Lampshade

[Hai-Etlik]

Neat! I have seen commercial lampshades done with an older, "Age of discovery"-style map, but had never thought of doing something like that myself.

Yes, though I doubt they would have gone to the trouble of projecting the map onto a surface the same shape as the lamp shade. I readily admit that it's stupendously geeky and obsessive.

[junius_gallio]

Yes, though I doubt they would have gone to the trouble of projecting the map onto a surface the same shape as the lamp shade. I readily admit that it's stupendously geeky and obsessive.

Oh, no--these weren't projected--when you saw the seam, it was quite obvious that they had cut the shades from material where the map was simply printed as a flat map on a flat sheet. These "lampshade projections" are just too cool!

I second Coyotemax--pics when finished!

[Hai-Etlik]

Crap, I just realized I screwed up. The slant length of the projected cone would be the length of the arc, not the segment. This is going to be a bit more complex.

[ravells]

Yes, though I doubt they would have gone to the trouble of projecting the map onto a surface the same shape as the lamp shade. I readily admit that it's stupendously geeky and obsessive.

Which means we all have a lot in common