What is a shoji lamp?
Shoji lamps are glowing boxes of bamboo and paper, constructed with thin, wooden slats holding rectangles of white rice paper to diffuse the light bulb’s glare. Shoji screens may provide privacy when living space is at a minimum. Table, floor, and hanging lamps are created in the shoji style.
How do I hang a lantern in my garden?
Method
- Hook the lights up across your garden or outdoor space, using walls, fence posts, or (as we did) a helpfully-positioned tree.
- Ensure the lights reach a suitable indoor plug socket.
- Make up your lanterns and hang them from your lights using the ‘C’ hook in the centre of the lantern.
How does a Japanese lantern work?
A sky lantern works like a hot air balloon. The candle flame bellow the shell warms up the air inside it, causing the lantern to float up and stay airborne until the candle is extinguished. Stiff edges near the bottom of the shell are meant to keep the flame away from the potentially flammable material.
How is a lantern made?
Lanterns were usually made from a metal frame with several sides (usually four, but up to eight) or round, commonly with a hook or a hoop of metal on top. A lantern generally contains a burning light source: a candle, liquid oil with a wick, or gas with a mantle.
What is the name for Japanese sliding screens with panels of frosted glass or rice paper?
shoji
By the 12th century, shoji had evolved into something unique to Japan, the sliding doors lined with paper. The paper is translucent and is called ‘shoji paper’. Sometimes people call it ‘rice paper’ (since it sounds ‘oriental’?), but shoji paper really has nothing to do with rice.