Origami Lamp Shade

Had some free time over the weekend and was really missing some origami folding. This lamp shade is the result of experimenting with thin plastic material. The ambient light given by the lamp was somewhere between sexy and horror, depending on what movie you seen lately.

Below you can see photos of some of the building steps for the folding of this lamp shade.

 
This is the plastic sheet after creasing.

The folding was a little tricky. It tends to buckle and deform where you do not want, leaving imperfections in the transparency.

The folded shape is incredibly strong and hard to deform, considering it is made from very thin plastic, under 1mm thickness. This was fun, hope you enjoyed reading about this shape experiment.