From dandelion to STARROS, the star lamp

IKEA MASKROS star lamp hack

IKEA items used:

MASKROS Pendant Lamp

Why this hack? The MASKROS fixture was dirty due to droppings of flies on the paper, which we could not clean.

Karine (from our FabLab) had the idea to detach all the petals of paper, and replace them with cutouts made with a type machine “silhouette cameo” that is often found in fablabs.

Each petal has therefore been detached, by removing the plastic end caps.

IKEA MASKROS star lamp hack

Then it was necessary to draw stars in the free software of the cutting machine silhouette, in cardboard paper of two different colors, the cutting was made easily thanks to the cutting plotter of the cameo.

IKEA MASKROS star lamp hack

The holes were manually made but they could also have been drawn in the software so that they could be cut at the same time.

IKEA MASKROS star lamp hack

Then, each star was positioned alternating colors on the metal rods, and by slipping back into the holes of the star, and finally, we get a new customized lamp with the stars projected on the ceiling!

IKEA MASKROS star lamp hack

Original text in french:
Le luminaire MASKROS était sale à cause de crottes de mouches sur le papier, qu’on arrivait pas à nettoyer.
Karine (du FabLab) a eu l’idée de détacher tous les pétales de papier, et les remplacer par des découpes faites avec une machine type “silhouette caméo” qu’on trouve souvent dans les fablabs.

Chaque pétale a donc été détaché, en declipsant les embouts en plastiques.
Ensuite il a fallu dessiner des étoiles dans le logiciel gratuit de la machine de découpe silhouette, dans du papier cartonné de deux couleurs différentes, la découpe s’est faite facilement grâce au plotter de découpe de la caméo.
on a fait manuellement les trous mais on aurait aussi pu les dessiner dans le logiciel pour qu’ils soient découpés en même temps.

Ensuite, chaque étoile a été positionné e en alternant les couleurs sur les tiges de métal, et en reclipsant dans les trous de l’étoile, et au final, on obtien une nouvelle lampe customisée avec les étoiles projetées au plafond!

~ by FabLab de Commenailles – Atelier Made in iKi

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