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This is a lamp I built inspired by a lamp designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It was used in his home Taliesin as well as many other residences he designed. My version is made of walnut with a natural danish oil finish and the shade is made of rice paper applied to a styrene lamp shade material. Most joints in the lamp are splined miter joints.
To learn more about how the lamp was constructed and sources of materials, please visit http://www.randallprice.com . There you will find a blog about the lamp assembly and a resources page for the source of plans and materials used to build the lamp.
-- Randy, http://www.randallprice.com






























27 comments so far
ChicoWoodnut
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posted 396 days ago
That is quite lovely. How did you get the rice paper to hold its shape in the corners? I have never worked with it.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 396 days ago
Vewry elegant!
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cheller
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posted 396 days ago
That’s one gorgeous lamp, nice work.
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CessnaPilotBarry
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posted 396 days ago
I REALLY like that!
Very nice work!
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CaptainSkully
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posted 396 days ago
Magnificent! Where did you get the plans?
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Napaman
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posted 396 days ago
truly STUNNING…I love it…WELCOME TO LJ’s…
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sidestepmcgee
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posted 396 days ago
very cool
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kewald
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posted 396 days ago
Well done! How is the shade attached to the socket?
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 396 days ago
Beautiful, I’ve always been a Frank Lloyd Wright fan.
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 396 days ago
nice lamp wel;l done I would like it inm my home regards Alistair
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Les Hastings
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posted 396 days ago
Awesome job Randy!
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DAN
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posted 396 days ago
Welcome to lumberjocks Randy. I like the design and your craftsmanship is inspired.
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Raymondz
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posted 396 days ago
Very nice!
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Tim Pursell
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posted 396 days ago
FLW done right! Nice job on a classic lamp !
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Dusty56
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posted 396 days ago
very , very nice indeed : )
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dustynewt
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posted 396 days ago
Beautiful work Randy. I just visited your site. You have a nice setup. I had my speakers on and my wife thought we had birds in the house (at 11:15pm!). Thanks for the laugh.
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woodworm
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posted 396 days ago
Very very nice!
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Damian Penney
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posted 395 days ago
Great looking lamp Randy.
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cobbler
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posted 395 days ago
Beautiful lamp/art. Frank Loyd Wright would be impressed.
Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
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bfd
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posted 394 days ago
The work of Frank Lloyd Wright is what got me into design and I continued to study his work during college (interior design major!) This lamp exhibits great craftmanship. Nice work! Also, checked out your workshop looks like you have a great shop to build great thing and a great companion to keep you company.
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ND2ELK
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posted 394 days ago
Beautiful looking lamp! You did a great job on this piece. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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Douglas Bordner
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posted 394 days ago
Excellent. If you do more of these, Todd Clippinger has a source for a plastic material that is similar to shoji paper that would work without augmentation. If I were at home (whoops, brief diversion break at work), I could chase that down for you.
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Tim Dorcas
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posted 394 days ago
This is exactly the kind of object I like. Nice clean lines. Strong buy simple design (and I hope you take that as a high complement). If you have anything else to add regarding how you built it, I would love to hear. Thanks for posting.
Tim
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darryl
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posted 393 days ago
it’s a great looking lamp, nice work.
This design looks like it could easily be adjusted to become a floor lamp as well.
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Bob47
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posted 335 days ago
Hi,
Love your lamp and the quality of your work.
Were can I get a copy of the plans to build a copy?
Todd Thomas
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posted 335 days ago
Great looking lamp….really like the design…..would go well in our new home :-)
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OhVlyArtisan
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Great design
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