Thanks for buying a Paperclip lamp. Here’s how it all fits together. Any questions? Feel free to ask.

shade

1. Arrange the four folded sheets so the slits are on the bottom and each sheet overlaps the next, Escher-style. (It can be easier to start with three sheets.)
2. Starting at one of the top corners, pinch the paper together so four layers overlap.

3. Attach a large paperclip to the top edge, about 5cm from the corner, angled outward, with the large loop facing you.
4. Repeat on four corners so the four sheets are attached together in a cruciform starburst shape.

5. On each bottom corner, overlap the sheets without folding, making a diamond-shaped overlap about 5cm wide.
6. Attach a small paperclip in the resulting corner with its smaller loop on the inside of the shade, curving the paper inward.
7. As you go around, gently push outward on the paper through the bottom opening to “inflate” the shade.

frame

1. Without the bulb attached, unscrew the top part of the lamp socket slightly.
2. Straighten the cord. Starting with the plug, feed the cord down through the triangle of the frame.
3. Push the socket into the triangle until the wire of the frame slots into the gap between the two halves of the lamp socket.
4. Tighten the top part of the lamp socket to clamp the frame in place.
5. Screw in the bulb.

final assembly

1. Remove two of the large paperclips from opposite sides of the top of the shade.
2. Slide the shade down over the frame’s handle until it sits on the legs of the frame.
3. Reattach the paperclips you removed inside the loop of the handle.
4. Put the lamp on a table or hang it by the handle. Adjust paperclip positions to see their effect on the overall shape.