape the four sections together

Step 4

Make sure you leave a whole big enough at the centre /in the middle of your circle to allow the lamp to be threaded through.

Monet, The Galette

Step 5 > Share it with us!

Share it with us! Upload a photo of your artwork below and we will share your creations on this page

Activity and photographs by Hana Vasak.

FREE ENTRY
Tuesday > Sunday
11AM > 4PM
Closed on Public Holidays

Bunurong Boon Wurrung Country
26 Acland Street
ST KILDA VIC 3182
E > gallery@lindenarts.org
P > 03 9534 0099