LANTERN-MAKING MASTERCLASS 

Design and build your own large-scale 12v illuminated lantern  

 Tutors: Ewan Hunter / Rob Hill  

Dates: 9/10 Feb 2019 (sat & sun) 10am – 4.30pm   

Cost: £160 (places are limited) 

Location: Make, Liverpool  

Email: sophie@lanterncompany.co.uk for more details. 

 Our 2-day Lantern Company Masterclass covers everything there is to know about large-scale lantern-making! The masterclasses are facilitated by internationally acclaimed designer/makers Ewan Hunter and lighting designer/artist Rob Hill, each with over 30 years professional experience, making this a rare and unique chance to access top quality training with the Lantern Company.  

  On the day you will be guided through the thought processes involved in large-scale design principles, including logical and lateral thinking to address specific challenges, as well as simple  

3-D technical scale drawings. Building on your practical making and problem-solving skills, you will be led through all the steps needed for designing and making large-scale sculptural lantern structures. You’ll learn how to add simple mechanisms and kinetic elements, as well as expanding your understanding of the many types of materials used to build strong and safe structures.  

 As you go you’ll also explore different 12v lighting options, with practical explanations of: 

  • Mains and low voltage lighting 
  • Using inverters 
  • Different types of 12-volt lighting options and technologies available on the market 
  • Making up lighting looms 
  • Working out energy requirements (ampage, voltage, wattage, batteries)  
  • Health and safety considerations 

 Together with the other participants you will put these new skills to use creating and light your own large-scale lantern. This masterclass runs alongside our current event, City of Light, and the team will be on hand to answer any questions you have about the live project. 

  Your tutors 

Ewan Hunter:Trained at Glasgow School of Art and now relocated to South Carolina, USA, Ewan is an internationally recognised artist/designer/fabricator with a wealth of experience in design and public art, large scale multi-media fabrication, puppetry and indoor and outdoor theatre. Over the last 10 years, Ewan has collaborated with the Lantern Company, designing and building enormous lantern structures for the their most high-profile projects, as well as working as a lead mentor for emerging artists on their apprenticeship schemes. Ewan has worked with many of the UK’s leading theatre companies over the last 30 years, including Improbable Theatre, Vanishing Point, Mischief La Bas, Conflux, The Globe Theatre and The National Theatre of Scotland.
  Rob Hill: Rob works as a freelance Lighting Designer and production manager, specialising in bespoke lighting design, installation, set building and technical prop-making. Working internationally over the last 20 years with companies in Portugal, India, Finland and Holland, and nationally with companies such as Welfare State International, Walk the Plank, Combustion, B-arts, and many more. Rob is Lighting Designer for City of Light and has been Lantern Company’s main Lighting designer for 10 years. He worked on the Turku (Finland) Capital of Culture opening ceremony, Sculptural lighting systems for the Rugby World cup, Hillsborough Memorial Installation Liverpool and the 10th Anniversary of the Wales Millennium Centre.