On sale there are a large number of various lamps. They vary in shape, color, installation method. Lamps play the role of not only a light source, but also are an element of decor. Original and stylish look products made by yourself from Isolon. You can make a flower, a doll and other lamps, following the step by step instructions.
What is isolon
In construction work, insulating material isolon is used. It is made in different thicknesses and can be white or foil. In handmade, an isolon 2 mm thick is usually used. In height, the created flower lamp can be like a table night lamp or a large floor lamp. The manufacturing methods are also different - you can attach the petals to the finished lampshade or mount on the coupling.
In the store you can find the following options for isolon:
- Unstitched. The material does not pass the stage of special processing, so its price is affordable.
- Stitched. It has improved properties due to processing, so it costs more.
You can buy Isolon in rolls with a thickness of 0.2 mm or more. up to 1 cm.
Operational features
Before starting work, you need to understand the characteristics of the material. Isolon - has a soft structure, so it is easy to cut with scissors. It does not melt and does not burn; under the influence of high temperatures it can bend and stick together. To get the desired shape, the sheet is heated, and then bent with your hands as the idea requires.
Isolon is tensile and easy to glue or thread. It is possible to paint the material only with acrylic paints or aerosol, since it does not absorb other compounds.
Necessary materials
To create a rose lamp you will need:
- 2 mm Isolon - 12 sheets 20x20, 8 sheets 15x15, 5 sheets 20x5.
- Coupling. The diameter of the larger side should correspond to the size of the cartridge, narrow - pipe.
- Cartridge with a ring.
- Wire 3 meters.
- Switch.
- Light.
- Fork.
- Base pipe 1.5 m high.
- Screwdriver.
- Scissors.
- Glue gun.
- Construction hair dryer.
All of these materials can be purchased at a hardware store.
Flower lamp
To make a flower lamp from Isolon, you need to step by step to assemble the ceiling and the stem. Then the parts are assembled into one common design. How long the work will take depends on the work experience of the master, materials and sizes of the product.
Lamp assembly
It is necessary to remove the ring from the cartridge and stick to the coupling. Petals must be cut out of the insulating material. To do this, take two blanks with dimensions of 20x20, in which two adjacent corners are cut off. It should look like daisy-like petals. The remaining sheets 20x20 and 15x15 are cut in such a way as to form a drop. Sheets 20x5 are cut in the form of a drop-shaped elongated sepal with teeth.
Using a hairdryer, you need to heat the edges of the drops and give them shape with your fingers.
Now you can collect the buds. Large leaves are attached to the lap joint. On top you need to glue two more rows of 15x15 sheets. Each new petal should overlap the previous slightly less than half. Then 2 rows of 20x20 are made. During assembly, the top leaves should be flush with the first two rows.
Stalk assembly
A ring for support is bent from a part of the pipe. The rest bends curly so that the flower is stable. The ends of the cables need to be slightly cleaned from insulation, inserted into the hole in the cartridge and tightened with screws.
The cord passes through the coupling of the lampshade and is threaded through the stem.The veins pulled from the other end are stripped and installed in the plug. Next, you can connect the switch to the wire break.
Assembly of the whole product
Tighten the cord and glue the sleeve to the pipe. The junction is covered by sepals. The final step is to screw in the light bulb and check the performance.
If you show imagination, you can make other flowers from the isolon, such as tulips, poppies. Since the material is white, it can be painted with acrylic paint or spray in a spray can. To increase the size of the finished flower, in a new product you need to keep the proportions.
Making dolls
Such a figure is perfect for a girl’s room. For a boy, you can make a pirate lamp.
The lower part of the pupa is a skirt that will be made of isolon. It will be attached to the lampshade. It is recommended to choose a lamp of such dimensions that the skirt and the doll itself do not seem unnatural proportions.
To work, you will need:
- A doll, for example Barbie.
- Glue.
- Screwdriver.
- Bolts.
- Isolon sheets - 10 pcs. 20x20 cm, 10 pieces 10x10 cm.
- Green foamiran 5 sheets 4x8 cm, 2 thin strips, 1 wide strip.
- Violet permanent marker.
- Hair dryer.
- Scissors.
How to make a doll-lamp from Isolon:
- The doll needs to remove its legs and make a hole below with a screwdriver.
- A hole is also made in the upper part of the lampshade.
- The bolt must be inserted through the hole in the lamp and a doll placed on it. Everything must be securely fixed with glue.
- The isolon cuts 3 angles in square blanks. The result should be a leaf in the form of a drop.
- At the edges of the sheets you need to hold a permanent marker.
- Each of the blanks should be heated with a hairdryer and stretch the edges a little to get a wave. Then you need to warm up the middle and stretch it, making a recess.
- The resulting large 20x20 blanks are glued to the ceiling in a row. The edge of the sheets should slightly lower down and bend.
- Above, the second row is glued in a checkerboard pattern. Even higher are added two rows of 10x10 cm blanks.
- From green foamiran need to cut leaves. Thin stripes need to be glued as the top of the dress in the form of the letter "y". Foamiran leaves are glued to the waist. A thick strip is wound on top of the waist.
Puppet lamp, if desired, can be decorated with rhinestones, beads, sparkles and other decorations.
Lamp soccer ball
In the boy’s room, you can make an original lamp in the form of a soccer ball. It is not difficult to make such a lamp, you just need to carefully cut the parts so that they are attached to each other without protrusions.
To work, you will need:
- White and black isolon (white sheets can be painted with black acrylic paint).
- Green foamiran.
- Round shade.
- Cardboard (for cutting patterns).
- Pencil.
- Scissors.
- Ruler.
- Hair dryer.
- Glue.
Two patterns are cut out on cardboard - a pentagon and a hexagon. Each side should be 3 cm. Then hexagons (19 pieces) are cut out of the white isolon, and pentagons (12 pieces) are cut out of the black isolon.
When assembling the ball, the white parts stick to the black ones. Previously, the sheets of the isolon need to be heated with a hairdryer and a small recess should be made in the middle so that the material lies evenly on the round ceiling. Then all parts are glued to the ceiling on the glue gun. You should start from the top center point, gradually going down to the bottom of the lamp.
Grass is cut from green foamiran, which will be glued to the bottom of the ceiling. To do this, on a strip of material, you need to cut the teeth. The resulting strip must be glued to the bottom of the lamp.
The last step is to install the light bulb and check the performance.
Runconculus from Isolon
Rununculus, or as it is also called buttercup, is a bright and fluffy flower in the shape of which you can make a stylish lamp.
The following details will be required:
- Isolon sheets are 10x7 -7 pieces, 14x10 - 7 pieces, 17x14 - 7 pieces, 21x16 - 15 pieces, 25x18 - 15 pieces, 29x21-15 pieces, 36x23 - 35 pieces, 43x27 - 4 pieces.
- Glue.
- Hair dryer.
- Scissors.
- Paper.
- Lamp.
- A small circle from Isolon.
All leaves are drop-shaped. A template is drawn on paper and translated into isolon. These blanks are cut from all sheets of isolon.
Each leaf needs to be heated over a hairdryer and applied to a round shade so that the blanks get the desired shape. In the largest leaves, you need to stretch the edges a bit so that they are in the form of a wave.
A circle is glued on top. Around him, all the lap petals are pasted as the size of the workpiece in several rows increases. It is better not to retreat from the rows more than 1 cm so that the flower seems more magnificent.
The resulting flower is best used as a table night lamp or sconce.
You can make a hydrangea lamp from Isolon, lotus, daisies, peonies, lilies, various objects (ships, cars), figures. It all depends on the imagination of the master.
