I have finally finished my lantern project!! I took quite a long time to do one coat of dark stain and three coats of poly, and let them all dry inbetween! I then had to carefully super glue the paper to the inside of the wood pieces. In the end, I decided not to glue…

I finally have updates for my lantern project! It was a long wait to get back into the laser cutter but I was able to get all of my pieces and some extras cut. It is still a work in progress as there is a lot of gluing, sanding, assembly, lighting and painting left to…

Here is the video of the LEDs behind in the shadow box. I ended up changing the design of Dr. Strange a little bit. But this is what the shadow box looks like! There were 4 layers. Although it did not turn out how I expected or originally wanted. I really liked the way it…

I had a small mishap where I glued the lid on the box, but was able to rip it off mostly together and reglue some of the pieces. I ended up wrapping the LEDs around a piece of water bottle, I probably should have just gotten a lightbulb but I’m not sure it would have…

I changed my design a lot since the original version. I didn’t have enough wood to print out the last panel, and the last panel is just a mirror image of the flower panel shown below anyways. There must have been some knots in the wood because parts on the flower as well as parts…

For this project I was really inspired by a bunch of sunset rowing pics my friends reminded me of. I decided to do a normal 5″ cube box shape, but each side of the box has two layers to try to add a little more depth to each scene. I’m using colored LEDs for the…

I have waited for so many days but seems like my Japanese clay will not arrive in time for this project, so I will save it for a later project. This is also the project that I have to retry the laser cut most (4 times!) as the pieces is not fitted with the right…

Here is my Work in progress of my lantern project. I have stained the wood dark, and in the next few days, I will begin polying and gluing the paper on. Hoping to have a finished product by Thursday at the latest!

I haven’t had a chance to work in the makerspace for this project yet, but I will update this page as I go! So far I just have my inkscape design for the piece, which total up to 9 layers so far! My box will be 11.5″ tall, 8″ wide, and 2.5″ deep on the…

When I went to cut my initial design it did not assemble correctly and over all didn’t really work. I decided that I would try and stick with the same idea but design the structure in a different way so that it would actually come together this time. Here’s a screenshot of my updated design….

After looking over my design and creating a rough version of it in Inkscape, I decided to scrap my initial design. I am instead going to work on a mix between incorporating the idea of an organic/inorganic mix through the visual of a person. Below is a sketch I’m starting to flesh out. I’m planning…

I made some cuts with the cardstock and then plywood for the shadow box. I like how the box looks, and will be painting it white for the final. In terms of the design on the cardstock, I am going to do some editing so I can add more detail to the layers.

4/23 Progress I’m still working on finalizing the vector drawings but below is what I have so far. I changes it to 3 sides instead of 4 so I have any hope of finishing it sometime soon. At this point the main thing I need to do is make the central drawing for the Healer…

I was able to make some test cuts with the wood to make sure my file measurements were all going to work. I also was able to make a mini version of my lantern out of paper to get a feel for how the design would look and I’m not sure I love it. I…

I haven’t gotten the chance to actually get into the lab and cut my pieces yet but as an update here are my SVG files. There are a few things I am still working out but for the most part I’m really liking how its coming out. I decided to cut out the vines and…

5/1 Newest Update! Alright folks, I finally finished my lantern project! Took a while for the LED lights to come in the mail, but once they did I was all ready with my three acrylic layers and the display box. Here is the current status of my project! Here are some progress pictures of the…

With the updated design I made cuts for the project. I had to do some of the pieces a couple times because pieces got stuck and I had moved the wood too much for it to be recut. I think I might try to incorporate the cut out pieces of Donna and the Dynamos into…