For my creative switch project, I decided to design a lamp using origami to create a functional yet organic piece. 

Materials:

– 3in Flower Pot

– Sculpture wire for the stem

– Green Garden Tape

– 32lb paper

– The butterfly clips. The ones I use are hairclips, but you can make them using small metal clamps and fake butterflies you find at craft stores 

– 9V Battery 

– Battery Snap

– Thin wire (In three different colors to distinguish the connections)

– 7V Bayonet Light 

– 12 Ohm Resistor

– Pebbles/Marbles to anchor the stem

– Hot Glue gun

– Sodering Iron

– Soder

-Black Electrical Tape

– Copper Tape 

*NOTE:* In this example, The yellow wires are the negative, the Blue is positive and the Teal is the leads. 

Step 1: Make the Origami Flower ball from the tutorial here. You will have six individual flowers to glue into the ball. Glue the top five but leave the bottom off. 

Step 2: Bend the wire to your liking leaving the top portion sticking up and a base so it stands upright. Wrap the wire in garden tape to conceal the silver. 

Step 3: Take the Bayonet light, a yellow wire, a blue wire and the resistor. Attach the Yellow wire on one of the lightbulb’s leads and attach the resistor to the other side. Then, attach the blue wire to the end of the resistor. 

Step 4: Soder these leads together. The blue wire will be directly connected to the positive end of the battery so that side is done. 

Step 5: Take three teal wires and wrap them around the end of the yellow wire. This is the lines that connect the petals to the power. 

Step 6: Sodor these leads together. You now have one half of the connection. 

Step 7: Take another yellow wire and three more teal wires. Repeat steps 5 and 6. This is the second half of the connection. The end of this yellow wire is connected to the negative end of your battery. 

Step 8: Take your origami ball and the yellow wire thats connected to the lightbulb. Make a tiny slit with an x-acto knife and thread the wires through 3 out of the 4 sides of one flower. 

Step 9: Take a small piece of copper tape and place it on the tips of the petals. Sodor the teal leads to the copper tape. 

Step 10: Take the other half of the connection and repeat steps 8 and 9 but on the opposite ends of the leads. 

Step 11: Take the remaining flower and stick the stem through flower side down. The flat side should be facing up. Reinforce with hot glue to keep it attached. 

Step 12.  (Carefully) Weave the stem through the connector of the bayonet light and reinforce with black electrical tape. 

Step 13: Glue down the remaining folds of the flower to complete the ball. 

Step 14: Take the blue and yellow wire and the battery snap and attach the blue wire to the red lead, and the black wire to the yellow lead. In this case, Black is negative and Red is positive. Soder these leads together. 

Step 15: Take the flower and stem and place it into the flowerpot. Use the pebbles to keep the stem upright. Place the 9V battery within the flower pot. To conserve energy, keep the battery and the battery snap disconnected until use. 

Step 16: Connect the battery to the battery snaps and your butterfly clip to two petals to make the connection. The metal in the clip acts as a bridge and closes the circuit. You’re finished!