Paper and Light
Got home from a great dinner at Anne’s folks house and decided to finish up some housekeeping that I’ve been putting off. I can tell I totally need a vacation as so many thing have been piling up unattended to.
One of the things I’ve been meaning to take care of is to replace the compact florescent lights in our kitchen. They have a very harsh white tint and are very bright, overpowering the softer lights in the living room and casting hard grey shadows all over the place. I got some “soft white” CFs at Home Depot which was a big improvement, but I still felt that the contrast was too harsh so I started experimenting with making little “nun’s hat” shades with two pieces of paper taped in the recess. It actually worked really well - providing a little warmth and diffusion under the spot and vitually eliminating the high contrast further away!
I got so inspired that I started making paper “scupltures” to hang as ornaments under the lights. Originally I wanted to do this to further diffuse the light. What you see here are a couple of the more interesting examples.
It wasnt a total success, but I’m happy with the results for now. Maybe this Christmas we’ll experiment with some different decorations. :)
