Materials
To build a working miniature bear themed lamp in 1:12 scale for a dolls' house you will need:
- A bear shaped bead - standing approximately ½ inch tall with a pre drilled hole.
- A lamp wiring set - bulb, socket, wire and plug (if you need a plug for your wiring system).
- Fine plastic or metal tubing - to fit through the hole in the bead , which allows the wire to pass through.
- Parchment or Vellum paper- for the lampshade.
- 1/8 inch thick basswood - sized to be the base of the lamp.
- Acrylic paints - to match the tubing to the bead color and also to paint the lamp base.
- Brown thread- six to ten inches of embroidery cotton, or brown waxed linen to sew the lampshade together.
- 6-8 inches of #20 wire - to make the lampshade support or harp.
- A filigree bead cap - one whose arms can be spread out to cover the top of the lampshade. The one shown started as a half inch tall bead cap, but spreads to cover the top of the shade.
Tools:
- Craft/ Exacto knife
- Tweezers
- Fine nosed pliers
- Straight pin or fine awl
- Fine scissors
- Paintbrush
- Strong glue - I used The Ultimate from Crafter's Pick which will glue metal and plastic.
This lamp can be built in other scales using a smaller bead and light bulb.
