as of today I have the lights all wired and coded for the right intervals but I have yet to assemble the wires into the shape of each frame. Initially I was going to glue them down on wood but I realized there was too much overlap between frames and it would cause the lines…

This week I worked on the hot air balloons and attaching them to the box. So far, everything is working pretty well! Earlier in the week I went to Michaels and found some round ornaments in different sizes that I bought to use to make varying sized balloons to give more of a 3D illusion….

After many hours of crinkling tin foil and burning my fingers on hot glue, I’ve completed the metal reflective foil tree which will support the EL wire “leaves”. Unfortunately I ran out of hot glue sticks after construction of the tree and was unable to find the correct size at the local price chopper. I…

Last week I finished multiple main tasks for my final project so I could focus on more extraneous goals for this week. The first objective on my list was getting the software to work as desired. Second, I wanted to put together part of the housing so I could start organizing my project. I mentioned…

This week my goal was to at least get all of the glass pieces cut out for the project. I succeeded in cutting out all of the pieces, and I grinded a full panel and half of the rest of the three panels. Since I had a full panel grinded I soldered it together to…

So, I had a very successful week in terms of project progress. I was able to finalize a design for my larger box, and assemble that almost entirely. I was also able to secure the light source that would be used to back light the box, since the light source will be separate from the…

This past week I spent a lot of time thinking about what I wanted my final design to look like. With the help of some friends, I was able to start the design and implementation of a 6.5 foot diameter light mural. So far, I have strung 200 of the 600 lights onto the wall….