Using the cardboard removed from the carton, we are going to make a beautiful dodecahedron lamp, which is composed of many pentagons connected together.
Its not as difficult to make as it looks, but I have to warn you: you need to prepare enough patience and time to cut all these parts by hand!
But don’t worry, the results will make it all worth it, trust me!
You will need to prepare:
LED light bulb
Pencil
Ruler
Paper cutter
Hot glue gun
White glue
Cardboard
Lamp holder
Plugs and cords
1. Draw 11 regular pentagons on cardboard. They have to be the same shape, very accurate. The side length of the pentagon here is 6 cm.
2. Now draw a smaller pentagon 6 mm from the edge. Draw other smaller pentagons inside, for a total of 5.
3. Use a cutting machine to cut all pentagons.
4. Take the second pentagon and paste it on the largest pentagon. Turn it so that its corners are in the middle of the sides of the large pentagon.
5. Then continue adding other pentagons, doing this for all pentagon groups.
6. Place one pentagonal part on a flat surface and glue the other 2 pentagonal parts to the two adjacent sides of the first pentagonal part. Lift them up a bit so you can glue the sides together as well.
7. Glue the other 3 pentagonal parts around the first pentagonal part, making sure to glue their sides together. You will get something that looks like a bowl.
8. Now glue the pentagon component above the two pentagons in the previous row.
9. Make it like this, like a ball.
10. Turn the "ball" you just made upside down: your lampshade is finished!
11. To add the base of the lamp, we draw about 8 pentagons on the cardboard, just as big as the previous ones. Their number depends on the thickness of the bulb base and the thickness of the cardboard.
At distance 1 from edgeDraw a smaller pentagon at cm.
12. Cut it off and remove the center part.
13. Stack them and glue them together to form a very thick pentagon.
14. Now draw another pentagon on the cardboard with the same size as the other pentagons and draw the outline of the light bulb holder in the middle.
15. Cut the pentagon and dig out the circular outline in the middle to form a hole.
16. Insert the lamp holder into the hole on the paper cup and try it for size.
17. Paste the final pentagon.
18. Turn over and cut a groove in the bottom of the base to allow the wires to pass through.
19. Install the lamp holder on the base, place an LED bulb, and put the lampshade on it.
The beautiful lighting has been completed. You can enjoy the beautiful lighting effects by turning on the switch~
