This was a fun project. My first foray into bent wood lamination, this was inspired by a project that some art student did somewhere. I took some pine common boards and cut thin strips on the table saw. After gluing them together and clamping them in the desired shapes they retained their curvature surprisingly well.
I got a decent cloth-woven lamp cord with a built in rocker switch and anchored the base in cheap cement which I poured into the same orange bucket (coated in vaseline for easy extraction – wife’s idea!) and then finished it with some teak oil.
Glue up of first piece – yes it’s clamped to the shelf for stability 
Getting creative with clamping technique using a ratchet strap + clamps