Starting out my maquette I found myself with a literal blank canvas.
After visiting my local craft store I found small canvas squares in a 5 pack for only $4 which I quickly snagged up, spent an additional hour and half going up and down every other aisle, and left.
My initial canvases ready to be painted into “happy” Bob Ross-esque landscapes.
I painted the canvases to look like stars on a night sky in order to have an idea of where to put the LED’s.
I added some grass to the bottom for the idea that it’s a field/ forest sort of landscape.
I realized I don’t know how to count and painted one dark green to act as the base of the open face cube.
I started drilling holes in the canvas, which turned out to make pretty ugly holes instead of the clean effect I was hoping for.
Once the holes were in place I started stringing twinkle lights I had from previous room decoration of yesteryear. It was a pretty long strand so it ended up being a huge hassle to string them through, I ended up just sort of bundling them up randomly in a way that was moderately appealing.
Final setup of my maquette, I painted some trees and other mountain-type blobs in the background for depth. I took the leftover string lights and put them in a bundle in the middle to represent the light bulb that I couldn’t fit inside the box of canvas well. I made the centerpiece look sort of like a city building with windows, or at least that was my intent.
Doing this maquette gave me the idea to make it slightly more technical by introducing the idea of LED’s hooked up to a light sensor, so when the light in the middle is on they will automatically be off. The light in the middle will still be manually controlled by a dimmer to make the project interactive with the viewer.
The supplies I believe I will require are:
- 5 canvases
- Paint
- Glue gun
- Arduino Pro Mini
- Light Sensor
- Light bulb
- LED strand
I am planning to order all supplies this weekend to give myself time for assembly. Supplies should arrive by next week some time.