The Pinhole Camera Project

On the 28th of January, I started working on the pinhole camera project, first I was given instructions on how pinhole cameras work, next I learned how to use the dark room with the chemicals and photographic paper.

Once I was given the instructions I and my team started thinking up ideas on how our camera would work, how small the pinhole would be and how long we were going to expose it to light. Once we made our camera we took it outside and took a picture of the science building, we tried 5 or 10 seconds

I also took some of my favourites pictures and decorated them, simply by drawing over them with tracing paper and using a light exposer to create a new image of both the original and drawing

(My Collage)

Interior/Architectural design

On the 4th of February, I started working in Interior/Architectural design, for this I was shown various artistic interior designs such as Ernesto Neto’s “Walking Venus blue cave (2001), Revenge of the goldfish (1981), The coral reef, etc. For the assignment I and my team had to create two interior collages each capturing the meaning of certain words we were given, the words we were given were “Welcoming and Threatening”, half of us worked on each word, I chose “threatening” so for the image I wanted to create what looked like a very uncomfortable atmosphere, so the main composition was to have a chair sitting in a dark room with one light shining down on it and having the chair surrounded by what I and each of my teammates are afraid of.

To create our rooms we used photoshop and browsed the web for scary images to include

Welcoming Threatening

Augmented reality

On the 29th of January, I was introduced to Augmented reality which is a form of technology that superimposes computer-generated images on someone’s phone, tablet, etc.

For this, I was given instructions on how to use an AR phone app called “HP Reveal” which lets us set up our own trigger image which allows it to play an animation or video when a certain object is shown in front of the camera

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Next, I set up the trigger image and make sure the meters on green so I can get the best quality.

Next,I select the aura (photo and video) I want, place it in the right position and once I scan it using the HP camera the Aura will show.

(21/1/19-22/1/19) Ceramics Part II

on the 21st of January, I continued my ceramic work, for this I was given tutorials on how to work with clay, once we were given the tutorials and knew how to work with clay, I and my group gathered the equipment and clay for our sculpture.

Our sculpture was a combination of favorite objects, we did for the shadow drawings the spikes and body parts (particularly the feet), so we drew out design layouts and picked the best one, once we picked our design, each of us focused on a separate piece(s) of the sculpture, I made the feet.

Once we finished all the pieces we all put it together, we used string to dangle the feet and created a support structure to keep it still.

“The Spikes”

The spikes were shadows of book pages sticking up.

The feet

While sculpting I used my own foot for reference to create the shape.

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Final Model

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Ceramics Part I

On the 15th of January, I started working in ceramics, for this I was up into a group with five people.

For our first assignment, we had to gather various objects of our own so we could draw around there shadows (I used a few models from my desk, that I made), During this, I and my group got interested in drawing body parts (particularly Arms or legs) both our own and the sculpted ones.

For our second task, we each had to create our own model out of cardboard based on one of the shadow drawings of our choice, I chose one of the hands of one of my teammates we drew, first I traced the original drawing using tracing paper, then I cut it out and drew around the stencil onto cardboard, I did this five more times then drilled a hole at the bottom part of the hand and fit a small piece of a wooden dowel through each hand and secured it with a pin on each side. Once it was all put together I turned it into a fan called “The OK fan”

The Spiral (13/1/19)

On the 4th of December, I started experimenting with spirals for this drew various spirals out on tracing paper and cut them out and test the LED and shadow effect.

To create a final spiral design I took some strong wire to build a support structure, next I took a long piece of wire and made a long spiral and glued tracing paper around it and glued small spirals on it, next I hooked it to the support structure, then I managed to place the LED inside and wrap the positive and negative wire around the neck of the support, once the wires were connected to the transformer I managed to create a spiral shadow from the bottom.

LED (13/1/19)

On the 3rd of December, I started work on “Light”, for this I was given a tutorial on how to work with LED lights and a soldering iron.

An LED light has two wires, the long one is the positive and short one is negative, for the soldering I had to use two wires to connect to LED, the red one is the positive and the black ones the negative.

2) To connect the wires together I used the soldering iron to melt the solder so the black and red wires would connect to the LED.

3) After the wires were connected I took some small rubber tubing and slid it through each wire, then I took a heat gun to seal the tubing in place.

4) Next, I took the other ends of the wires and connected them to an electrical transformer, ( the wires would have to be placed underneath the screws of the transformer)

5) Lastly, I plugged in the plug from the other side of the transformer and turned it on and the light lit up

The Tesseract (13/1/19)

On the 5th of December, I started creating another light

For this one, I decided to go with a more simple shape, so I took some coffee sticks and glued them together to make a cube next I covered each side with tracing paper, next I took it to the spray room and sprayed it blue. I then spot welded a support frame to hold the LED in place, next I put the frame in place then fed the LED and wires through.

Once the cube itself was finished then built a small podium for it to sit. First I took a few pieces of wood and decided how tall I wanted each side, next I cut the wood, for the top part I cut a smaller square so I could fit the wire through and cover it with the cube itself, next I took a drill and screwed the sides together, then I sprayed painted it grey, once everything was completed I placed the cube on the podium and connected the wires from to the transformer and it lit up.

The design and name is based on a movie artifact from various Marvel movies

Movie Appearances

Thor (2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The Avengers (2012)
Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Thor Ragnarok (2017)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Brian Hart (Light Drawing)

Brian Hart is an American artist who specializes in light drawing and develops a series of This media by setting up living scenarios then using the photographic technique, capturing domestic and whimsical scenes. The color scheme mostly consisted of reds, yellows, and greens. His exposures can go on for 20 minutes or more in which he traces every detail of a scene.

What do I think of his work?

I really like his use of colors, techniques, setups and how they look all rough and sketchy like 20-second drawing challenges just trying to capture the main details that stand out, the work he does is a perfect example that drawing or painting isn’t about capturing the accuracy, its about having the confidence to make a picture.

Here’s some of his work