light diffusion – Making Studio

#chrisrand : my goal with this exercise was to make a lantern that can be physically adjusted to produce different intensities of light without regulating the current- not using a dimmer.

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Bands of fabric ribbon are wrapped around a plastic cylinder from a one layer thick to four layers thick. The central plunger (and handle) contains four AAA batteries that power a LED. The LED is contained between two plastic caps covered in mylar which restrict the light to illuminate one band at a tim. As the plunger moves, the light is muted like an analog dimmer.

The video shows the subtle effect that is created with only one LED and a detail view of interior guts. I was pleasantly surprised that the saturation of the green ribbon gets deeper as the illumination is muted.

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Hello!

This was an exercise in sewing and light diffusion techniques. For this brief, we were asked to design a plush light and explore the use of various materials to make our product a plausible item. I initially wanted to design an object based on ‘the barium meal’: a diagnostic tool that involves swallowing a dose of barium sulfate in order to render your upper intestine opaque enough to be viewed under x-ray.

I ended up diverging a little from this idea, although I think I might go back to it in future. Instead I decided to make a plush toy that tells the sad tale of a cat road-killed and re-animated (ZOMBIE ROADKILL)

. kitteh