Lamp Made From Materials That Are Difficult to Recycle

by andrealmeidao2008 in Craft > Reuse

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Lamp Made From Materials That Are Difficult to Recycle

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Our work aims to create practices for reusing materials that are difficult to recycle, developing discarded materials into something that can be used temporarily.

Supplies

a carton of mil, sockets 2.5 cable length with 50cm each, leg 2 old CDs a bottle of detergent or bleach for the top of the lamp ice cream stick instant glue and wood glue to glue the sticks together spray in matte black and synthetic yellow a square of cardboard measuring 12 cm, for the base of the laminate a cardboard template measuring 12 by 5cm acrylic spackle drywall screen tape 2 pieces of pallet for the pendant measuring 30cm lamp shade in the desired color.

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Step 1: The first item on the list is the milk carton, which must have its top and sides cut off.


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Step 2: second item are 2 squares of cardboard 12 by 5cm that must have 4 wooden sticks glued to their ends


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Step 3: The third and fourth items are 1 old CD and 1 socket, the socket should be glued in the middle of the CD, then glue the CD to the top of the milk carton.



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Step 4: The fifth item is a water bottle with the top cut off; we'll only use this part. Afterward, glue the cut part of the bottle to the CD with the socket wires outside the bottle (using the bottle cap is optional).