Wanting to create an interactive shadow box that could look different with different LED configurations, I came up with an idea for a shadow box triggered by one or two reed switches.
To learn how I did this (and to access the circuit diagrams and cut files), please check out my tutorial, Reed Switch Shadow Box, over on the Chibitronics blog.
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| Carousel Book Light |
Wanting to figure out an easy way to add light to a handmade carousel book, I had the opportunity to do some prototyping during an extended power outage.
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| This was my first prototype of the Carousel Book Light. |
The results turned into my latest tutorial for Chibitronics, the Carousel Book Light (featuring Chibitronics LED stickers, of course).
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| Carousel Book Light with Shamrocks |
To learn how to make your own, please visit my tutorial on the Chibitronics website or my Instructable.
I recently took an online course called "Pop Up Fundamentals: Storytelling with Paper and Light" taught by Karen Friel!
In it, we were invited to create a pop up book, inspired by a city we love!
This is my first pop up book, showcasing three of my favorite places in Munich!
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| Fraunkirche Munich |
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| Chinese Tower Beer Garden |
In my latest tutorial, Dissolve Card: Light Up Picture Switcher, I’ll show you how to make a light-up version of a Victorian Era mechanism known as a dissolve, or dissolve card.
This paper mechanics project combines a trick of the eye (and pictures that flip) with a little electronic trickery — Circuit Sticker LEDs and a sliding switch!
While the examples showcased in this project have a Halloween vibe, the paper circuit techniques you’ll learn may be applied for a variety of themes!
To view my complete Rainbow Pop Up Card tutorial, which includes custom cut files that may be uploaded to a home fabrication machine, please visit the Chibitronics website.
Cobweb cards were a popular mechanical structure popularized during the Victorian Era, a time when people spent a lot of time and resources making and sending each other elaborate (often hand-made) Valentine's.
Seeing one of these interactive cards in action on the Met Museum's blog gave me an idea! What if, in addition to revealing a hidden image, my card could also light up when the lacy cobweb layer was lifted?
That is where the "normally closed" reed switch comes in!
If you'd like to learn more about how reed switches work, or how to make your own light up cobweb card, please visit my tutorial on the Chibitronics website:
Magical Magnetism: Intro to Reed Switches (Normally Closed)
Here is a sneak peak!
Did you know that you can use a magnetic component, called a reed switch, to alter the behavior of circuits, including paper ones?
If you'd like to learn more about how to use a reed switch in a paper circuit project (or how to make a quick paper wand), please visit my tutorial on the Chibitronics website:
Magical Magnetism: Intro to Reed Switches (Normally Open).
