After many trials and tribulations, my shoes are finally finished. I am rather happy with the outcome. Created from a pair of off-brand Amazon converses, dental floss, EL wire, quilt batting, and many many hours of work and poked fingers. I completed this project by cutting out a rectangle in the sole to put the…
Author: Amelia
Update/Things working – Amelia Jones
This week was not as productive as I would have hoped, due to being bedridden with COVID. However, progress was made, I am almost entirely done with one shoe and because of what I have learned from this one, the other shoe should go much faster. I am honestly a bit impressed myself with how…
Failure – Amelia Jones
Failure week lived up to its name when I put hours of work into the first side of the left shoe with the wrong color. Already being discourages by this project, a stupid mistake like this was adding salt to the wound. I have a lot of trouble moving on from mistakes so I need…
Maquette – Amelia Jones
My maquette is more of a starting point. My first set of lights has come in and I am using floss the length of the lights to see how many designs I can make with each EL piece. I have also outlined the battery box on the bottom of the shoe to see how big…
Project Concept Proposal – Amelia Jones
I am fully aware that this first idea might be too much, I my artist question is “what part/parts of this are realistic to make in the timeline?” My first concept idea is Stained Glass box/room. This would consist of one (or three) wall(s) and three (or one) curtains, with a stained glass piece on…
Light Artist – Janet Echelman
Janet Echelman creates art the size of skyscrapers, usually hung between them. She and her team use polyester fibers with colored LED lighting and spectra fiber to create the memorizing pieces. Spectra fiber is a hand-spliced ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). It is fifteen times stronger than steel and doesn’t hold water weight and reduces energy and…
Amelia Jones – Introduction
Hey! My name is Amelia, and I’m from the Worcester county, MA (only 30 min away from WPI!). My background with is mainly in all things technical theater, especially lighting. I only really work in form of physical art, including lighting, sculptures, and even big immersive art I try and fit art into every part…