Easy-to-Make Arts and Crafts Lamps and Shades (Dover Craft Books) [Paperback]

John D. Adams (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Craft Books | Publication Date: August 10, 2005

Step-by-step guide for 16 projects shows how to turn inexpensive materials into a wide range of attractive, functional objects. Instructions are provided for creating table lamps, a dining room dome, a lantern, the shade for a drop light, newel post lamps, an electric candle sconce, and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (August 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486443558
• ISBN-13: 978-0486443553
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #367,971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #18 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Home & Garden > Crafts & Hobbies > Decorating

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good book if you have a base in wood working, February 1, 2006

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M. crichlow "m. lorrae" (Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy-to-Make Arts and Crafts Lamps and Shades (Dover Craft Books) (Paperback)

I like this book as reference for lamps in the arts and craft style however if you are looking for lots of step by step instructions you are out of luck. if you are looking for a good reference book and can visualise a project based on a few black and white drawing and some instruction then this book is for you.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a wonderful surprise!, August 24, 2007

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Thomas Hanson "Wood Worm" (SLC, Utah, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy-to-Make Arts and Crafts Lamps and Shades (Dover Craft Books) (Paperback)

I work in both wood and metals and was expecting a basic volume of metalsmithing techniques. To my surprise, this book can be used in metalsmithing (example: dimensional layout drawings awayla), but it focuses on the use of colored paper (instead of mica or stained glass) and cardboard (instead of metals) Although it explores a medium I ordinarily use to design and make mock-ups, the drawings can easily be used in the metal shop using solder or riviting as a fastener instead of glue and tape and mica or glass in the place of paper.

Please note: These are vintage lighting designs put together by Popular Mechanics during the Arts & Crafts era and I would recommend it to anyone interested in this period of design and technique. Although some of the designs are a little 'dumpy', it would take little time or effort to change them to your liking. This book is a steal!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strange but Useful, March 18, 2011

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Minneapolis Mike (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Easy-to-Make Arts and Crafts Lamps and Shades (Dover Craft Books) (Paperback)

This is a reprint of a book published by Popular Mechanics in 1917. Some of the lamps have an authentic Arts and Crafts period look. Others seem a bit hokey. (The square-shaped lamps are right on target, while the pendant shaped ones seem to miss the mark.) The book calls for the lamp shades to be made out of cardboard and colored paper, which is quite strange. After all, why would you take the time to a build lamp base out of solid materials and then adorn it with a flimsy shade? Also, the instructions include no useful information on how to actually build any of the lamps, so other than its value as a historical artifact, the text is quite useless. That said, the supplied patterns include dimensions so they are a great reference if you want to adapt them to more substantial materials.