https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/turning-a-lampshade-into-mixed-media-art • Posted by sarah.trumpp
I hang a lot of art in my house, but less than one per cent of it is my own. When I do display my own work, I like to sneak it in on unexpected surfaces, without taking up precious wall space. For example, my bedside table lamp. I had an absolute ball turning my lampshade into a piece of functional mixed media art - and you can do the same thing!
I hang a lot of art in my house, but less than one per cent of it is my own. When I do display my own work, I like to sneak it in on unexpected surfaces, without taking up precious wall space. For example, my bedside table lamp. I had an absolute ball turning my lampshade into a piece of functional mixed media art - and you can do the same thing!
Prep your shade. If you're starting with a paint base, apply a sparing coat of gesso. If you're starting with papers, glue those down.
Make your masterpiece! Use anything and everything that you would on any other mixed media piece, whether you traditionally work on canvases or in your art journal. I started by attaching various papers followed by anatomical images and a copy of an organ transportation label.
Since the lampshade sits by our bed, I decided to make this mixed media piece all about our relationship, which is (I confess) a very mushy, gushy affair. I turned the Eyes label into a sort of rainbow, and I plastered the piece with hearts. And I’m really not a heart person!
I gave all of the neutral areas a quick wash with a warm orangey-yellow
I used a spray sealant and put it back onto my lamp base where it commands attention even from across the room!