How to make a capiz shell chandelier out of wax paper

This chandelier looks great hanging from the ceiling in my hallway.  Capiz shells are translucent white shells that can be mimicked with surprising accuracy with doubled rounds of wax paper. The wax paper circles are connected together with the help of a sewing machine into long columns and tied to a lampshade form. A genuine capiz chandelier often retails for several thousand dollars. This one costs just a few dollars.

Supply list:

Old lampshade

Scissors

Ruler

1 roll waxed paper

Parchment paper

Iron

Circle cutter

Sewing machine

White thread

Existing ceiling light fixture

3 cup hooks

Remove all fabric from the old lampshade by cutting it with the scissors, leaving just the wire form.

Cut two 12-inch squares of waxed paper with the scissors. Sandwich the waxed paper pieces, waxy sides facing each other, between two pieces of parchment paper. Press over the papers with the iron gently to fuse the two pieces of waxed paper together.

Cut the waxed paper into 2-inch diameter circles with the circle cutter. Repeat the last two steps to make 250 wax paper circles.

Sew through one circle of waxed paper on the sewing machine, from edge to edge through the center of the circle. Without removing the circle from the sewing machine, place another wax paper circle directly under the first circle and sew through it. Repeat, adding eight more circles to make a length of 10 connected wax paper circles.

Cut the machine bobbin and top threads to a length of 4-inches long at the end of the connected length of circles.

Repeat the last two steps 19 more times to make 20 10-circle lengths.

Tie 20 lengths of connected wax paper circles to the small circle of the wire lampshade shade from the bobbin and top thread lengths. The lampshade will be attached upside down from the ceiling.

Make 10 five-circle lengths and tie them to the smaller circle of the lampshade.

Screw three cup hooks in the ceiling evenly spaced around the existing light fixture, and corresponding with the size of the large circle of the lampshade frame. Hook the large circle of the over the cup hooks to hang the completed chandelier.