Designing my lantern was done through Adobe Illustrator. I practiced making my own shapes and patterns and choose a few that I liked. I then put those in the .ai file that had the outline for the final lantern. I put the same pattern on the outside columns and a different set of the same pattern on the inside columns. The pattern in the middle column was different from the other two. I printed out the file and used an x-acto knife to cut the patterns. Then I folded then and took them to the lamp. I turned off the classroom lights and put my lantern flat on a dark colored piece of construction paper. The lamp was pointed onto it and I took some shadow pictures from different angles. Then I stapled my lantern together so it would actually become a lantern, and not just lay flat. I turned off the lamp, put Brianna's phone inside, and used the flashlight to get different shadows. The lantern glowed and I took pictures from different angles again. Then I took the phone out and put the lamp back on. I placed a mirror underneath and took pictures of the reflections that were created.
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May 2015
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