I’ll start with final presentation videos, then follow with a final blog post with final steps / updates since the last update. Finished Documentation Videos showcasing the project in various lighting conditions, showing both the piece itself and the light effects on its surroundings. Credit to Zeke Andreassen for assistance with wiring and soldering. Filming…
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Projection Sculpture – Update 4/21
Schematics Wiring With immensely valuable help from Zeke, we wired the circuit for the light and motor. A driver was added in-line with the LED to limit its power usage, as it got incredibly (dangerously) hot when unrestricted. Additionally, the LED was attached to an aluminum post using a thermal sticker to act as a…
Projection Sculpture: Update
This will be a fairly short update, filling in some progress since last week. I have received the LED and ordered the power supply (thanks to Zeke and others for ECE help!), and sculpted the body of the hopefully final piece. In class today, with the help of Zeke’s power supply, I was able to…
Projection Sculpture – Maquette and Development
As of last week, I was still unsure of the artistic direction of the project but had created a tech proof-of-concept. This week I have refined the direction of the piece and made a couple of maquettes to show examples of the aesthetics of the finished piece. Artistic Inspirations I have drawn inspiration from the…
Concept – Projection Sculpture
My current plans for this project are vague artistically, but I have a good idea of the type of technology I would like to implement. I plan to have some type of sculpture, made from clay, laser-cut wood, or some other medium. This sculpture will be hollow, with many small holes cut in the surface….
Micah Elizabeth Scott (aka scanlime)
Background Micah Elizabeth Scott is an artist, engineer, reverse engineer, and tinkerer from California (blog: http://www.scanlime.org) who enjoys taking things apart, learning about how they work, and then using that to inspire art or further projects. She has been doing this since childhood, when she would tinker with hardware and software alike as a form…
H La Vallee – Intro & Portfolio
Introduction Hi! I am H, a senior finishing up my degree in Chemical Engineering. Most of my art experience comes from courses I have taken at WPI, though I have a bit more experience with making music as I have been composing loops and small pieces casually since high school. I decided when I came…