Nendo washi lamps

Now, I know I'm a long way from owning my own house (thank you UK, at this rate I'll be living at my Mum's until I'm 40..), but that doesn't seem to stop me hunting out interior decor ready for when the time eventually comes. Of course, my taste will probably change a lot in the next ten years, so this may prove a waste of time, but it's fun anyway.
One of the many things of my list of 'dream home items' are these washi lamps. Created by designer Nendo for Japanese paper company Taniguchi Aoya Washi known for their 'washi' paper. Their process results in a seamless form often confused with white glass or plastic.
Nendo explains how the delicate wrinkled feature became the defining feature of his lamps;
"Adding devils tongue (konnyaku) to the mixture creates wrinkles that bring out the special characteristics of paper, but this process also conceals the fact that the forms are made with the traditional technique. After running into this problem, we decided to take the best of both worlds: to create lighting fixtures that are only half-formed with the wrinkle process. The wrinkles can be applied gradually so that the two different effects come together seamlessly. The wrinkles shrink the fixtures’ overall size, so we calculated backwards from the desired final size to create the starting form and size. This hybrid process created a new face for paper, one that combines the softness and tensility that only three-dimensional washi can display."

I'm currently writing this on my lunch break, so I'll be spending the rest of the day imagining these hanging beautifully in my non existant home... Have a happy Wednesday!