Studio Art Problems Class - Summer 2011

Adam's Lamp (L.E.D. Lamp I made)

This is the first week of summer classes...yaye! Studio Art Problems is a studio class where you spend five weeks working on a project for further study of your concentration. Currently I do not have have a concentration though I've focused most of my classes on New Media type classes. So for my project I wanted to find a way to mix some of my hobbies. One hobby I enjoy is making objects with L.E.D.s like the lamp to the right, I got the idea from this Instructable called Tilt activated LED glow cube though I could only find a baseball case at the hobby store. I soldered 3 Blue Super Bright L.E.D.s together with a 100 ohm resistor a piece which in turn was connected to a phone charger and I covered the inside with frosted paper and filled it with clear and blue marbles. One piece of advice, make sure to use the right adhesive because marbles are heavy. The octopus on the top was a drawing that Adam did, thus the name "Adam's Lamp". I also can crochet, crazy I know. This past weekend I found this book called "Creepy Cute Crochet" where it shows you the patterns for making amigurumi creatures.

Book of neat crochet projects

A Crocheted Bear I made for my niece

I just used the standard pattern and did the ears, nose, eyes, and mouth on my own. It came out very cute, though my cat Jack thought it was his and put it in his water bowl. After drying it I gave it to my niece.

Circuit Board Project

I did a project in my New Media: Basic class in the fall of last year where I created a vector image in Adobe Illustrator and transferred it onto circuit boards using the chemical copper etching process. The chemicals were deadly and it was a pain in the rear, but the effect was neat and different. This probably had to be my favorite assignment so far.

My plan for this project is to combine these three in some way. Either it be crochet a circuit board or use it to build a structure. My professor told me to look at this artist László Moholy-Nagy and his "Light Space Modulator". The video below shows a replica of this piece, which is one of the first sculptures to combine light and kinetic sculpture.



So......

In conclusion, I have no idea what my project will be in the end...but I will keep you posted.