{"id":1806,"date":"2021-04-24T15:29:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T19:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/art-in-the-makerspace-21\/?p=1806"},"modified":"2023-01-18T15:37:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T20:37:54","slug":"lantern-updates-wip-katrina-valery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/art-in-the-makerspace-21\/kgvalery\/lantern-updates-wip-katrina-valery\/","title":{"rendered":"Lantern Project | Kat Valery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After looking over my design and creating a rough version of it in Inkscape, I decided to scrap my initial design. I am instead going to work on a mix between incorporating the idea of an organic\/inorganic mix through the visual of a person. Below is a sketch I’m starting to flesh out. I’m planning on doing most of the work by hand in Krita first and then using the image trace in Inkscape to make the final pieces. I plant to have very wide pieces that have intricate cuts. I did experiment with my paper as well and found that the light pink and light blue had very good transmission levels, but the others blocked out light very easily. This is exactly what I wanted to work with to create the high contrast equivalent to the sketch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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initial Sketch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

After finishing the final illustration, I was able to use Inkscape’s bitmap tracing to get my layers. I did have some issues with that as Inkscape didn’t recognize the top layer of black and combined it with the dark blue. I got about this by upping how many colors there were and deleting the unnecessary ones. The light blue and light pink needed to be separate pieces as well to maximize the light that was transmitted through the piece. I had designed my illustration so that I could have a distinct divide down the center and could separate the back up. Even with the precision of the laser, I had a slight issue with kerf, however, this only caused two small holes that only I noticed at very specific angles and shouldn’t be able to be easily picked out when the piece is looked at and lit diffusely. I test lit the piece with a projector in Foisie. I was very impressed by how well all the small details I added came out only the piece as well, like the lines on the face and smaller flowers. I ultimately decided not to use the sticky dots that I ordered as the details might get obscured. However, I have a lot of cardstock left and I’m excited to do further work with it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n