Terracotta lampshade

Step 1

• We are going to make the lampshade using a plastic cold drink bottle from scrap and cover it with fabric painted with a floral design.
• Take A3 white paper, draw the floral design on it.

Step 2

• Take half a meter of casement fabric in off-white colour.
• Trace the same design on the fabric with yellow carbon paper.

Step 3

• Paint the design with Acrylic Colours Burnt Sienna 01, Black 02, Chrome Yellow 03, Crimson 04, Orange 17, White 27, and Flesh Tint 30. Let it dry.

Step 4

• Take the cold drink bottle from scrap (we have taken a 1-litre bottle), mark and cut the base and the mouth side of the bottle to get the cylindrical shape.
• Cover the cut bottle base by sticking the painted fabric using Fabric Glue. Let it dry. Refer to the image.

Step 5

• Take a prewashed terracotta vase as the base for the lampshade.

Step 6

• Paint the vase by tracing a similar design and paint with similar shades as the floral design on the lampshade.
• Let the colours dry completely.

Step 7

Your lampshade made from a cold drink bottle and fabric is ready.

Step 8

• Create a hole towards the bottom side edge of the vase from the carpenter for light attachments.
• Attach the holder on the topside of the vase.
• Take the painted lampshade and attach it to the vase neatly.