c. Preparing paraffin candles in pottery/ diyas/ animal shapes etc.
d. Preparing birthday candles, Diwali candles, Christmas candles
e. Learning packaging of candles for gifting, costing of candles for
sale.
f. Take a candle making project for handicaps, slum dwellers, mahila
mandals etc.
2. Terracota (Value Addition)
Things like readymade terracotta products which are widely available in
the market can be purchased at a very nominal price and they can be
painted in different colours and different decorative items can also be
used to add value to them. They can be fixed in plaster of paris on a
board or directly on wall in the lobby, in the garden or in the temple etc.
Terracota pots can be used as the base for lighting fixtures also.
3.
Making a lighting fixure (lamp)-
a. To get an idea of direct and indirect light.
b. Survey and picture collection of a variety of fixures available in the
market.
c. Identifying the area of the house where different lighting fixures
can be installed.
d. Selecting a lamp base for eg.-
i) Wooden (eg. Statue, log of tree etc.)
ii) Wrought iron / pipe mouldings
iii) Glass (eg. bottles, toys etc)
iv) Terracota (eg. pot statue etc)
e. Getting the wire, plug and lamp holder fixed in the base with the
help of an electrician.
f. Selecting a lamp shade (latest in trend) either from the market and
enhancing them by paint and brush and different decorative items
or using a frame and covering it by any material of your choice to
make a lampshade.
g. Selecting the right kind of bulb.
h. Evaluating the lamp design for its functional efficiency.
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