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October 29th, 2009
entre lineas + kat macleod’s north carlton

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good morning! today i’m kicking things off with these beautiful handmade paper lights from margarita and ludwig at mn*ls. this one-off collection was created from handfolded antique books and was shown at a small gallery and then used in a japanese restaurant as decoration. i love the under of working in a home office lit by folded book paper lamps. so stunning. click here for more information on mn*ls and their work.

over at the d*s guest blog, lucy is introducing us to artist kat macleod’s and her favorite spots in melbourne’s north carlton area- click here for the full post!

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29 comments
Shanna said:
October 29th, 2009 - 8:11 am

swoooooning! so beautiful!

hrhkat said:
October 29th, 2009 - 8:16 am

I want to make my own, but I have this terrible feeling I would get half way through and never finish it. I am also guessing it looks much harder then I think it is…
and these actually light up? how is that even possible?
they are really beautiful though.

AJ said:
October 29th, 2009 - 9:02 am

Gorgeous.

October 29th, 2009 - 9:38 am

Simply beautiful….

October 29th, 2009 - 9:42 am

Fascinated by the art of paper folding, these are great.

MN*LS said:
October 29th, 2009 - 9:45 am

all fotos taken by alberto minio paluello,
albertominiopaluello@gmail.com
grazie alberto

Asma said:
October 29th, 2009 - 9:52 am

Wow these are magnificent – love the idea!

Pam said:
October 29th, 2009 - 10:00 am

These remind me of the Christmas trees that we made out of old Readers’ Digests in Brownie Scouts!

October 29th, 2009 - 10:07 am

amazing… would be great in a library room!

Lis said:
October 29th, 2009 - 11:29 am

love these!

October 29th, 2009 - 11:34 am

Absolutely gorgeous!

October 29th, 2009 - 11:40 am

oooh, gorgeous! Such beautiful textures – a few years ago I used colored envelopes to make a window display in the stationery boutique I owned – flaps out! It was a huge hit. Oh I miss creating window displays – maybe I can just decorate a wall in my office now to get my paper fix.

nichole said:
October 29th, 2009 - 1:19 pm

LOVE! I would love one of these!

Lindsay said:
October 29th, 2009 - 1:39 pm

i love them!

Hannah said:
October 29th, 2009 - 2:44 pm

wow. I’m not sure why masses of paper make me swoon, but these are just amazing.

October 29th, 2009 - 7:26 pm

I absolutely love these! Must find a way to recreate them….

Carmella said:
October 29th, 2009 - 9:01 pm

My goodness, how strange is it that I just started (and blogged about) giving these wonderful book sculptures a try! Love these as lights!

October 30th, 2009 - 2:17 am

Great idea and lovely photos!!!

October 30th, 2009 - 6:06 am

I really like those…

Mimi said:
October 30th, 2009 - 8:59 am

I love the subtle texture of the display! Creams + black with antique typewriter, so stunning.

Kristen said:
October 30th, 2009 - 11:02 am

I got this idea from a shop in Chicago called Haystack which had a bunch of them on display, they had gotten the idea from Anthropologie, is this where is originated?

Either way, I made a bunch of these for my wedding, they were really easy and a lot of fun! Each one only took me a little over an hour. Just break the cover off and start folding 1 or 2 pages at a time in any pattern you like!

Kristen said:
October 30th, 2009 - 11:05 am

Also, do these actually light up? After making them I don’t think its possible, they are very dense and there is really no place to put a light bulb.

Ysa said:
October 31st, 2009 - 7:00 am

cool way of designing paper lamp ~ creative and enviromental !!

October 31st, 2009 - 11:24 am

Beautiful lamps. I like how the text gives the idea of stripes

sarah Maddox said:
November 1st, 2009 - 10:42 am

kristen do you have any tips on how to make these? Or does anyone else? I love them!

November 1st, 2009 - 11:57 pm

Love these. I have done a lot of book folding and always enjoy seeing how others do it too. such an innovative idea!

Arja said:
November 4th, 2009 - 3:01 am

Beautiful, they look so natural and effortless.

Jess said:
November 6th, 2009 - 12:26 am

where did you get the white table?

Nifunifa83 said:
November 19th, 2009 - 12:58 pm

Where might one purchase these fabulous lights?

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