First couple of attempts at a wood lantern. First one, you can see my complete and utter cockup in the design, where I figured the staples wouldn't hit each other. But they did, and when they came out of the wood, they hit my finger that was holding the pieces together. After putting the frames together, I sanded down the edges, and stained it before putting the paper panels on.
First try.
On the second attempt, I screwed up on how much space I had to doodle (that side not shown), and some panels got placed upside down and inside out.
Second attempt.
That being said, I'm happy with how I built the second one, but I'm happier about the doodles on the first. They're about 10" tall, 8" square. I used wax paper and sharpies for the sides, except for the last pic, where I used some paint I had around and dry brushed it on.
Now go! I'm sure you guys are handy and can design and build some things!
