HOW- TO Build A Camera Obscura
1. Collect materials
~cardboard ~scissors ~magnifying glass ~tape ~black sock or latex glove that reaches your elbow ~small mirrors ~glue gun ~clipboard ~paper ~black sharpie ~PATIENCE 2. Make a slit along the short side of a box, on the bottom. Slit long and wide enough to slid a clipboard in between. Then, place to the side. In our case the box is 13.5in X 4.75in X 10.5in.
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3. Separately, create a smaller box but only with four sides. The two open sides should be next to each other. Two sides next to each other are 3in X 2.5in while the two opposite sides are 3in X 3in. Glue or tape sides together.
4. Next, using a piece of cardboard that is about 2.5 inches wide, make a triangle that make two 45 degree angles and one 90 degree angle. A simple way to do this is by marking (with a pen) two sections side by side, each 1.5 inches. Bend pieces so they form a triangle thus creating those wanted angles. Cut of extra of third side if needed and tape together.
5. Glue or tape the triangle to inside of smaller box from step 3. With the 90 degree facing the inner part of the box.
6. Place a small mirror, found from to-go pocket mirror and hot/super glue to the triangle part.
7. Using the magnifying glass and finished piece from step 6, determine the height in which the two pieces best go.
8. Get a piece of cardboard about 13.5 inches long and trace the magnifying glass onto the cardboard. The circle should be a little off center because the clipboard stays on one side. Then cut the circle.
9. Then depending on the height to get an image to focus, build the rest of the camera using the board from step 8 on top of the first box to support it using flaps from the box in step one and extra cardboard if needed. (Look at our final outcomes as a reference).
10. Glue magnifying glass to the hole and glue or tape smaller box right over the hole at the top.
11. After everything is glued together, determine where the hand and eyepiece should go. Cut a holes in those places. Or a square for the eye part.
12. Take a black knee high sock and superglue around the hole for the hand. This will allow a person to draw the image inside without getting extra light in to tamper the image.
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13. Optional: Put cardboard pieces around eye part to create a better look.