Materials: wood, acrylic, misc electrical
Size: 12″ x 12″ x 12″

I present: the Fayhaven Lantern! This Lantern can be freestanding or hang from the hemp cord macramé affixed to the top. Each of the four sides presents a different woodland faerie village scene from two layers of stained birch veneer with a decorative frame on the outside. There are additional designs around the base and a 3d version of one of my Celtic knot designs on the four sides of the top. This is perhaps the most whimsical decorative lighting piece I’ve ever made and I love it, but the real magic is the generative faerie lighting on the inside!

This faerie village is alive! Once you turn it on, you will start with three distinct faeries that show up in your village. They each have their own attitude (blink pattern) and color range. These faeries will hop around inside Fayhaven and after a while new ones will show up! At any one point you might have as many as 25 faeries or as few as 5 in your lantern. The new faeries will have one of thousands of unique combinations of characteristics.