I am really happy with how this project turned out, even though the text cuts got a little bit messed up. I ended up making it smaller than I had planned, but it turns out to be a great little desk decoration and still looks really cool when lit up. I used a small Led…

For my lantern project, I made a tent with cut outs and engraves for the light to shine through. I chose to do a tent to keep the same camping theme as my layered project. To personalize it more, I chose to make space themed designs on the outside of the tent and on one…

For my lantern project, I wanted to base the theme around a game that I had played in the past called Okami. I thought the art style might look interesting when translating to a lantern. I tried to find the right balance between cut and structure to make sure the piece allowed light through but…

Here is my finished lantern project. To recap, I liked the pentagon shape, so I decorated 5 sides all with an outdoor/tree/flower-themed design. I’ve attached pictures of all of the sides individually and a few at the corners to show two at a time. In these pictures, I used a candle with an actual flame,…

For my lantern project, I decided to do a shadow box inspired lantern. There are two layers of trees that are framed by a starry night sky. I used 1/8 in plywood for the frame of the box and the tree layers, parchment paper as a diffuse tool, and fairly lights as my lighting component….

Here is my finished lantern design! The inspiration I had from this was to make my dad a nightlight for his new shed. He has a bunch of shelves he is planning on putting up and would be perfect to put on the shelf. The base I bought for it came with a remote so…

Here’s my finished lantern! The original concept was to add an element of Tiki vibes to my apartment’s home bar. The lantern flickers like a candle, but uses LEDs and a microcontroller. I think I’ve done a pretty decent job of adding some warm, subtle lighting to the shelf. I designed the baseplate such that…