Stitched Light
Stitched light, a piece focusing on the handicraft of sewing, and natural warm tones with fabrics that have visible lightweight fibres.
A wide stretching frame allows light to spread and create a comforting and welcoming ambience.
With focus drawn to the dark cord stitch details.
In the Making
This project evolved from desk light to pendant light, where it would now be placed over a large dining room table.
The stitched element at the top to combine 2 layers of material and the bottom to hook the flowliness to the frame was to give structure and togetherness to this free formed shape.
The process
The frame, though hidden was the main centerpiece of the manufacturing as it is the reason the shape can spread far and weave in and out of the metal rod areas. Some of the process involved, using the swiss bender to shape the rods and the roller to curve them, the plasma cutter produced the disks to weld the rods and light shade reducer onto, angle grinding, welding, spray paint and varnish and some sewing, hemming and fabric hole punching.
This consists of steel rods, lightweight calico cotton, gold organza polyester and stitch and dark cord.
Details and Joinery
The stitch details are all about sinching and hooking the top and bottom in place to allow the fabric to have its own flowing shape.
Some of these stitches are more hidden and some are made to be displayed.
1 of 5 end rods hooked parts with the hemmed calico folded into a triangle and cord stitched around the hook.
Top stitching on first 100mm of the rod frame were the 2 fabrics are stitched under the rod together for a sinched look.
A view of the light shade reducer holding the light a 150mm distance welded into place.
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