Shoji screens

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My mom wants to make a shoji screen type thing for our bathroom. In case you don't know what those are, there is a picture on this site:

http://www.orientalfurniture.com/page/OF/PROD/SS/SSCWP

They're those Japanese bamboo/wood-and-rice paper things that look really pretty, especially when backlit. So here's the deal: we have a row of bare bulbs above the bathroom mirror, and she wants to make a narrow shoji screen to cover them up. Here's my crappy MSPaint drawing of what it should look like:


So my first question is: does anyone know where we could buy rice paper or the fake unflammable rice paper substitute? (Either would be OK, I think, as the top part of the "screen" is going to be open, thus letting the majority of the heat escape)

My second question is: Does anyone who does woodworking or know somebody who does woodworking think they'd be able to make this piece for us, because I don't think my mom has done anything with a hammer and nails since high school, and I'm pretty hopeless with this kind of stuff as well?


The other, non-shoji related part of this post is I was in a bead store today even though I haven't done beadwork since, like, 7th grade, and I saw the awesomest project idea ever in a bead magazine. What they did was take a long length of tulle, tie a knot at one end, slip a big bead into the "pocket" formed by the knot, tie another knot, and so forth. They made an entire necklace without using string or wire or anything, just knotting the tulle between each bead. The end result was really elegant with gold beads and black tulle, but I'm imagining a really fairy-ish look with blueish green tulle and pearly beads, or a funky look with neon tulle and rainbow colored beads. If anyone makes this, I'd really like to see how it turns out (and you can bet I'll be making one or two and posting the results soon!)