Today's One Minute Tip comes from shop owners Kasey (and Jordana) Henke, curators of a new vintage living handmade co-op in Des Moines, Iowa.
• The Star: Kasey and Jordana Henke bid against each other at an auction in rural Iowa a few years ago, and life has never been the same. Since then they got married, had two kids, and started having sales on their farm which eventually led to a farm store and Etsy shop called "Rescued Junk." This summer they opened a "Vintage Handmade Co-op" in Des Moines called "Silo."
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I had to register just to say this...just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
But, props I guess for doing a tutorial.
I have several of those shoe forms.... but this is not how I would use them.
Sheesh guys, what's up with the cynicism? Just because THEY made a lamp with a base you don't like doesn't mean YOU have to. Instead of acting snobby about it how about thinking of other things that you could use as a lamp base, and take the hardware info from the tutorial. Snobby snobby :P
Color me snobby.
The last is pretty. The lamp parts (for being as exposed as they are) are not. If only someone could come up with pretty lamp parts..
I won't say anything that's not positive, but just a question -- when they heat up do they smell like old shoe?
I laud Apartment Therapy's creativity in announcing their new partnership with Regretsy.com.
A 3D representation of having a bright idea about putting your foot in it?
lol hmm .. well while i do not know if i would make this.. i have never seen those forms in my area..
Hands up, how many people had to re-read that title a couple of times because you thought it said,"How to make an antique shoe from a lamp"?
That's just me then? Oh. O.K.
The lamp is all right, in a Terry-Gilliam-cut-and-paste-free-association kind of way. But @Caitlin F has a good point--take what you need from the tutorial and pick your own inexplicable-to-anyone-else random object to turn into a lamp that only you can love!
The image made me whimper.... friends of mine have learned to make their own shoes for historic re-creations, and have had to make their own lasts because matched sizes are hard to come by. And that lamp is a right foot for one of the missing sizes...
Why would anyone want to?? This thing is freaking ugly!!
Hm...the choice of base is unusual. The overall tutorial is pretty good. I suppose you could use this to create lamps with various materials/bases.
I like it! @ THATKRIS My hand is up... I had to read that twice... I think everyone would have a comment good or bad about this if I made one... makes me want to look at some of those things I am weeding out and take another look at them...
Next up, how to make a lamp from an antique prosthetic leg.
the cynic in me loves reading the gleefully snarky comments on posts like these.. which makes the posts and the projects themselves wonderful in my eyes :)
It's all about INSPIRATION, folks. The snarks are unbecoming.
as thatkris said: take what you need from the tutorial and pick your own inexplicable-to-anyone-else random object to turn into a lamp that only you can love!
That said, I respect 'professional' opinons & don't hesitate to seek them out when needed. In return for their valuable info, I often provide a heads-up on the occasional underpriced antique found in a thrift store. It's a win-win relationship, some of which have have endured for years. Arrogance nets them a deleted phone number...a lose-lose situation.