One popular Vietnamese folk tale told during the Mid Autumn festival is the story of Chu Cuoi, the man on the moon. In one variation of the tale, Chu Cuoi observed a mother tiger healing her baby tiger with the leaves of a banyan tree. He takes the tree home for its magical properties and…

I was able to put final touches on all the lanterns, combine the motor and LED sequence, as well as arrange and hide the wires as best as possible. However, I am now running into some roadblocks in terms taking photos and videos of the artwork in an aesthetically pleasing manner. This is because the…

My goal for this week was to finish the stepping stone lanterns. Making the lanterns ended up taking a lot longer and was more complicated than I originally thought. The process of making lanterns included bending bamboo cutting bamboo to arrange into a “star” base creating lantern form using hot glue and dixie cups cutting…

The hardest part of my project was making an animated lantern. I started off with the following concept of having a spherical lantern that would have a spinning component within it. I started off trying to emulate a traditional spinning lantern. This involved a rotating drum with images that would spin around a pin in…

Proof of Concept: I tested out extending the LED by soldering the LED to some electrical wiring. This video shows that this was a pretty simple task. The solder connection was not as strong as I would like so I taped the wire to the LED as well. I will try to get a better…

For my light art project, I want to do a piece based on the mid-autumn moon festival. This is an Asian holiday that celebrates the full moon in the fall and is the second most celebrated holiday in Vietnam. The moon festival is a holiday I really enjoy and find integral to my culture. Additionally,…