Larissa, who has completed an industrial design degree at Victoria University of Wellington and would like to train as a glassblower, made the lantern during her last year at university. She says while trying to decide what to make for the scholarship was extremely difficult, the project itself was not too time-consuming.
"I'd drawn it all up on the computer and then I cut it all out with a laser cutter and then joined it all together," Larissa said.
"But thinking what to make took a million hours."
Once the lantern was complete, Larissa fitted it with an electric battery-operated candle which flickered like a flame.
She said while she took her time deciding on a suitable artwork, she knew she wanted to do something that played with light.
"It's a really symbolic thing for someone who's passed away and you have always lit candles in church," she said.
Larissa's is the second artwork to be completed for the scholarship. The first, Kate Bevan's White Torso with Flowers was presented to Karen Aim's family in Orkney last year.
