HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE BW•344 PINHOLE CAMERA
INSTRUCTIONS (30 – 45 minutes)
- Apply stickers to the outside of a cereal box, making sure they are spaced so that they do not overlap.
- Cut along the dotted lines using scissors and a stencil knife.
- Fold outward along the solid grey lines (away from your body with the sticker side up).
- Fold inward along the solid red lines (towards your body with the sticker side facing up). Pieces 1, 2 and 3 should now resemble rectangular boxes.
- Tape along the box edges of pieces 1, 2 and 3 to form three similarly-sized rectangular boxes. We’ll call these boxes 1, 2 and 3.
- Insert the 35mm film roll into the slot labeled “New Film” on box 1.
- Insert the empty film cassette into the slot labeled “Empty Cassette” on box 1.
- Insert the film lead from 35mm roll into the empty film cassette, stretching the film across the rectangular opening in box 1.
- Insert the box 1 (film and all) into box 2, with the film cassettes facing towards the solid wall of the box.
- Cut a rectangle of aluminum out of the empty soda can. This rectangle should be large enough to cover the small rectangular opening in box 3.
- Tape the piece of aluminum to the inside of box 3 so that it covers the rectangular opening.
- Punch a hole in the aluminum using the thumbtack. The hole should be positioned so that it is in the center of the now-covered rectangular opening in box 3.
- Insert boxes 1 and 2 into box 3. All three boxes should now be nested together.
- Center piece 4 on the front of the assembled box (the front side is the side with the pinhole!).
- Center piece 5 on top of piece 4.
- Wrap two rubber bands around the assembled camera so that they lock into the notches cut into piece 5.
- Tape the edges of the assembled camera shut.
- Insert a Blackwing eraser into the hole on the top of the camera and turn counter clockwise to wind the film.
- Grasp the shutter tab and slide it to the right to take a photo! Use the exposure chart on the back of the camera for suggested exposure times.