Just playing with it, this could be interesting Inlay…
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I realized I need to get my Apple Pencil out…
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that was done by finger… you might say I fingered it out 
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I like the first one better but only until I need to dust/clean it.
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Gorgeous!
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…I use Amaziograph on my iPad – it’s a really great app, and I can export the jpeg, then in Illustrator live trace and begin conversion to a vector.
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Looking at it I will be downloading that too! looking forward to your results 
Really like the multi-media print. looks great.
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Beautiful work! It looks like a variation of the traditional ‘sakura’ motif (cherry blossom). I make Japanese ‘andon’ lanterns also; and use the ‘traditional’ and modern kumiko motifs. Here’s a great web site for the most popular kumiko motifs:
https://www.tanihata.co.jp/english/products/list.htm
Here’s another web site with a little of the history of the andon lanterns in Japan:
http://andonsline.com/about-andon/about-andon.html
Have you considered using vellum paper carefully glued to the inside of each panel? It diffuses the light quite nicely. I also use LED flicker lights to put inside them; rather than real tea lights.
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The left one (IMG_5457). Looks more ‘retro’.
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That’s what was bothering me! Pretty much everything from my childhood is “retro” now. I was trying to make it match my memories! 
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Here’s an example of the asanoha motif on an andon lantern I made. I don’t make a lid, but I do make a bottom to house the LED tea light.
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next is “antique” and then “ancient”
I was reading that someone was reading genetic codes of different animals to find “natural” lifespans. Bowhead whales read at several hundred, cats at ten, and Humans at a very surprising 38! The big difference is medicine tech apparently.
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How do I get the Bowhead whale health plan? 
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Cold water, krill, and the occasional harpoon for a toothpick…
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This is one reference:
Not sure if krill is an arctic species but there is similar.
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While humans considerably exceed that “DNA-Lifespan” they have not found a Bowhead that has reached theirs but then you think back what life was like for them 200 years ago and there is a clue there as to why that might be.
So beautiful!
I hope to do something like this - was recently reveling in the calming diffuse light from Moroccan lamps that have geometric patterns. Some of these are big lamps too.
Perhaps led strip lights fashioned/stuck around a central glass/acrylic rod or tube might work. These are relatively easy to put together and you could choose how many leds would go in. Downside is that it would have a wire going into it, though other battery options are possible.
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Gorgeous!
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Fantastic Design. I really need to research Kumiko some more. It’s gorgeous.
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