If by “shroud” you mean “hefty garbage bag”, and by “shadows” you mean “someone could toss that hefty bag into the trash”, then I think this could all work out in the end.
Yes – you could actually take this idea and make it pretty by painting it a nice color, lining the inside with sheer fabric, and putting cut outs of bird shapes inside to create a shadow.
And by not taking a $2 lamp rewiring kit straight out of the package and just letting the weight of the cage rest on the socket and put stress on the cord, instead of actually mounting it to something.
The execution is obscenely lazy for $99, and makes me wonder where else in her house lampshades are sitting directly on the bulbs.
Ooooh! I’m seeing a chandelier made out of that chain-link fencing that someone must have tried to throw over the top of her. Now, all she needs is someone to scale a pole and steal a streetlight so that she can hang it artfully by the industrial sized cable. Can’t imagine the price tag on that one though if the $10 she has into this one is any indication.
That is one of the most budget stabs at creativity I have ever seen.
You could go to the dump with a friend and stand 100 feet apart and grab the first thing each of your feet touches and throw it at each other and the resulting collision would be better than this piece o’ shit.
As someone who works in found objects, this is about as offensive and fucking lazy as it gets. A HUNDRED DOLLARS???!!! I’d ask them for $25 just to bring it back to the dump.
I confess I threw an “old chunk of metal” at their feet. It was still a perfectly good bear trap but could have been repurposed as a celery/carrot chopper maybe a sconce?
If threading a (manufactured) lamp wire through the bars of a (manufactured) cage and sticking some (manufactured) birds to it qualifies as “hand-made” then I’m in! I’m off to get raw materials to make hand-made furniture for my new shop “Ikeastsy”
I start to believe more and more that Etsy is made up of talented people, wannabe talented people, and hoarders with an excuse. Where else would you find all the crap to glue to other crap people? Get help for it!
I’m sure lots of people thought of it, just no one had the audacity to carry through with it. It’s like one of those ideas you get when you’re hammered- you don’t actually do it once you’ve slept it off.
If she used an old fashioned birdcage, that would be fine. I’ve actually wanted one of them for ages, though it will have to wait until I get my own place, so I can hang it from the ceiling.
This birdcage is pretty ugly, even for it’s intended purpose of imprisoning a budgie or a canary. Sticking a candle and spray painting it red isn’t going to change that.
July 1, 2012 at 9:32 am
I read that as “blow chunks,” which I think might be more appropriate.
The use of the halogen light bulb in this way would piss off even Al Gore.
July 1, 2012 at 10:12 am
That is a CFL, not a halogen.
Maybe she broke a few and the mercury fumes got to their brain.
July 1, 2012 at 1:03 pm
CFL – FJL – WTF – wait, I think I’m on to something here – JFK – KFC… Nope, I was just hungry. Go about you business.
July 1, 2012 at 9:33 am
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July 1, 2012 at 9:44 am
Then why comment?
July 1, 2012 at 9:50 am
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July 1, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Sarcasm…I like it.
July 1, 2012 at 9:39 am
I dunno. The shadows might look kind of neat when it’s lit up. Or that could just be the Ny-Quil talking.
July 1, 2012 at 9:41 am
if your nyquil is talking you need to cut back on the LSD… or craft something for Etsy.
July 1, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Sure, add a shroud of some kind- cloth, etc over the cage, so as just to see the shadows, and it might be an interesting accent light. Maybe.
July 1, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Once a bunch of moths got under the shroud and started flying into the light it would be a hell of a show. The cat would be up all night.
July 2, 2012 at 12:32 pm
If by “shroud” you mean “hefty garbage bag”, and by “shadows” you mean “someone could toss that hefty bag into the trash”, then I think this could all work out in the end.
July 1, 2012 at 9:39 am
“dropping berries on my head” i think she means a guy named Barry dropped her on her head.
July 1, 2012 at 10:08 am
I thot she meant dingleberries.
July 1, 2012 at 10:52 am
When a bird craps on your head you can just shake your fist at it… or make this thing as a warning to other birds.
July 1, 2012 at 9:41 am
Despite all my rage I am still just a lamp in a cage.
July 1, 2012 at 10:10 am
Not enough thumbs up available for that!
July 1, 2012 at 9:41 am
Are you sure the city isn’t throwing chunks of metal at the seller’s head and just keeps missing.
July 1, 2012 at 9:43 am
She blinded me…with bad crafts. Could anyone look directly at this “lamp?”
July 1, 2012 at 10:06 am
That was my thought. The idea isn’t terrible, but having that bare bulb is going to make it hard to be near this thing.
July 1, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Yes – you could actually take this idea and make it pretty by painting it a nice color, lining the inside with sheer fabric, and putting cut outs of bird shapes inside to create a shadow.
July 1, 2012 at 2:24 pm
Then hang it up as a warning to my pets, that if they don’t behave they’ll end up as the silouettes. “See what happens to bad birds?”
Aaaand the conure is taunting me (again).
July 1, 2012 at 8:47 pm
And by not taking a $2 lamp rewiring kit straight out of the package and just letting the weight of the cage rest on the socket and put stress on the cord, instead of actually mounting it to something.
The execution is obscenely lazy for $99, and makes me wonder where else in her house lampshades are sitting directly on the bulbs.
July 1, 2012 at 9:46 am
My favourite part is how it has been hung in a tree with a lightbulb and cable and everything.
Also if someone dropped berries on my head I’d be pretty hacked off with them, just sayin’.
July 1, 2012 at 10:01 am
The sad thing is that the concept isn’t terrible. It just requires someone to apply a little actual talent and give-a-fuck-ness.
July 1, 2012 at 11:54 am
I don’t even think it would take much talent.. just give-a-fuck enough to attache a small cheap lamp dome to the top
July 1, 2012 at 10:04 am
I think some of that metal hit her head, and she is mistaking concussion symptoms for creativity.
July 1, 2012 at 10:04 am
It appears that the birds have flown their coop.
And of course, we must ask, why does no one cry for the (assumed) dead birds?
July 1, 2012 at 10:07 am
The new unpainted cell version has gone up a wee tad since last year.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/70232485/birds-of-a-feather-shabby-chic-bird-cage
July 1, 2012 at 11:48 am
looks like a case of tetanus waiting to happen
July 2, 2012 at 10:34 am
Years ago, “Shabby Chic” meant something. Besides “garbage,” I mean.
July 1, 2012 at 10:08 am
because no one cries for the dead birds!
July 1, 2012 at 10:14 am
She needs to quit wandering through that city of creativity and find a much more creative one!
July 1, 2012 at 11:00 am
Shhh. I think the city of creativity only exists in her head. She might get violent if you invalidate her delusions.
July 1, 2012 at 10:15 am
I don’t know… I don’t think they’re berries….
July 2, 2012 at 10:00 am
Residents of Creativity City! You are advised to stay indoors and avoid crafting until the hail of “berries” has moved on to Arcata.
July 1, 2012 at 10:20 am
Ooooh! I’m seeing a chandelier made out of that chain-link fencing that someone must have tried to throw over the top of her. Now, all she needs is someone to scale a pole and steal a streetlight so that she can hang it artfully by the industrial sized cable. Can’t imagine the price tag on that one though if the $10 she has into this one is any indication.
July 1, 2012 at 10:26 am
I’m sorry, when I look at that it just looks like a heat lamp at the supermarket designed to keep the cooked chickens warm. Poor birds.
July 1, 2012 at 11:29 am
Wow, that looks cheep.
July 1, 2012 at 12:38 pm
but the beautiful design is poultry in motion.
July 1, 2012 at 12:45 pm
Oh do go-on-o.
July 1, 2012 at 3:40 pm
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July 1, 2012 at 4:33 pm
Both bats and birds produce guano. The pun stays. Nice try.
July 1, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Yes!
July 1, 2012 at 11:51 am
*pining for the fjords*
July 1, 2012 at 11:59 am
You know there’s a problem when the city of creativity starts bullying you.
July 1, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Nothing better than a metal object dangling from an electrical cord. I’m certain it’s 100% UL approved and safe.
July 1, 2012 at 12:36 pm
That is one of the most budget stabs at creativity I have ever seen.
You could go to the dump with a friend and stand 100 feet apart and grab the first thing each of your feet touches and throw it at each other and the resulting collision would be better than this piece o’ shit.
As someone who works in found objects, this is about as offensive and fucking lazy as it gets. A HUNDRED DOLLARS???!!! I’d ask them for $25 just to bring it back to the dump.
July 1, 2012 at 12:54 pm
I confess I threw an “old chunk of metal” at their feet. It was still a perfectly good bear trap but could have been repurposed as a celery/carrot chopper maybe a sconce?
July 1, 2012 at 1:22 pm
Urinal?
July 1, 2012 at 1:30 pm
You’re-in-all up to your waist!
July 1, 2012 at 9:01 pm
That’s “waste” to you, dearie.
July 1, 2012 at 1:43 pm
If threading a (manufactured) lamp wire through the bars of a (manufactured) cage and sticking some (manufactured) birds to it qualifies as “hand-made” then I’m in! I’m off to get raw materials to make hand-made furniture for my new shop “Ikeastsy”
July 2, 2012 at 10:03 am
Ooooo, Ikeastsy! I do love a new descriptive term.
July 2, 2012 at 10:37 am
“Ikeastsy”: screwing shit to other shit.
July 1, 2012 at 1:53 pm
I start to believe more and more that Etsy is made up of talented people, wannabe talented people, and hoarders with an excuse. Where else would you find all the crap to glue to other crap people? Get help for it!
July 1, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Points for creativity… it’s non-functional and ugly, but I’m pretty sure no one else has ever thought of it.
July 1, 2012 at 2:08 pm
I’m sure lots of people thought of it, just no one had the audacity to carry through with it. It’s like one of those ideas you get when you’re hammered- you don’t actually do it once you’ve slept it off.
July 1, 2012 at 4:16 pm
http://www.etsy.com/search/handmade?q=birdcage%20lamp&view_type=gallery&ship_to=ZZ&min=0&max=0
Most of these are better done.
July 2, 2012 at 10:04 am
A vain hope…
July 2, 2012 at 6:46 am
If she used an old fashioned birdcage, that would be fine. I’ve actually wanted one of them for ages, though it will have to wait until I get my own place, so I can hang it from the ceiling.
This birdcage is pretty ugly, even for it’s intended purpose of imprisoning a budgie or a canary. Sticking a candle and spray painting it red isn’t going to change that.
July 2, 2012 at 10:06 am
That’s farm type chick wire over her crawl space opening in the background … basement chickens…