To figure out how to make a magic lantern, I read a lot of material. Including the readings from Virginia, the Magic Lantern Society, and The Historian’s Toybox.
Ultimately, I decided to make my magic lantern out of a box. Within a few days of the assignment, my Yoga Club subscription box arrived and it seemed like a perfect box to convert into a magic lantern. So that’s what I did. I cut a hole on one end and taped a LED flashlight inside. When I practiced with this, it wasn’t projecting my slides very well.
So, I showed it to you and you suggested I add craft paper or something to help focus the light of the flashlight. It made it darker, but the slides still appear blurry. Not sure what can be done about that.
Figure 1: A collage of my magic lantern and slides