A.K. Marder: Sculpted Lamp

After working with fabric, it lead me to want to experiment with other materials related to the fabric.  After feeling unsatisfied with my laser cutting of the fabric and trying to transform them into objects (sounded better in my head) I decided to strip down to the basics.  Paper mache with cheese cloth and tissue paper.  Using balloons as my form, I molded a shell out of tissue paper.  With our upcoming lamp project utilizing the waffle construction concept, I have always hated that the light bulb is always so eye stabbing.  Most of the time there aren't filters on the lights so the bulb is very bright and occasionally blinding.  The tissue paper will act as not only my main structure but also as a filter for the light.

Once the shell was hardened, I began to drape, scrunch, and strategically align the cheesecloth to the tissue paper.  Let things dry and harden and viola!  I have my technical process down for my form.  I also experimented by created bowls with just the cheesecloth minus the tissue paper.

Creating a stand, I intended to use the concept of waffle construction.  However, out of 8 tries, I was unsatisfied with each and everyone.  I ended up designing it in a very backwards way and made more of a basic modular slotted design.  I still don't like it but now that it is in physical form I can further explore the design.