"Poppy Coffee"- Wizard of Oz theme
December 29th, 2009 in member junk
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This lamp is for all of the Wizard of Oz fans. The fabric on the 3-panel shade is a light green background with one liners from the Wizard ("Stuff a matress outta me will ya?", "I 'm Dorothy, the small and meek"), then trimmed with a simple black edging.
Photo by Larry Moad
This is a shot looking DOWN past the shade into the 'crystal ball' and the field of flowers...."Poppies will make them sleep..." note the seed packet below.
Photo by Larry Moad
This lamp is for all of the Wizard of Oz fans. The fabric on the 3-panel shade is a light green background with one liners from the Wizard ("Stuff a matress outta me will ya?", "I 'm Dorothy, the small and meek"), then trimmed with a simple black edging.
Photo: Photo by Larry Moad
This lamp is for all of the Wizard of Oz fans. The fabric on the 3-panel shade is a light green background with one liners from the Wizard ("Stuff a matress outta me will ya?", "I'm Dorothy, the small and meek"), then trimmed with a simple black edging.
The cups and saucers are mismatched to form the body of the lamp, perched on the books (titled: "Timepiece', "High Wizardry," "True Courage" and "Your Miracle Brain") all representing the tinman, scarecrow, lion and the Wizard himself. The stand alone emerald cup and saucer on the right side holds a round 'crystal' ball with a field of flowers inside. Just under the saucer is a packet of Poppy Seeds.
The entire lamp is built on top of a recycled lamp frame and a base cleverly covered with a turquoise bowl. Note the different silouettes in the handle shapes and bodies of the cups and saucers. Titled, signed and dated.
Pattern or design used: My own design -
Poppy Coffee
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Comments (10)
Thanks for sharing.
Kathy Posted: 11:25 pm on January 2nd
Yes, these are made with melmac, or melamine, or bakelite....it's plastic everyday dinnerware from the 50's and 60's. I drill the cups, plates, saucers and books on a drill press....S L O W L Y.....sometimes, I might lose one and blow out a bigger hole than I need in the center (mostly because the plastic is brittle and can snap easy). But when that happens, I throw it back in to my 'recycled stuff that needs to be recycled again' box and will use it on a different project. Sometimes, that cup with the blown out base is buried inside of another stack of cups. You don't know it when you see the finished product, but I know its there.
Drilling the books is always a job-- the smell of heated paper from the drill bit is like a campfire, and the smoke will rise from the bit. I never do a drawing of the lamps ahead of time- I just visualize it in my head first, then do a dry mockup (stack the books and cups) to make sure it will fit with the donor lamp base, then get drilling.
I have enough fabric to make another with this theme, but need to locate a couple of appropriately titled books to finish.
"....All in due time, my pretty....all in due time...." Posted: 12:13 pm on December 30th
smiles, alice Posted: 11:03 pm on December 29th