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Create your own design pendant lamp
3.5 hours of discovery with Benjamin
Knowledge in lamp design
Your designer pendant lamp
The workshop in detail
Welcome to Benjamin's beautiful workshop for the creation of a beautiful designer pendant lamp! This lamp will use the concepts of origami, the art of paper folding. Although this art originated in China, it is the Japanese who have become the masters of this art.
Benjamin learned this art in order to master the technique and to use it as a creative tool. He has succeeded in using this oriental technique to make modern design objects. The projection of ideas, the preparation of materials, the handwork are all steps to go from a sheet of paper to a unique 3-dimensional object.Ā
To create your lamp, you will prepare the lines with a ruler and a pencil. It is essential to be very rigorous and precise!
Benjamin will guide you through all the steps for a great result!
You will leave this workshop with new knowledge about this magical skill as well as a beautiful modern pendant lamp, the result of your meticulous folding, cutting and assembly work!
Workshop location
The workshop is easily accessible with public transport.
Additional information
Languages of the workshop
FranƧais
English
Meet Benjamin
Paper Designer
Native of Guadeloupe, Benjamin has always been manual and creative! On the island, he used to create driftwood lights.
When he arrived in Belgium, he worked as a sales assistant in telecommunications. He discovered origami while looking for a hobby. He quickly became fascinated by this complex art and ended up making it his profession!
Self-taught, the designer Paul Jackson will then reveal to him another practice of origami which combines design and utility! He then returned to his original love of lighting and decided to launch a collection of origami lighting. He has never stopped creating since!
So, he launched his brand, Ben Artside, which allows him to combine his passion for interior design and his freedom of expression through the wide possibilities in terms of form and style. He expresses this freedom of expression through the practice of different folding techniques. His aim is to use his mastery of origami to push the boundaries of lampshade design to make them unique and original.
In his creations, he uses recycled materials and gives style and new life to forgotten objects through upcycling. For Ben, design and ecology must go hand in hand: that's why he has been working since June 2017 with the Nos Pilfs farm, which transforms wood waste from construction sites into supports for Ben's lamps, so that each creation is handmade for a unique result!
Diligent and always smiling, he welcomes you with enthusiasm to share his know-how that he never stops rediscovering every day!
His favourite expression? Art is beautiful when the hand, the head and the heart work together - John Ruskin
14 comments
Laetitia M
3/19/2024
J'ai passĆ© une aprĆØs-midi trĆØs agrĆ©able dans un trĆØs chouette cadre ! Benjamin est trĆØs pĆ©dagogue et passionnĆ©. J'ai juste hĆ¢te de suspendre ma lampe.
VĆ©ronique U
2/26/2024
Quelle chouette rencontre et super aprĆØs-midi ! Merci Benjamin pour le savoir faire que tu nous as partagĆ© ! J'ai vraiment adorĆ© et rĆ©alisĆ© Ć quel point la crĆ©ativitĆ© permet de se dĆ©connecter et de se dĆ©tendre. Au plaisir de partager peut ĆŖtre une autre rĆ©alisation avec toi ....
muriel m
1/15/2024
TrĆØs chouette atelier dans un joli lieu. Et vraiment Ć la portĆ©e de tous, grĆ¢ce aux explications de Benjamin!
Isabelle D
1/15/2024
Super accueil. Bel Ʃchange avec un artisan authentique et passionnƩ. La lampe est superbe. Je recommande
Elise C
11/12/2023
Super atelier ! Patient et clair, Benjamin reƧoit chaleureusement dans son atelier de Saint Gilles. Et on repart avec un bel abat-jour. Il n'y a plus qu'Ć !
Charlotte S
11/6/2023
Un atelier trĆØs amusant et intĆ©ressant. Mais aussi un lieu trĆØs inspirant avec toutes ces lampes diffĆ©rentes mais aussi beaucoup d'autres choses. C'est facile Ć suivre et on a le temps de faire les Ć©tapes Ć son rythme. Au final un trĆØs bel abat-jour ou lampe suspendue en origami. Merci beaucoup!
Nina N
7/15/2023
Nous avons passĆ© un temps superbe Ć cet atelier, et sommes partis avec des trĆØs belles lampes Ć l'air pro! Avertissement: il y a trop de belles choses en origami Ć acheter au magasin :-)
Maja-Alexandra D
7/7/2023
A wonderful experience with an amazing result. Benjamin was kind, patient and fun ā¦
Val F
3/13/2023
Un super moment de convivialitĆ©. Et une magnifique suspension aprĆØs 3h de travail grĆ¢ce aux bons conseils de Benjamin :)
Karin S
3/6/2023
Merci Benjamin pour ce sympathique aprĆØs-midi. Je nāimaginais pas pouvoir rĆ©aliser cet abat jour en quelques heures. Il est superbe grĆ¢ce Ć toi. TrĆØs chouette ambiance et endroit trĆØs convivial
Nuyel N
2/22/2023
TrĆØs chouette expĆ©rience. Dans un studio remplis de ses crĆ©ations et collaborations, Benjamin crĆ©Ć©e un environnement convivial et rend ce qui paraĆ®t complexe trĆØs accessible.
HĆ©lĆØne B
10/25/2022
Merci Benjamin dāavoir partagĆ© ta passion de lāorigami et de nous avoir permis de rĆ©aliser ce bel abat-jour Tu nous as montrĆ© que cāĆ©tait Ć la portĆ©e de tous Nous avons passĆ© un moment agrĆ©able et convivial, Ć la fois concentrĆ©e sur les pliages mais aussi dāĆ©changes. Benjamin est trĆØs accueillant
Sophie J
10/2/2022
Magnifique atelier! EntourĆ©s des crĆ©ations de Benjamin nous sommes guidĆ©s pas Ć pas, avec sourire et bienveillance. Merci Benjamin pour ce moment de concentration et de dĆ©tente.
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Laetitia F
5/20/2024
J'ai passĆ© un trĆØs bon moment avec Benjamin et les autres participants et je suis vraiment satisfaite de ma rĆ©alisation que je vais suspendre dĆØs maintenant. Benjamin est trĆØs bon pĆ©dagogue et fournit un tutoriel afin de pouvoir recrĆ©er une lampe chez soi. Merci Benjamin!