How to make lanterns

1. Material selection: Place the bamboo in the steam chamber (or heat it for half an hour), then take it out and place it in a cool place to dry, but not too dry or Expose to strong light.

2. Plane cutting: Plane off the rough skin and cut the bamboo strips to the required length, which depends on the size of the lantern.

3. Tie the frame: Weave the lamp stand in a crosswise manner. In the middle of the lamp stand, tie several circles of bamboo circles on the lamp wall.

4. Paste: First, apply the diluted paste evenly on the surface of the frame, then paste it with cotton gauze. Lightly attach the cut gauze to the lamp stand, and then use a brush dipped in paste to smooth it. Finally, paste the second layer of single-gloss paper for lanterns (if there is no single-gloss paper, fine tissue paper can also be used.) Note that the brush used to apply the flat paste must be clean, and the paper must be pasted so that there are no seams to be considered real. The pasting is completed.

5. Dry: Place the lantern in a cool and ventilated place to dry.

6. Painting or cut-and-paste: Paint or cut-and-paste with personally desired patterns, such as characters, Eight Immortals, flowers and birds, ladies, etc.

7. Write text: After painting, decide whether to write text according to the situation. After the text and patterns are completely dry, the lantern is finished.

How to make lanterns

How to make lanterns:

(1) Place the bamboo in the steam chamber (or heat it for half an hour), then take it out and put it in a cool place Allow to dry, but not too dry or exposed to strong light.

(2) Plan off the rough skin.

(3) Cut the bamboo strips to the required length, which depends on the size of the lantern.

(4) The weaving method is to complete the lamp stand in a cross way.

(5) In the middle of the lamp stand, you can also tie several bamboo circles on the lamp wall.

(6) To paste the lantern, first paste cotton gauze, and then paste the second layer of single-gloss paper for lanterns (if there is no single-gloss paper, fine tissue paper can also be used.) To paste the cotton gauze, you must first dilute it Apply the paste evenly on the surface of the skeleton, then lightly attach the cut gauze to the lamp stand, and then use a brush dipped in the paste to smooth it. Note here that the brush used to apply the smooth paste must be clean, otherwise the lamp surface will be very dirty. . At the same time, the paper must be pasted so that there are no seams before the paper is truly completed.

(7) Place the lantern in a cool and ventilated place to dry.

(8) Painting. The paintings are painted with the patterns required by the individual, such as figures, Eight Immortals, flowers and birds, ladies, etc.

(9) After painting, decide whether to write text according to the situation. After the text and patterns are completely dry, the lantern is finished.