My shadow box built from a carboard box

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Comment by Xiao Li on November 26, 2015 at 4:48

Thank you Arndreas for your comments!!!

Comment by Andreas Fournaris on November 25, 2015 at 20:14

You are so creative!

Comment by Xiao Li on October 27, 2015 at 10:34

Thank you Michael, Cristina, Ann and Thomas for your comments. Ann, yes it is a plexi glass on the bottom. It is from one of the picture frames I bought for the paintings and it seems perfect for this job. One thing you may not be able to see is that there are two small slots I cut at the back of the top panel of the box, one on each side for hanging the background cloth if it is needed. You just need to stick the end of the cloth out the box and clip it with a clipper.

Comment by Thomas wezwick on October 27, 2015 at 2:52

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Ann Turner on October 26, 2015 at 18:45

Looking good Xiao. Is that plexi glass in the bottom for reflections ? It is supposed to be a rainy winter here so I plan to do some still life also. Thank you for sharing

Comment by Cristina Mihailescu on October 26, 2015 at 16:26

Awesome! Yeah!!! :-) 

Comment by Michael J. Severin on October 26, 2015 at 11:35

Xiao, try the LED's ...they stay cooler and last a lot longer!! ...they come in warm or cool light.  If you do use the fluorescent, make sure they are 5000 to 6000 K. ...daylight type light.

Comment by Xiao Li on October 26, 2015 at 10:24

Thank you Jessica, Laura and Michael for your comments. It was fun to build it.  Jessica, you are right about be careful with the heat from the lamp. The first light bulb I picked for the shadow box was the regular light bulb. It did get quite hot and then I switched to one of those fluorescent curved bulb. It is bright and much less heat.  It is perfect. 

Comment by Michael J. Severin on October 26, 2015 at 10:06

Go for it Xiao .....yeah!!!!!

Comment by Laura Xu on October 26, 2015 at 8:48

It is really nice Xiao. It encourage me to build one too. Meanwhile I just use room natural light for still life setup.

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