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What is a sparkleball? According to Wikipedia, it's an ornament handmade out of Christmas lights and plastic cups, using soldering, staples or cable ties to join the cups. It is a modern American folkcraft whose origins are unknown. |
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November 10, 2009
Albany NY
Joe
Penny builds sparkleballs inside glass globes and calls his creations
Borealis Lamps. "Mood Lamp" (above) is just one of the many
variations. You can see videos of his
Mood Lamp and Reverse
Dance Lamp on youtube.
November 10, 2009
Tingalpa, Brisbane AUSTRALIA
Another beauty from Rob and Annette Cox. Rob has to work with a smaller, more rigid plastic cup than the standard 9 oz. tumbler available in the US. The one above features 7 oz blue and peach-colored cups. You too can build a sparkleball with odd-sized cups. See the modified instructions. [rollover image]
November 10, 2009
San Diego CA
Pete Schmalenberger arranged his wife's sparkleball in a patio tableau with his newspaper-plastic-bag sculpture. (Sparkleball: not just for Christmas anymore.)
November 10, 2009
San Diego CA
I
built this solar sparkleball using a string of 25 solar icicle lights
(online at Target.) Best part is no electrical cord. Just a little solar
panel that rests on top or hangs from the sparkleball. How-to on Instructables.com.
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November 10, 2009
Fresno CA
Terry
builds sparkleballs for fun and to sell. All sizes. He just finished "Godzilla,"
a 30" sparkleball with 500 lights and 400 10oz cups. You'll find
him on craigslist or on our Made
to Order page.
November 10, 2009
Fullerton CA
Every
year the neighbors on North Yale Avenue turn their block into a sparkle
wonderland. It takes 2 days and four commercial boom lifts to hang the
450 sparkleballs. The action starts the day after Thanksgiving, so stop
by!
[Rollover image. More North Yale photos here. Photo credit - Dave Welch]
June 6 , 2009
Lakeland FL
Beverly Farley started making sparkleballs as a craft to share with her mom. Now she makes sparkleballs for friends, craft shows, to sell on Craigslist and on our Made to Order page. Above, Bev's Fourth of July red-white-blue sparkleballs at friend Frank's house.
June 6 , 2009
West Texas
Apartment
Therapy style correspondent Heather Blaha spotted
these sparkleballs at a West Texas campsight and writes: "This
would be a fun project and addition to any outdoor space -- yards, decks,
patios, communal gardens, etc."
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