We came across these oversized pendants in a shop window on Rue Sainte-Catherine yesterday. They're high on volume, yet because of their caged rib design they use little material...
Look!: Oversized Ribbed Pendants
We could definitely imagine DIY'ing something similar to create an oversized pendant at home. We almost think these were DIY'ed by the window display designer at the clothing store where we saw them. If they're mass-produced somewhere, we have never seen them. These would be so fun to make because you can choose a rib shape, repeat it, and create such a variety of volumes!
The fixtures remind us of the cagey structure of these round wire coffee tables.
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Ribbed - For your pleasure?
view bepsf's profile
How could you think these lamps are DIY???
These lamps are prime finnish design and handcraftsmanship made by Secto. Don't you see how they have bend the wood in those great shapes? The designer is Seppo Koho.
That's impossible to DIY.
They are sold for about 5000 svenska kronor.
www.sectodesign.fi
view MissL's profile
Who says the wood has to be bent? One could make this quite easily using a band saw and a sheet of 1/4" plywood, and achieve the same effect. This is not some triumph of woodworking - people have been doing far more impressive things for hundreds of years.
Expense does not directly correlate to craftsmanship - it only indicates demand.
view ChristopherB's profile
These are so nice!
Totally something that could be done DIY (from Secto's website: "The shades are made of laminated birch slats connected by rings of aircraft plywood." which sounds like cut shapes instead of bent to me)
view Hannala's profile
Also, when I look at the lamps, I keep thinking of these: http://www.allyourhobbies.com/dinosaur-wood-kit-triceratops.htm
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Plywood?? These lamps are made of PEFC (a swedish environmental friendly seal) birch. Quite a difference.
I never did a point between "expense, craftsmanship and demand". What I did was to point out the price if somone was interested in buying.
The bended wood makes the design. It's a matter of taste and your personal approach to design. And it's defintly not about trying to get just get a "effect".
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