For my Light Art project, I created a “ship in a bottle” made from 15 stacked layers of acrylic. The ship is the HMS Surprise, from Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series. I started with a 3D model of the ship, divided it into cross sections, then laser engraved the outline of each cross section onto the…
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Slater Campbell – Polish and Present
My actual progress toward “polish and present” came a couple days after this post was due, but I’ll save that part for next week. Laser cutting in Washburn went far better than I expected. Over the weekend, I spent a substantial amount of time splicing together the rest of my LEDs, making a solderable breadboard…
Slater – (Some) things working!
This week I made a lot of progress on my project, but not quite as much as I was hoping. I got the full wooden base cut and it fit together perfectly, and the hardware such as the power supply, switch and slider all mount as intended. I hoped to cut all of the black…
Slater – Failure/Recalibration
My biggest failure this week was not ordering parts sooner. I already received most of the electronics, but I was still missing all of the acrylic and wood I needed to start laser cutting. Instead, I finalized the CAD model for the base. I decided to laser cut the base instead of making it by…
Slater’s Maquette
I couldn’t get acrylic or LEDs in time to include them in my maquette, so I worked on the CAD model and did a first pass of clean up on the layers to be engraved. I learned a lot from this, most importantly that my original plan to light all the layers at once will…
Slater Campbell – Concept Proposal
For my Light Art project, I’m planning to make a “ship in a bottle” made from 17 layers of laser engraved and cut acrylic. Each layer will feature a cross section of the ship HMS Surprise, from Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series. Each layer of acrylic will be edge lit from beneath by addressable RGB LEDs….
GMUNK
GMUNK is a person: Bradley G Munkowitz. GMUNK is also a group, and most of their pieces are collaborations. Munkowitz is a visual design director who has worked on short films, commercials, music videos, installations, digital art exhibitions, and more recently has made non-fungible tokens (NFT). His work often follows themes of identity, the subconscious,…
Slater Campbell – Introduction
Hey! I’m Slater, a junior ECE major from Lincoln, MA. I love building electronics that are both aesthetic and functional, especially display devices and input devices. The design, materials, and manufacturing methods are a big focus for me. Many of my projects already involve light in some way. I’m inspired by retro technology such as…