The overhead light fixture in the bedroom did not have its heavy glass covering in place when I moved in and I left it off – it didn’t quite suit.
Then, after I had made a few pinwheels and looked at them horizontally – and realized you can look up at something horizontally as well as down – well, I had to try one on the light. The first attempt was too big and I learned about ratio to weight of material – it sagged.
This one is fine.
The threaded post and cap hold ite nicely and, no, it doesn’t spin freely in the
breeze; I think I would need a lighter, stiffer paper. This one is a slightly glossy cardstock and its weight restricts easy motion.
There’s something soothing about the rounded shape from all angles.
I am thinking now to make one and hang it thusly from the archway on the verandah…..
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Love this large pinwheel … you are certainly very creative using this shape. Did you get the one made for the verandah?
Not yet the one for the verandah – any suggestions as to what kind of material to use? I am finding the one in the bedroom is sagging a bit more and is interesting in its droop – that using a semi gloss medium weight card stock or a heavy bristol board (not sure what paper is exactly, got it as a freebie at an art gallery) – but I would also like to make one similar that was crisp and flat so am thinking on that as a comparison in the bedroom. The one on the verandah will be hanging horizontally as well and I do want it to catch the breeze and turn – it will be in the opening, not on the ceiling.
Am keeping my eye open for just the right ‘paper’.