My project is finished (almost) I have yet to make a frame because I could not book more time at the laser cutter. I added some new code so I have the option to play the loop at 2 different speeds or have all layers on at the same time. Overall I am happy with…
Author: Tim
Polish & Present
surprisingly I made a major redesign durning the last week. after realizing it would be very difficult to attach the wire long the outline of the dogs I decided to make use of the optical effects of acrylic and attach the wire to the outer edge of each sheet instead. This has its pros and…
Everything working (sort of)
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…
Failure and recalibration
This week I worked on setting up my EL wires and getting the control board soldered and coded. I thought it was going to be more time consuming but after the initial soldering the rest was fairly plug and play this gave me time to get started on my design. although I am still unsure…
Proof of concept
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…
Project Proposal
So I got this poster freshman year and always liked it because the colors are high contrast and super saturated so depending on the lighting in the room the poster can look different. When I set up some colored LED lights in my room this summer noticed the whole image looked like it was moving…
Carnovsky Duo
Carnovsky is a Milan based art and design duo comprised of Francesco Rugi and Silvia Quintanilla. They first presented their work in 2010 and focus on RGB art that makes use of color changing lights that interact with a variety of prints. After meeting in graduate school they decided they wanted to work together after…
Introduction/ portfolio
Hi everyone, my name is Tim Giddings and I’m from Philadelphia. I’ve always enjoyed art but never considered myself much of an artist. Since I was little I have loved making things, not necessarily art, just anything that involved working with my hands. I think the saying “jack of all trades master of none” fits…