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  • Photo Lampshade
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    From "Crafters Coast to Coast"
    episode HCC2C-104F


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    Project by Emily Kuntz from Huntington Beach, Calif.

    Emily puts her photography skills into her crafting and shows us how to make a unique photo lampshade.

    Materials:

    photographs
    color photocopies
    glossy gel medium
    lampshade and lamp
    40-watt bulb

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    Figure A
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    Figure B
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    Figure C
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    Figure D
    Steps:

    1. Make color photocopies of all the images to be used (figure A). It's always better to use color copies, even if the picture is black and white, because color copies keep the detail better.

    2. Paint three to four coats of glossy gel medium onto the picture (figure B). Be sure to let each coat dry before applying the next one.

    3. After the gel medium is completely dry, run water over the paper backing of the picture. Then gently rub the paper away with your hands (figure C). Try to get as much of the paper off the back as possible. Let dry. There will probably be some paper fibers on the back still. A little is okay.

    4. After the gel transparency is dry, cut into pieces. If the page has a collage of different images, just cut them apart.

    5. Paint some of the gel medium onto the inside of the lampshade (figure D). It dries fairly slowly, so you'll be able to move the images around as you try to fit them together. To achieve a solid look all over the lampshade, try to butt the pieces together rather than overlapping them. Since the transparency is flexible, you can stretch it to get the edges together so no white shows through. Overlapping will cause the edges of the pieces to be more dense and show up

    Note: If you don't want an all-over design and want the background to be white, you can print photos off your computer onto transparencies. This is quicker and easier since you don't need to use the gel medium. You can just cut the pictures out and glue them into the inside of the lampshade. Just be sure you put the glue on the smooth side. The rough side is the side you print on, and computer ink isn't waterproof, so the glue will smear the picture.

    6. Let the glue dry. Attach the lampshade to your lamp. Be sure you use a 40-watt bulb or less and never leave the lamp on unattended.

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  		• Windmill Pop-Up Scrapbook Page
  		• Polymer Clay Miniature Shoe
  		• Photo Soap