Synopsis about the garden of lantern

For this floating exhibition we are proposing the theme of a garden with lanterns. In this event we will be using bottles, wires, cans and other reusable lightweight materials to promote recycling.

Trees and bushes will be built on different floats, all in which surrounds a cottage in the middle. The cottage would be lit up from the inside using wire circuits connected to a few batteries, which is safely sheltered by the roof of the cottage to prevent water leakage and destroying the circuits.

On the trees, different types on lanterns would be hung in a row using fairy lights to light them up. Due to the windy occurrence on the lake, it is beneficial to string the lanterns together and make it sway with rhythm to the wind, as having the lanterns to be itself is hard to be lit up and exposed to the possibility of falling off the home-made trees and into the lake. To stabilize the lanterns we will be constructing using water bottles or tin cans to give weight, with the surface covered using butter paper to give the lanterns a soft glowing element.

 Four separate floats would be connected to each other to portray a story that occurs in the garden. It would surround the cottage and in order to understand the whole story one must walk around the lake to see the progressions.

On each float different types of flora and fauna will be included such as squirrels, cats, puppies, rabbits, flowers and shrubs. These will be made using bottles or wire to construct, covered in paper mache and spray painted. If it is allowed, sky lanterns could be made and lift off to the skies to provide involvement for the audience.