Since last week, I have worked on changing up my project proposal to a static scene of a rainy night.
I built my maquette using cardboard as the platform the sculpture, with one side not closed up to ensure I have a hollow base in which I can hide my wires and power source(s). The bendy-straw frame is there as a placeholder for what the actual scaffolding I use will be: either creating a frame around the base and draping the lights down from the top, or inserting rods into the base to run strings of lights along them. I will create a puddle effect by carving out a section of the base and placing a diffusing material on top to smooth out the light.
Materials I need:
-Strings of warm-white LED lights (likely Sylvania Microdots)
-an umbrella (Amazon)
-MDF or Foamboard for the base (Amazon or craft stores)
-many batteries
-PVC pipe for the frame, or Metal rods to attach lights to (Home Depot)
-Zip ties
-Some material to diffuse light
Milestones:
4/12 – Shopping and base completed
4/19 – Frame/scaffolding built, put together
4/26 – Lights added, Project finished