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Video of headlightplay in action

Submitted by keithb on April 23, 2008 - 11:00am.

Dan and I are talking about how to capture the work folks might do creating vinettes. These are videos from both sides of the screen:

This is the audience point of view:


This is the makers point of view:

Mirror scratching and etching ideas

Submitted by keithb on February 26, 2008 - 10:34pm.

etching on mirrorSome time ago I started working with mirrors as a medium to explore - scratching the silver off the back of the mirror to let light through and with help from one of our youth team managers here at the museum, Cindy, I also learned about acid etching on the glass surface...

The light overnight

Submitted by Margaret P on August 9, 2007 - 10:21pm.

I am using the data recorder to collect the light levels at the front window from 8 at night until morning. overnightligh01.jpg Here's the program that collects the data overy couple of minutes overnight. save_light.jpg My plan is to create a diorama with the LEDs in which the lights darken and brighten, echoing the changing light overnight, but over just a minute or two instead of hours.