{"id":756,"date":"2017-03-06T21:29:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T02:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/?p=756"},"modified":"2017-03-06T21:30:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T02:30:41","slug":"practicum-take-3-post-mortem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-c17\/practicum-take-3-post-mortem\/","title":{"rendered":"Practicum Take 3 Post Mortem"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, after some issues with how lasers work and my inability to get them to co-operate, I changed my project yet again!<\/p>\n

I essentially decided to shift my attention towards making this a light-refracting aesthetics project. I couldn’t come up with a clever name for this one, so I’m just going to refer to it as “Twine,” because I used an inordinate amount of twine in the process of making this.<\/p>\n

Materials:<\/strong>
\n– Twine
\n– A Dowel
\n– A bunch of 1 inch mirror squares
\n– Hot Glue
\n– 8 LED votive\/candle things
\n– A dark sheet
\n– Masking Tape
\n– A flashlight.<\/p>\n

The Project<\/strong>:<\/strong>
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And with the lights off:<\/p>\n

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Aesthetically, I was going for a sort of ethereal, dream-like setup, with maybe a little bit of black magic ;-).
\nThe candles help to set the mood, through their flickering and general aesthetic lighting:<\/p>\n

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The mirrors throughout the background almost resemble stars in terms of how they’re hung and the appearance they give off when they reflect light.<\/p>\n

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But the real magic is what happens to the rest of the room when you shine a light on the display:<\/p>\n

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The room becomes filled with these astounding quadrilateral lights that just add to the dream-like atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Experimentations:
\n<\/strong>I tried to add to the scene in various ways, such as by adding fog or adding additional light sources.<\/p>\n

I don’t have a picture of it, but when I added the fog, it did improve the general feel of the scene to be much more dream-like, but it wound up blocking the light too much and removing a lot of the reflections.<\/p>\n

The other thing that I tried was adding in some Christmas\u00a0lights, in hopes of getting some additional bounces off the mirrors.<\/p>\n

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Sadly, these just obstructed the flash light and, much like the fog, made it impossible to see any of the light reflections from the mirrors.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/strong>:
\n<\/strong>All in all, I truly wish I could have done something much more intricate for this project, but after two failed attempts I figured I needed to really dial it back if I wanted to complete something functional.<\/p>\n

Post any questions, comments, or concerns below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, after some issues with how lasers work and my inability to get them to co-operate, I changed my project yet again! I essentially decided to shift my attention towards making this a light-refracting aesthetics project. I couldn’t come up with a clever name for this one, so I’m just going to refer to it … <\/p>\n

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