Ali

The final design of my lamp included, wood, sticks, and a basket. My lamp was pretty light, and very safe, and I even made the whole basket bigger so that there was space to change the light bulb. One of my peers said that maybe next time I could make the base straight because it was kind of uneven, and they also said that I should stand it would make it look neater.

What inspired me to create my design was the lamps around my house; in my house, we have bamboo lamps, so I thought I would make something like that. Then, after that, Mr. Saclo bought these baskets from Carbon, and instead of using a glass bowl and gluing the bamboo to it, I decided to use one of the baskets because I felt that it was easier and the basket was already there. I also started searching on Pinterest, and other lamp websites that inspired me even more.

The sources I looked through inspired me because they were all not plain; they had different styles and were cool. So, I did not want to make a boring lamp; I wanted to make it unique. For example, my lamp had compartments and a dome-shaped lampshade, which is cool, in my opinion. What was interesting about the other lamps also were the colors because some colors are plain, like white or cream/brown, but the other lamps that I was scrolling through had pop and vivid colors. Another cool feature that I saw was that some lamps used rice paper and a lampshade, which is unique and a cool design since you can shape it in different ways.  

The four skills that I developed while making the lamp were my cutting skills, because I had to cut my base, and sticks. My painting skills, because I had to paint my design a bunch of different colors. I developed my assembling circuit skills since I had to learn how to add a light bulb inside and how to make the lightbulb shine. Lastly I also developed my designing skills because I came up around with 15 different designs and had to choose one plus, I also had to figure out how to make it even better. 

Ali