For my plushie prototype, I wanted to make something that could be a decoration for my home. Even though I moved to my apartment a month ago, I still find it not as comfortable as my room back in South Korea. So, I decided to make a plushie light that can reveal a bit of my personality. I was first inspired by the Richard Clarkson who made the Cloud, and I was interested in making light-up cushions that would represent our solar system. Therefore, I started to make my first prototype of “the Sun”
I bought this three-quarter yard of nice and soft plushy materials for 13 dollars. Since this was just my first prototype, I did not want to make it too big.
Then, I googled sphere sewing patterns, and Multi-segment construction style looked pretty awesome to me.
This one!
I made a 4inch X 7inch eye-shape pattern with white pape, and I traced the shape.
Then, I cut 6 of the same pattern with Kevin’s nice scissor!
Now it is time for me to stitch them together!
More sewing!
As you can see from this picture, I had so much fun sewing it by hand! But, for the next prototype, I am definitely learning how to use a sewing machine!
I flipped inside-out and stuffed with supreme fiber fill! …somehow it looked more like a pumpkin or a tomato, not the Sun. I should try to make a different pattern to make sphere.
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Then, I went to a store called Thinksphere to buy things that I wanted to play around with. I bought a battery pack and white LED bulb and etc. (I even bought a Bluetooth module just because it sounded so cool.)
I made a simple circuit diagram! Then, I put the circuit into my sun plushy.
Oh man. Where did my sun go? I am seeing Halloween pumpkin right there. The white stuff next to the sun should look like a cloud… oh well, I should put more LED lights and try different materials for the surface. I’d better start to work on the next prototype now.