After the commissioned Diamond Lamp for ‘Billiedskolen’ and the ‘Wednesday 5 o’clock Class’ making their own lamps, their work caught the attention of ’Fantasy Design in community’ resulting in an invite to talk at the Fantasy Design Conference on design Education – ‘Involving Children and young people in designing the future’. Held in an old monastery in Gent, Belgium. I was asked to talk about the theme ’Design for all’ so I spoke about my desirers to be Robyn Hood.

Link to Billiedskol i Tvillinghallen 

Link to Fantasy Design in Community

‘Billedskolen i Tvillingehallen’ commissioned the making of a Diamond Shade for their meeting room.  I based the lamp on traditional landscape painting,  (rectangle landscape, green at the bottom, moody sky at the top). Besides coloured paper I used old books about planes, so parts of planes now fly through the sky. In referance to the history of Tvillingehallen, the building was once a slaughterhouse, I found an appropriate book and used it to make the sky a little overcast and to dot the landscape with cattle.

The Art School is for children and young adults who come into the school on different days of the week. I set up the Silent Circus in the entrance and slowly made the lamp, spread over a week, so all  the students got to see the lamp in progress. I then had to take it home to finish it, these things are not quick to make, plus the children kept interrupting me.

Besides me making a lamp for the school, I also introduced the JW006 E-craftbook to the Wednesday 5 o’clock class, who all made their-own Diamond Shade lamps over the following couple of Wednesdays. I’ll post the results of that seperatly.

Almost forgot, this lamp can be downloaded as an E-craftbook, you can make your own.

http://www.walton.dk/walton/lamps/diamond-shades/jw-006-diamond-shade-e-craftbook/

DesignYouMake E-craftbook presenting the ‘download and make’ JW oo5 Neo Tramp Art lampshade. The NeoTramp Art lampshade is about love and commitment, it is a simple and repetitive process that takes ages to make.

The E-craftbook presents the inspiration, technique, simple making step by step guide and hanging directions.

JW oo5. Neo Tramp Art Shade.

The NeoTramp Art lampshade is about love and commitment, it is a simple and repetitive process that takes ages to make.

The process is simple to master and can be quickly demonstrated to a friend. So the making of this lamp can be done with the help of some friends, who may have thought they were just popping around for coffee.

The E-craftbook, JW oo5 NeoTramp Art lampshade, presents the directions about how to make a ‘Trunk Folding Press Tool’ for use to manufacture tubes from postcards. It also includes directions for hanging the lamp using fishing wire, plus some unsubstantiated misconceptions about original Tramp Art by Jeremy Walton. Adding to the gossip and hearsay, where misconceptions become truths.

You are looking at about 20 hours making time, so relax and enjoy.

Traditional Tramp Art

The technique is based on the ideology behind Traditional Tramp Art, the use of readily available materials and tools that are freely available today. It also requires the Tramp Art techniques of repetition, dedication and love. Making the shade is a celebration, so the fact they take ages to make is a bonus, why rush a good thing.

Example screen shots from the 24 page JW oo5 Neo Tramp Art Lampshade E-craftbook

Includes: 24 page pdf with: inspiration, technique, simple making step by step guide and tips.

Materials:

• Post cards.
• Wood Glue.
• Fishing wire.

Tools and Techniques:

• Scissors.
• Clothes pegs.

$6 Download and make

Text Extracts

‘Design is knowledge, Craftsmanship is a state of mind.’

It is not an intention of mine to find ways to recycle materials, as waste materials should be recycled in larger quantities and used again in industry. But when you see these materials used, an appreciation of their beauty and value as a usable material is gained. This helps people to appreciate a little more of what they normally discard as waste.

I want to include people in the process, to inspire people to make things themselves and subsequently appreciate such home-made craftsmanship. Through making things themselves, people will better appreciate, materials and the craftsmanship of other objects. That’s my theory.

Inspiration

The Copenhagen office workers lamp  The original KKA (København Kontor Arbejdere) lamp started out in 2007 and was inspired by experience with the square structure of the milk carton ‘Water Drop’ wall Display. This, coupled with the big issue of the time, office workers suffering with stress, lead to the idea of developing a lampshade that could relieve stress and allow for smuggling office supplies out of the office, under the guise of being a healthy office worker. Due to the lamp taking ages to make, development of the lamp was slow and eventually narrowed down to the current use of postcards, thus losing the office stockroom connection and taking on a coffee house direction, as this is where the free postcards are found. Along with the aforementioned office workers.  Inspiration is a starting point and that is generally how it came about, but did not end up, for the time being.

Technique

Traditional Tramp Art

The technique is based on the ideology behind Traditional Tramp Art, the use of readily available materials and tools that are freely available today.

It also requires the Tramp Art techniques of repetition, dedication and love. Making the shade is a celebration, so the fact they take ages to make is a bonus, why rush a good thing.

The trunk folding press.

A simple tool that clamps sheet metal firmly in position and then, with the help of pivotal leverage, creates a controlled straight fold.

This trunk tooling press principal will be used on a mini scale. In part 2 we shall make our own ‘Mini Trunk Folding Press’, made of card. We then use this tool to fold more cards, these are in fact almost identical to the ‘Mini Trunk Folding Press’.

Seen from an industrial view point, we shall first make one ‘Mini Trunk Folding Press’ that will help make many ‘Mini Trunk Folding Press’ tools. The whole lamp is made of ‘Mini Trunk Folding Press’ tools, made to the rhythm of industry.

Lampshade made as part of the Made personally exhibition at Mooment shop. This lampshade uses the e-craftbook jw 006 (available to down load and make your own at designyoumake.com, just $10. Or this one needs a home for slightly more than $10.)

My subject for this shade is an Iceberg. I done some in-depth study of icebergs (couple of photos on google images) The diamond shade lends itself to the form of the iceberg and I collected papers that are white, pure white and super white for above the water line. For below the water line and deeper inside the iceberg, I collected blue paper, milk cartons and the monthly Map magazine by architect David Garcia.

The diamond shade principal, followed on from the original Neo Tramp Art lamp shade, but i would say the diamond lamp shade is closer to being Neo Tramp Art, the diamond cut was inspired by the Tramp Art notch and layer technique. What pleases me with this lamp is that like Original tramp art the person making has freedom to express their own form and colour using the cut and layer technique. They are not restricted by a specific form decided by me. They have a process to work with and what they do with it is up to them.

Thank you to David Garcia for the Map map, which firstly, was the right sort of blue I needed and secondly, appropriately about Antarctica. So looking closely within the lamp, one can find small drawings of penguins, people dressed for arctic conditions, snow flakes and even photos of icebergs.

Exhibited at:

Copenhagen Culture Night 2009.

Made Personally by Jeremy Walton. Moomentshop.

JW oo6. Diamond Shade. A lampshade of repetitive diamonds.

The E-craftbook, JW oo6 Diamond Shade, presents the directions about how to build the basic inner structure of the Diamond shade, plus tips and ideas on how to continue building the shade in a random or symmetrical way.

Also includes the all important templates and printable sheets that can be used to make the single diamonds from A4 coloured papers or waste paper and packaging.

Random or symmetrical?

You should decide this before starting. You can either sculpt your shade randomly, adding diamonds however you like, here and there. Or you can build the shade in a symmetrical fashion, where you repeat the same pattern. It is up to you what that pattern is.

The diamonds can be added in all sorts of ways, sometimes it might involve turning the diamond around and over several times to find out where it fits, but it will fit.

White, coloured or recycled?

You can shape the shade as you like and you can also use different colour paper. The yellow, orange and red shade used within the E-craftbook is the start of ‘Cannon Smoke’, an installation I made based on human cannonball acts. Various grey coloured paper will eventually be added for the smoke. (It was made  in a circus tent)

Use plain white paper or waste papers, such as old cereal boxes, milk cartons or magazine covers. It is also possible to use a small amount of thinner paper, but you need to make sure you are adding enough stiffness and strength to your structure. The outer edges can be thinner.
Example screen shots from the 29 page JW oo6 Diamond Shade E-craftbook

Includes: 29 page pdf with: inspiration, technique, simple making step by step guide and tips.

Including two printable pages:

• A4 printable template for making Diamonds from waste and large format paper.

• An A4 printable sheet that can be cut up into 7 diamonds.

Materials:

• Paper, recommend min. 160 grammes.
• Suitable Glue, staples or sticky tape.

Tools and Techniques:

• Cutting Knife  or scissors.
• Cut and paste.

$10 Download and make

‘Design is knowledge, Craftsmanship is a state of mind.’

‘JW oo6 Diamond Shade’ can be made from used milk cartons, cereal boxes, magazine covers or any found waste paper that is more than 160 grammes thick. It is not an intention of mine to find ways to recycle materials, as waste materials should be recycled in larger quantities and used again in industry.

But when you see these materials used, an appreciation of their beauty and value as a usable material is gained. This all helps people to appreciate a little more of what they normally discard as waste.

I want to include people in the process, to inspire people to make things themselves and subsequently appreciate such home-made craftsmanship.

Through making things themselves people will better appreciate, materials and craftsmanship of other objects.

Inspiration

It was after making a lampshade named ‘Neo Tramp Art’ at SoupaNatural, a soup bar in Copenhagen, that Nicolia and Kristian invited me to join their Circus tent, to make an installation during the Roskilde music festival.

Having always dreamed of joining the circus and feeling it about time to take my hobby explorations into a new realm, I joined the circus a ‘Silent Circus’ celebrating making.

The single diamond element came about from working with the square form of the milk carton and folding postcards into squares.

Traditional Tramp Art is created by cutting notches along the edge of wood and layering the thin layers of wood. The notches create small repetitive diamonds along the edge of the wood.

I find the love and dedication put into the traditional Tramp Art pieces charming and endearing. It was through experimenting with cutting square tubes that I worked out the ‘Diamond Cut’. Unlike the ‘JW oo5 Neo Tramp Art lamp shade’, the Diamond shade allows the maker more creative freedom with colour and form, similar to that of traditional Tramp Art. It also requires dedication and love.

Technique

Neo Tramp Art, cut and paste.

I would say the diamond is based on the ideology behind Traditional Tramp Art and made using available materials and tools that are freely available today.

I have worked out a single unit that can be used as a three dimensional repeat pattern. It is basically the good old, cut and paste method.

The lampshades are made by a repetitive diamond that is cut and joined together, similar to the tramp art notch and layer technique.

It also requires the Tramp Art techniques of repetition, dedication and love. Making the shade is a celebration, so the fact they take ages to make is a bonus, why rush a good thing.

Best wishes and kind hellos – Jeremy

Installation by Jeremy Walton June 2009. Roskilde Festival

Going along with the Circus theme, I studied in detail (a couple of online photos) Cannon Smoke from human cannon ball acts. I attempted to recreate this using the lampshade diamonds made of craft paper, waste paper and good old milk cartons.

The majority was made on site using a cutting knife, a staple gun and with help thanks to my festive festival helpers. The result was a battle against the wind and humidity. some amount of smoke built up over the duration of the festival. I did manage to test and learn a lot about the diamond shade and the E-craftbook which presents how to make your own diamonds into smoke, candyfloss or what ever takes your fancy.

I started with an explosive centre, which aptly vanished late one night leaving a cloud of smoke.

Bang!

I don’t have many photos due to my camera having a battery life of about 5 minutes. I have filmed the development of the smoke and shall include that at some point.

The story of the human cannon ball. After 40 years in the business he had the accuracy to propel himself into a bathtub from 300 meters. One final night he over loaded his cannon and created a cloud of smoke that took eight days to clear. It was some years later that a silver sequined leotard was found two miles away in the local duck pond. Some people say he was attempting to out perform the new sensational trapeze artists, while others say, it was a perfect shot from two miles and a smoke screen to cover up his disappearance on the same night that the bakers wife left town.

Unlike my standard Panel Shades these ‘Virgin Trapese Shades’ use salvaged lampshade frames for the metal ring and the rest of the old lampshade frame remains hanging down within the new lampshade.

I made these in SoupaNaturals circus tent at the 2009 Roskilde Festival. The shades were made on site with a knife and hole-punch (A Silent Circus). Other than the salvaged shade frames they are made of selected waste paper from a local printer, plus some Polyester ‘Faber’ strips from panel curtains.

The ‘Panel Shades’ take a little while to plan out and make, but I am enjoying the ability they give to make such individual pieces, so get in touch if you want to commission one or two.

A development coming out of the The Fake Dane process.

Candlestick shade 2004

Uses the simple process of making lampshade frames. The wire works factory still has the original tooling forms for making elaborate lampshades. The frame is adapted to be able to hold a candle and is coated in black glass enamel.

Three pin standing lamp 2004

Metal folding lamp stand that utilises turned furniture components for its legs.

Frame-D 2005

Inspiration came from Framers, (people that make picture frames) they are still found locally in high streets. The Frame-D is a three dimensional frame, framing the space which a shelf creates. It can be hung on the wall either landscape or portrait depending on the size of the object that you wish to display.
The 1st edition was made using salvaged picture frames and are constructed using traditional framing techniques, as was the 2nd edition but with newwoods. The current 3rd edition utilises the growing number of automated routing machines that can be found in an increasing number of localised wood workshops. It is machine made using mdf with a vernier laminate. The 4th edition in development, is looking at foam moulding techniques used to create interior mouldings.

Exhibited at:

Copenhagen Culture Night 2005 D-Zoo.
Lauritz Passion day auction 2006.
MM gallery Copenhagen 2004.

A Design process by Jeremy Walton 2004

A slowly expanding collection of objects made using a designed process, where locally found furniture parts (urban drift wood) get used to determine variable end results.

Each item is individually numbered. The collection is on going and the initial collection of 01 to 60 will be presented at MM gallery Copenhagen in 2005. Selected items are part of the Lauritz Passion day Aution 2005.

Standing Lamps from the Fake Dane Collection. 2005

Donated chair from Ishøj, Copenhagen, 2005.

• “Hr Larsen, what colour or colours do you feel are particularly Danish?”
• “Blue and white.”
• “Why and what sort of blue?”
• “The blue of the sea in Skagen when it joins the white sky.”
• “What sort of blue is it?”
• “It is very bright blue.”
• “Can you give some examples of other things that are the same blue?”
• “It is like the blue of this pate [Leverpostej] packaging or letmælk cartons.”

Dear Hr Larsen
I have a close match to Leverpostej (pate) packaging. I have recently been to Skagen, it was grey and rained but during moments of sunshine it hinted and I can imagine the sea being blue and joining the white sky.

Found table from Vesterbrø Copenhagen, 2005.

• “Fru Daugaard, what colour or colours do you feel are particularly Danish?”
• “Brick Red like the roof tops.”
• “That is straightforward. Are the tiles of that colour found commonly in towns all over Denmark?”
• “It’s all over. Also provincial towns have that red brick colour.”

Dear Fru Daugaard,
This looks much more red than some of the newer orange looking tiles. It is quite similar to the older weathered tiled roofs. From a distance this red might also look less red, everything looks different from a distance.

Full collection archieve underconstruction.

Objects of Desire, Jaguar e-type.

Culture Corporations on going explorations of non physical asthetics.

The Process

Exhibited at:

Biennalen 2004.
Trapholt from 9/9 to 21/11 2004
Nordjyllands Art Museum from 4/12 2004 to 16/1 2005.
Curators: Arkitekt Karen Kjærgaard, Guldsmed Ulrik Jungersen and Tekstildesigner Astrid Krogh.

And finally:

Parked out the back of the studio in a residential housing estate for about a year, damaged only by the weather.