When this class first started, I was intimidated by the amount of freedom we had with creating what we wanted. But I was soon inspired by what I’ve been calling a perspective piece. A perspective piece is one where there is one image on one side, and when rotated 90 degrees, it makes another image….
Author: Sofia de Oliveira
Polish & Present – Sofia de Oliveira
During this week, to make sure my project was ready to present, I focused on soldering all of the pieces together. And it works very well! All of the lights work, however, I was unable to run the wires through the piping due to their crazy nature at the top of the cube. I have…
Everything Working – Sofia de Oliveira
I started off this week with another setback. The corner pieces that I ordered arrived, however, they were not the right ones. They were for 1 ¼” pipes and not 1 ½” pipes like the ones I’m using. I am being sent new ones that should be arriving later today. This week I really focused…
Failure – Sofia de Oliveira
This week, I had a few failures. My original plan for how I would attach the top pegboards has changed. I was going to place the pegboard on top and drill them down, however, the pegboard is much smaller than the framework, so I have attached them with string so it hangs in the…
Maquette – Sofia de Oliveira
I’ve created a small cardboard model of my design. The lights do not make an image as they would in the final design. However, through making this design, I have decided that the lights will have to be connected to the bottom to keep them straight. I wanted to be able to reuse the LEDs…
Concept Proposal – Perspective Piece
The concept that I would like to focus on is creating a piece that changes shape based on the way that it’s viewed. An example of a piece I gained inspiration from can be seen below. Once the viewer walks around the piece 90 degrees, the image changes. This piece is being hung from a…
Barry Underwood: Light Artist
Barry Underwood is a light artist who lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Aside from being an artist, Underwood is an associate professor in the Photo & Video Department at the Cleveland Institute of Art. At Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Underwood majored in theater and worked as a tech director for a year. Despite being offered…
Sofia de Oliveira – Intro
My experience with art is very amateur. Aside from the three classes I’ve already taken at WPI, I have not had any additional professional lessons. However, art is something that I enjoy doing, and something that I find to be a calming presence. Each form of art that I have done has been quite traditional…