Lantern Frame Design

The dimensions above have been based around how much space a person would need inside the lantern to avoid feeling claustrophobic and to allow the viewer to appreciate the graphic jacquards inside.

The main concern with this design is the weight of it, and whether that can then rotate safely. The lantern being an octagon means the construction of the frame is fairly complex, getting the angles right consistently can be hard when your cutting bars, and the slight difference could effect the entire shape quite dramatically.

Because of the size of it, it really needs to be able to come apart for ease of transportation, it therefore needs to have joins. Finding joins with the right amount of bar holes and on the right angle is also difficult so using the 3D printer could be an option.

I have built a 1/2 scale version from doweling to consider the dimensions I had currently decided on.

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/d71fb7_9b288f62256448faacc084d5465869c0/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

The frame is too small for someone to stand inside comfortably...they cant move! As this is 1/2 scale to the dimensions of the lantern that was expected, and supports the current scale its planned to be.

I have weighed one knitted sample thats 60 x 67 (the lantern pieces will be 60 x 60 squares, cut and sewn to the correct shape) = 230g

48 x 230g = 11,040g

11,040g = 11.04kg

A glitterball rotating motor can hold up to 50kg of weight.

50kg - 11.04kg = 38.96kg for the frame.