As a project for class, I made a pendant lamp out of straws. I grabbed the clear straws and red stirrers from a dining hall and bought the lamp cord kit from Urban Outfitters.
I made a flat sheet from the straws by taping them together at both the top and bottom, which visually helps define the lamp. I used more tape to connect the sheet into a cylindrical form. The tricky part was fusing the two lamps to form one. I ultimately decided on using paperclips to keep the red lamp in place.
Placing the red inside the clear gives color but also helps diffuse the light more, which was really necessary. The light was a lot brighter than I would have expected.
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