LIGHTING a bio-inspired mood light by kathleen compton

Styrofoam cup + coffee filters + battery powered strand of LEDs = sketch model.

The coral lamp serves as mood lighting in almost any room; drawing inspiration from qualities and traits discovered while studying live coral, the lamp is still and paitent, silently waiting for the slightest touch to come to life.

Construction and AssemblyPolyp production:1. An 8x4” rectangle is cut out of tulle fabric,stitched with conductive thread down the center length-wise, folded along the sitchingand rolled into a tight cylinder with a length of thread coming out of the cylinder, away from the stitching side. 2. Stuff the cylinder into the PS polyp.Allow the excess thread to fall through thehole in the bottom of the polyp first, and thenpull both the thread and tull through the holein the bottom of the polyp. Pull the tulle until stitching is even with the edges of the polyp. 3. Guide the thread through selected holeon the lamp frame along with the tulle (twist tulle into a point to make this step easier). Pull the tulle until the polyp is flush withthe frame. 4. Trim excess tulle to .5”, making sure to leave the thread uncut. Apply a drop of hot glue in the center of the trimmed fabric to secure the polyp. Finally tie the thread to sensor.

a - PS (polystyrene) polypb - lamp framec - tabs to attach frame to based - LED cluster blube - base/wall bracketf - grooves for (c)g - conductive threadh - touch sensori - screw holes for wall mounting

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