The GamiBloom light was inspired by origami folding techniques which I translated into felt to take advantage of the transparency, and slight rigidity of the material. Here are shots of it fully open, midway and fully closed:
Take a peak for some process shots:
Box pieces cut on the table saw to form a precise octagon
pieces were lid out on a piece of tape for glueing
in this way tape helps the box seems stay in place
a ribbon clamp was used to hold the parts in place while gluing
file for laser cutting the pattern in felt
Felt pieces were laser cut for precision
here we see the process of sewing the pattern together
my “production line” of LED’s being soldered
LEDs ready to be laid out
I used a piece of plexi glass to hold the LEDs in place
they work!
the bottom of the lamp and my crazy circuit
Thank you for checking it out =)