Lighting makes an event, and candles transform the mundane into the extraordinary. These glass jar lanterns are beautiful hanging from a tree, or from chain across a deck.

Pick any jar you like, then bend a snug-fitting cage of wire on a custom-made jig. The technique makes it easy to mass-produce a large number of lanterns in a short time.

Brookelynn Morris lives in West Sonoma County, just 15 minutes from the ocean. Stay tuned for her first book, Feltique, due out May 19, 2009, from Random House.

MATERIALS
» Jars Any size will do; I used the
quilted style.
» Tape measure
» Wire, 16 or 18 gauge
» 2× 4 lumber, 2'– 3' long
» Standard nails ( 3)
» Finishing nails ( 8) Finishing nails
have no heads.
» Needlenose pliers
» Hammer
» Candles

Photography by Nat Wilson-Heckathorn