Wall lantern

Padauk & maple

February 7, 2021 · 30 hrs

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A Japanese-style lantern: a padauk frame with a maple lattice and shoji-paper panels, under a peaked, mitered roof — reverse-engineered from a photo of a commercial one and built from scratch over a few weekends.

Completed padauk lantern with maple lattice and shoji panels on a workbench

Reference photo of the commercial lantern the design was based on — The commercial lantern I reverse-engineered the design from.

SketchUp model of the wall lantern — The SketchUp model I drew from that photo.

The lantern installed and lit beside a front door at night — Installed and lit by the front door.

Milled padauk slats with cut notches on a workbench — Milled padauk slats, notched for the frame.

The padauk frame skeleton during glue-up — The frame during glue-up.

Four assembled maple lattice panels — The four maple lattice panels.

Four pierced padauk pieces for the roof ridge — Pierced padauk pieces for the roof ridge.

Shaped wall-mount bracket and base parts — The shaped wall bracket and base parts.