Paper Shade Pendant Light: The Texture of Light Through Fibers

A pendant lamp with a lampshade made of washi paper hand-glued onto a thin bamboo frame, 600mm in diameter, in the shape of a slightly asymmetrical sphere. The surface shows the direction of the paper fibers, overlapping glued areas, and subtle shadows of the frame behind the paper. When lit, the light passing through the paper becomes a soft, warm white, and the frame forms regular dark lines; when unlit, it is merely an off-white mass. The electrical cord is fabric-wrapped, close in color to the paper, and hangs from a small hole at the top of the lampshade, without any metal canopy. Dark background, lit state, showing the luminescence of the shade itself. Avoid: making the lampshade a perfect sphere, using plastic or glass, adding metal trim to the lampshade, depicting it in an unlit state.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一盞吊燈的燈罩是手工糊在細竹骨架上的和紙,直徑 600mm,形狀是不完全對稱的球體,表面看得見紙纖維的走向、糊接的重疊處與骨架在紙後的細影。燈亮時,光透過紙變成柔和的暖白,骨架成為一道道規律的暗線;燈滅時它只是一個米白的量體。電線是布包的,顏色與紙接近,從燈罩頂端的一個小孔垂下,沒有任何金屬蓋盤。深色背景,燈亮的狀態,呈現罩體本身的發光。避免:燈罩做成完美的正球、使用塑膠或玻璃、加入金屬的燈罩收邊、拍成燈滅的狀態。