Stirrup Lamp

[Rawhide]

Here's a project I've been working on lately. I've got almost finished. All I have to add is the base for it to sit on.

Enjoy, and as always, feel free to critique.

Marlon

[TomSwede]

Hey man! That's a totally fun and crazy idea but it works!

I love it! Basketweaving looks great too.

Is it dressed with foam or wood or??? inside the lining?

A stirrup lamp! Gotta be your own idea!

Tom

[Rawhide]

Not my idea, but a great one indeed.

The only wood that's used is the block that goes across the top. There will also be a base made of wood that the stirrup will sit on (It's still drying with stain which is why it's not pictured. The stirrup is made of hard plastic. I'm sure you can find wooden stirrups though, but I'm sure more expensive.

Thanks for the compliments.

Marlon

[tazzmann]

Looks awesome! What a great idea!

[HorsehairBraider]

Wow - that's really nice. Good work!

No way am I showing that picture to my husband - he'd be out in the barn taking my saddle apart for a pair of those, and mine are nice old wooden stirrups.

I have to say though, since I hate plastic stirrups - that's the best use I've ever seen for them.

[anne newkold]

Not my idea, but a great one indeed.

The only wood that's used is the block that goes across the top. There will also be a base made of wood that the stirrup will sit on (It's still drying with stain which is why it's not pictured. The stirrup is made of hard plastic. I'm sure you can find wooden stirrups though, but I'm sure more expensive.

Thanks for the compliments.

Marlon

I think that when I was still at Hide Crafter we sold more of the plastic stirrup's for lamps, they carry the lamp parts to at a reasonable price too. Just have to come up with you own base. George did a video on making the stirrup lamps.

[yaklady]

Very nice, Marlon! Now you need to make a rawhide lamp shade to go with it. That's right up your alley, right, Rawhide? On the next one (you do have 2 stirrups, don't you?) you could do some tooling or stamping on the inside, too. Wouldn't that be cool? You don't leave room for any more critique!

Kathy

[Rawhide]

Hi Ann, how are you? Miss you at HC. I did get the idea from the George Hurst Video. Very good instructions on creating this piece. I didn't know they sold the lamp kits as well though. I'll look for that next time I'm in there. I think i got mine from home depot.

Thanks for the compliments Kathy. I did think about tooling on the interior as well, but decided against it. I did however use a camoflauge tool around the border of the tread cover. The next one will be for my uncle. I may embellish it a bit.

Marlon

Edited March 24, 2008 by Rawhide

[anne newkold]

Hi Ann, how are you? Miss you at HC.

Marlon

I love living in CA! :D Doing more leatherwork here than I did in TX. Have about 25 things on a list to do now. Trying to get something made for every fair we can enter. Just finished a pair of Chaps that I will be sending to the Spring show. I will post a picture of them soon. I have two projects that I am working on now. One for the San Bernardino county fair and the other is for the IFoLG show this fall.

I am very fortunate that Standing Bears Trading Post is right down the street from me. Wayne Christensen is a Fabulous instructor! Not only is he always there to help when I have a question, he has a way of encouraging me and a subtle way of pushing me into trying, no I mean, doing things I thought were beyond my abilities. Partly why there is so many things on my list to do now. Thanks Wayne!

The Wednesday night class I attend there is great fun and a great bunch of people too.

I do miss the customers and people I worked with in TX, please tell them I said Hello next time you are in HC.

Anne

[Rawhide]

I love living in CA! :D Doing more leatherwork here than I did in TX. Have about 25 things on a list to do now. Trying to get something made for every fair we can enter. Just finished a pair of Chaps that I will be sending to the Spring show. I will post a picture of them soon. I have two projects that I am working on now. One for the San Bernardino county fair and the other is for the IFoLG show this fall.

I am very fortunate that Standing Bears Trading Post is right down the street from me. Wayne Christensen is a Fabulous instructor! Not only is he always there to help when I have a question, he has a way of encouraging me and a subtle way of pushing me into trying, no I mean, doing things I thought were beyond my abilities. Partly why there is so many things on my list to do now. Thanks Wayne!

The Wednesday night class I attend there is great fun and a great bunch of people too.

I do miss the customers and people I worked with in TX, please tell them I said Hello next time you are in HC.

Anne

That's great Anne. I'm sure glad it worked out well for you in Ca. You're blessed to have instructors like Wayne close by, he sounds like a gem. Hope it continues to go well for ya.

Take care. I will mention to everybody a HC you said hi.

Marlon