In order to begin the process, I looked for materials that I thought would be useful, and then upon gathering these materials, I moved forward with my designs. The key components of my original design were centered around building the frame out of two pieces of Styrofoam that I had found that created an arch when pressed together. Then after creating the four main beams with a roof, I would attach them to the base of the lantern, also made of Styrofoam.
Here is a basic sketch of my design, and the earliest built frame of the lamp that the rest of my designing would be based on:
Once the skeleton was built, I decided to construct my circuit. My circuit was connected by using paperclips, fully straightened out and then attached at the ends by forming little loops with pliers that connected like a chain. By using the calculations shown below, I identified the amount of ohms needed for the circuit.
I also decided to put the light bulb in the center of the base of the structure. After that, I decided to design a switch. The switch that I used had two paper fasteners with a paper clip that can be taken on or off to turn off the light.
It took me a few tries to connect the circuit inside of the frame and have everything work, but after re- positioning a few wires, I got it to work. Once the light was working on the inside of the frame, I reinforced the wires and the battery with some tape to bind them down and keep them from shifting. After that, I began to add foil to make the inside reflect the light of the small LED light to maximize it. There is foil on the base and the ceiling of the structure to maximize brightness.
Once all these steps were done, my main priority was to make it look good, so I added some paper that I found in the recycling. Here are some pictures of the final product!
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