Update! I’ve got a working motor that rotates the deflecting object. I got my RBE friends to help me with this part of my project; they lent me the materials, taught me how to code for the Raspberry Pi, and helped me build the circuit. Circuit: I’ll start with the circuit and its components. My…

Update!Now, I’m adding from my previous idea, as I think my original idea was too simple. I’ve had many design ideas (which I will show below), because I wanted to gauge how doable my project would be due to material, time, and tool restraints. I want to capture the light in an enclosed space, so…

Unfortunately, nothing changed between the 1st and now. It has been a terrifically hectic week personally, so I didn’t get a chance to even make any changes pre-rendering. I would have loved to incorporate some last bits of feedback but that’s life sometimes 🙁 This time though, I’ll share some behind-the-scenes stuff just for the…

Miniature Skyspace is the result of a term-long dive into how light shapes space and perception. Inspired by James Turrell’s Skyspaces, I built a wall-mounted shadowbox using forced perspective, layered textures, and remote-controlled LEDs to mimic a skylit room. Final touches included hiding the LED strip with a shelf, framing the glass to block light…

I have decided to call my project Shadows and Colors of the Seasons Lantern since what I wanted to play with was shadows and colored lighting while showcasing what I love about each one, the plants and flowers. I wanted to document my lantern in the dark to show the brilliance of the color and…

I really wanted to get photos that showed the “shadow” passed through the panels and the vibe that brings more than just photos of the piece itself. Here are some nice photos I took: And while not quite as nice, I really liked how it looked in the direct sunlight, and since it’s been so…

Below are the final photos I captured of my project. Unfortunately, the photos you are seeing in this post are the same ones you saw in my previous post because the conditions were the best I could get. Since I took those photos, one of my frames broke, and I didn’t have access to a…

There was a lot to be done this week to be ready to present! I started by dying my flower motifs black so that they would give more of the illusion of a shadow, then had to block them again so they were the size I was expecting. Luckily they didn’t shrink in the dying…

These last couple weeks don’t look like as much as I had hoped. Since there is an order to how I have to do everything, there isn’t too much that I’ve completed yet. So far I have finished the crochet aspect of the project, since each piece took about 10 hours to complete, not including…

For my Mock up I decided to experiment with cut outs and how light would show the shadows best. I started by finding some acrylic in the makerspace to simulate glass. Then I discovered I had some gel highlighters that perfectly spread onto the acrylic and changed the color as if it were colored glass….

I have decided to dub my project Luma Color Umbra (L.C.U.) Capsula, which is supposed to give the impression/feeling that this project is a box that captures light, color, and shadow. I wanted it to give a similar feeling to a magic lantern or shadow box; it is supposed to be fun and almost mystical….

I’m extremely proud of what I’ve been able to make this term! I hope you enjoy learning about the journey that brought me here: Early Ideas Initially, I thought of two completely different concepts, neither of which were very feasible 😅. The first was a volumetric display that I had been introduced to by the…