Making a Victorian Lampshade & Modern Lamp
A fun step-by-step photo essay of the making process I engaged to create this beautiful lamp with hand-dyed silk, handstrung beads, and hand painting.
The "making" process in video format! "May Queen" Victorian lampshade and modern lamp, handmade by Crystal Hayes at www.elegancelamps.com
The finished product! Beautiful, whimsical, and joyful! Handmade Victorian lampshade with hand-dyed silk, couture lace, hand-strung beads and painted by hand!
It all starts with a nice white silk underlayment.
Dyed fabric is on and ready for the next layer!
The beautiful couture lace with beads, sequins and embroidery is ready to go!
Adding the handstrung beads!
All lit up and pretty!
Just stunning color and textures!
A nice peek at the details!
Every single bead is strung by hand---one by one!
Seamless color fade!
The colors of joy!
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Hi Crystal, I was intrigued by the heading so I read on. This project could have ended up looking so badly and "kitchy" in the wrong way but, I was so surprised to see that your color sense, your adding of the lace, beads and especially the more modern looking lamp base is absolutely gorgeous. Everything flowed into each other. You have a great eye and I appreciate that. Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you, Leslie! I appreciate your feedback. I don't usually use modern lamp bases but this lamp base seemed to fit quite well with the shade, and was more affordable for the customer who commissioned the project. 🙂
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It's gorgeous. How long did this take?