{"id":594,"date":"2018-04-05T05:12:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T05:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d18\/?p=594"},"modified":"2018-04-05T05:14:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T05:14:02","slug":"light-painting-maquette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d18\/2018\/04\/05\/light-painting-maquette\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Painting Maquette"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlie Brooks<\/p>\n

For a proof-of-concept for my final idea, I have decided to make a scale model of what I intend for my finished product to look like. To refresh, I have used this image as inspiration:<\/p>\n

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Fly to Baku piece by Rashad Alakbarov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I intend to use colored acrylic shards hung in front of a single stationary light source to create a light painting on a surface.<\/p>\n

Maquette<\/strong><\/p>\n

For my scale model, I used clear acrylic that I colored using various colored highlighters:<\/p>\n

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Scale model of light painting setup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I used double-sided tape to stick clear fishing line to the acrylic shapes and magnets to quickly hang them from a C-shaped metal rack that I made. When I shined the light from my phone through the pieces onto a white wall in a dark room at roughly 1′, the colors of the highlighters were faintly visible and the outlines of the shapes were evident. The fishing line was visible, but I think that it would fade at a further distance. The tape was also visible, so I don’t think that would be a good thing to use in the final design.<\/p>\n

In total, the parts for this model cost ~$25 and helped me realize a couple things about my final design:<\/p>\n