Zipper Lamp
By RuneshaiMaybe not the most economical project, since you'd have to buy the zippers, but may be more so if you have a bunch of old zippers ready to be crafted into something else. Plus it looks kinda cool.
After looking at the instructions a little bit, it looks more complicated than I'd thought, but still a cool project, and I'm sure there are ways to simplify it and change it to your liking or capabilities. I remember making a lamp with a wooden frame and using rice paper for the shade. It was just glued to the frame, and the light mounted on a cross-piece inside, but the look was somewhat similar to this one. Anyway.. cool look for a handy weekend project.
Link: http://www.instructables.com/id/Zipper-Lamp/
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The zipper came as a single 15 foot roll for about $15. The Ikea lamp shade and light socket were only a few dollars. The nuts and bolts it stand on were about $1. Then there were odds and ends I had lying around like the glue, lightbulb, etc... The laser cut acrylic base... well... I'm sure you could work something out ;-)
Anyhow, thanks for posting!
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