Attempts to create the Ikea lamp
After seeing this lamp posted on Eric’s website http://www.origamitessellations.com/2007/02/21/knappa-klover-lamp-from-ikea/ I thought I had a pretty good idea of what the template would look like. As the pictures show I was wrong, but I liked some of the consequences so I’ll post one of my templates. Have fun. You need 8 cut out, you are making a cube, although it does resemble a sphere. I have more potential templates, but will post them later. The difference between the green and tan is that I creased the green semicircles. If you connect the semicircles internally you get a very strong finished polyhedron. I did it with a plastic cover divider and it was thrown around and had nary a scratch. The second template I was sure would work, but I came up with an ocatahedron base, not an icosahedron.
Disclaimer: This was so easy I’m sure everybody and their mother has designed this.
Update: The second template I made was correct. Someone found a link to a manual and it’s posted on Eric’s site through the comments. The slot is horizontal, not at a 45 degree incline and the circles are shifted to the side of the vertices.
Hi. 40 years ago I bought that lamp at Ikea in Germany in a beautiful orange colour. They no longer sell it in a bright orange colour so I was delighted to find your site. There are a couple of things I can[‘t figure out though. Do you have a picture of the FINAL way the cuts should be drawn? Also, do you know how it hangs on the bulb? I guess I would have to buy some type of ring. Thanks.
PS. I can’t remember what the pieces looked like but I thought they were all rectangular. Anyway, if it looks anything like it at all, your drawing would still be interesting.
Hi Tracy. If you go to Origamitesselations which is a linked website and type in ikea lamp there is a post with links that will help you. Also flickr has a series of pictures and instructions that should help.