For this project I wanted to use an optical illusion to affect how people would view the art. After doing a decent bit of research I landed on the this concept. Below is a piece that is a place holder of how the colors worked with what I wanted to do. It is going to…

After much internal debate and reading through my classmates comments on my concept proposals, I’ve decided to continue with the Live, Light, Tree idea. My maquette consists of a scaled down aluminum foil tree sculpture to test how it looks with EL Wire, and how the light is reflected off the shiny foil surfaces. I…

In my last post I outlined my main project idea being to put some sort of spin on the Infinity Cube concept. Since then I’ve narrowed the directions down on where I can take the idea considering both some of the feedback I got as well as cost constraints I encountered in my selection of…

So for my project it was a bit difficult to make a maquette or a proof of concept without going all out so instead I started this week by looking into what colors would reflect the best with the LED lights I had. After some testing with some doodles on my whiteboard I decided to…

For my project I have decided to do a light box made out of stained glass, the theme of my project is water. I am going to cut the glass into triangles that are different sizes. The color of the glass is clear and different shades of transparent blue. For a watery look I found…

In order to get a good idea of how I would structure a cut paper light box, I started by drafting out a small scale version. The model is about 3″x2 and 1/4″, and is separated by the same wooden sticks i currently plan to use for the final version. For this version, I didn’t…

For my project, I decided to go with the aurora borealis painting that utilizes slits in the canvas and LED strips to create the aurora effect. For the maquette, I took a piece of cardboard and cut slits of varying lengths in a vague pattern then set two light sources behind it to simulate the…

I have decided to create the hot air balloon scene with flickering lights to portray the fire within the balloon. I first tried to make the hot air balloon with some tissue paper that I had, but it proved to be a little more difficult to work with. I then tried using origami paper, where…

I’ll start my maquette by saying that I unfortunately do not have one. While starting to work on my maquette and look into a shopping list of supplies I might need to create my window idea I began to become a little disinterested in my ideas and began thinking to another light artest I had…

For my project, I have decided on a gradient In experimenting with different paper sizes I’ve decided that I like the look of the 3 inch square paper better than the 6 inch. The smaller origami balls make it so that it’s more difficult to see the flaws from folding the paper.design where I will…

I have chosen to do the SKATE/HORSE light board because I already had ideas on how to implement it and I would use it more than the my other project ideas. To understand what challenges I would face on the electronic and software side, I decided to wire up a simple circuit to show how…

By Marco Garcia-Duarte When beginning the idea of what I wanted to do with my light art project I quickly realized my fascination with optical illusions. These are things that use the brains own programming to make us see something that is not there. Optical illusions come in many different forms from impossible shapes to…

I recently visited the Chesterwood outdoor contemporary sculpture garden in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and was able to see “One Impulse from a Vernal Wood,” Sculpture by Rick and Laura Brown. These sculptures aim to convey a sense of connected-ness in nature, similar to the idea of a forest super-organism like in Jame Cameron’s Avatar. From these…