Noguchi | Washi and Sculpture: The Lamp as a Light Work of Art

A floor lamp with a lampshade made of handmade mulberry paper pasted onto a thin bamboo hoop frame. The shape is an asymmetrical organic form—like an elongated egg or a section of bamboo, with visible paper fibers and subtle shadows of the bamboo hoops on the surface. The frame can be folded flat for storage. The stand consists of three slender black steel legs. Next to it is a low table in the same design language: two interlocking curved solid wood panels support each other, topped with a free-form glass sheet, without any screws. The commonalities of both works are: lightness, handmade quality, organic curves, and the ability to be disassembled. Soft ambient light, lamp lit. Avoid: lampshade made into a regular sphere or cylinder, use of plastic or glass, metal connectors added to the table, geometric symmetrical styling.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一盞立燈,燈罩是糊在細竹圈骨架上的手工桑皮紙,形狀是不對稱的有機體——像一顆被拉長的卵或一段竹節,表面看得見紙纖維與竹圈的細影。骨架可以摺疊收成扁平。支架是三支細的黑色鋼腳。旁邊有一張同語彙的矮桌:兩片交錯的實木曲板互相支撐,上面壓一片自由曲線的玻璃,沒有任何螺絲。兩件作品的共通點是:輕、手工、有機曲線、以及可以拆解。柔和的環境光,燈亮。避免:燈罩做成規則的球或圓柱、使用塑膠或玻璃、桌子加入金屬連接件、造型做成幾何對稱。