Here are some photos of a snail lantern I was working on last week for Caroline Bowditch. You can see the stages of the making process below - 1. Rough life-size drawing to work from, with a plan for the withie structure
2. Top down view of sphere constructed from individual withie circles of matching sizes, with a spiral twisting across the shape 3. Side view showing extra section added at the right to complete the shell shape 4. Adding structural withies to fill our the form 5. Maping out the silhouette of the snail body with single withies 6. Adding structural withies to strengthen the body, and eye stalks to the snail 7. Plastic wrapping the finished withie structure and adding a cable tie to hang it from 8. Papering the lantern with white wet-strength tissue paper and pva/water mix 9. Another view of the papered lantern 10. Cutting and glueing coloured tissue paper to fit the segments of the shell 11. Fitting the lights inside the lantern 12. The completed lantern
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