I will update later with photos. For the past week, I’ve been collecting aluminum cans. Later, I will have to map out the metal pieces on them to cut them out with a sharp Exacto knife. I have cut aluminum cans into sheets of metal, and while doing so, I have had concerns about the…
Maquette – Long Exposure Photography
Experimenting I took the maquette as an opportunity to test my new equipment which includes a tripod and a variable ND filter and to refamiliarize myself with my camera’s functionality. I set up my camera on the tripod and attached the filter to my 18-55mm lens and picked a corner of my room to test…
Maquette: Proof of Concept & Visual Planning
Maquette: Proof of Concept & Visual Planning Due to scheduling and my upcoming Army field training (April 10–13), I wasn’t able to visit any actual stained glass yet. Instead, I created a maquette using the dorm windows in my room to prototype my photo techniques and explore how different framing styles affect the perception of…
Maquette
Since I already had a mockup of the box, I decided to do a mockup of the slide. Using a craft knife I cut a rising sun pattern. It is definitely not perfect, but it gets the general idea across. The thinner wood (1/16″) is definitely easier to cut through, but unfortunately that threatens structural…
Maquette
A New Direction Over the weekend, I was reminded of this project that I saw on Harvard’s campus: I remember feeling the “I should make that” itch, prompting me to quickly forget about the other two projects and feel the need to run after this instead. To scope the project for the rest of the…
Meredith – Light Exploration Lab
I fiddled around with my fairy lights in the corner of my room. I have two sets: one can change colors, although I chose to stick with blue, and the other is yellow, which can strobe and flicker. There are lots of projections from the lights onto the wall, and the colors diffuse into my…
Light Artists Presentation: Hannu Huhtamo
Hannu Huhtamo is a Finnish light artist from the Helsinki region. The first light painting he can recall was in the 90s, when he made a promo for a death metal band of a pentagram with a lighter, but he truly started light art photography in 2008. He was amazed by the experiments his friend…
Meredith – Concept Proposals
Holographic / Projection Goblet of Fire The idea is to recreate the Goblet of Fire from Harry Potter and in some way use holographics. Ideally, it would be cool to create holographic flames. I’ve looked at some YouTube videos to figure out some ideas for this project. For the goblet, I am unsure as to…
Concept Proposal
I’m interested in creating a wall-mounted light sculpture inspired by James Turrell’s Skyspaces. His work plays with perception and ambient light in architectural spaces — I love how his pieces make you stop and look. My idea is to build a mini version of that experience: a framed shadowbox with an inner “sky” that glows…
Concept Proposal
On the first day of class, this idea popped into my head. I remember seeing this picture forever ago on TikTok, it’s a dress from a Chinese fashion game I’ve literally never played but I couldn’t get it out of my head. So I started thinking. I really like stained glass, especially for the effect…
Concept Proposal
I am interested in creating a wooden sculpture which ignites and burns using refraction of sunlight. I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of starting a fire with a magnifying glass, yet never tried experimenting with it. My initial idea, sketched below, consists of a hanging sphere with a lens situated in the top corner…
Concept Proposal – Brian Leverock
I was inspired by the artist I did my presentation on and would like to produce a work like his. Since freshman year, I’ve noticed that in the Spring and early Fall the side of innovation studios that faces the Bartlet Center reflects so much bright light onto the ground that its almost blinding. To…