OUGD 602 - Lamp shade brief - development

This brief is a self directed one that has stemmed from the need of something. In our house we didnt get and lamp shades on the hanging lights when we moved in. Lampshades are relatively in expensive if you just want to go for the wire and paper ones that can be found in pretty much any home wear store. This got me thinking about the different variations you can buy and the price range they come in, I wanted for this brief to create a lampshade using the ancient Japanese paper folding discipline origami. From some basic research I have found people who had created their own lamp shades in a similar way I had envisioned in my head. One particular woman had created her own due to the high price of the professionally/commercially available ones that had a similar look to them.

With this I have decided to create and package an origami lampshade with an element of DIY to it, there are only a couple options in terms of style that I can use but within this one folding technique I can make variations by changing the placement of the folds and the size of them.

These are all lampshades that can be bought online from shops like habitiat and etsy. The prices can range from £20 to £200 depending on the size and the seller. As much as I like these I feel it is just as easy to recreate them with a bit of practice and some decent guidance.

The main origami technique used to make most of these lights is called the magic ball. This is a series of X shape folds in rows that overlap in a zig zag fashion. This technique has to be altered slightly because i have found through actually attempting the ball you dont need as many rows as necessary when creating a sphere.

After about 5 failed attempts I manage to make something that could potentially be wrapped to make a circular shape, from making this trial and error is the best method. I have learnt so far that I need to increase the length of the paper by about twice what I have already been working with. If i want to make a much larger lamp the paper I start with should be over 2m long and potentially around 50cm in width.

Other things I will need to consider with this lamp is -
Can the paper be potentially flammable?
Opacity of paper, stock, weight, colour, texture.
fastening method for the light fitting
packaging
diy instructions

After ive got the right shape and size for the lampshade these are all things I need to consider. Some brief guidelines I have set my self are that I want to the lampshade to be one sheet of paper and I would also like the fitting to be made of paper, either an adjustable card fastening or something alson these lines. I dont know how realistic these guidelines are at this stage in the project but it will be something that will be challenged further on.