4 phase 5 wire stepper motor driver board remote control RC adjustable speed:This component provides the spinning mechanism needed for the wheel and can be adjusted at speeds between 25-40 RPM. This will ensure that the animation can be...
Below is an example of a homemade zoetrope using a record player and 3D prints of a horse in various positions, when spun and lit with a strobe lights, the illusion of motion is produced from a rapid movement of static sculptures. If the flash of the strobe is too long then the images will blur, and if too short the wheel looks...
To create 10 slightly differing frames of animation, I edited my image using photoshop. The first was done by copying the finger on the far left, placing this on a new layer, then I gradually enlarged the finger and made it spin to the side; all the while saving the images until I had 10. These were then all made the same size...
STEP 1: Work out how large the zoetrope base should be by choosing a radius and using a compass to draw from the centre around it. I drew the radius at 5.33cm to give me a small circular base. STEP 2: Work out the circumference of the circle using the equation 2 x 3.14 x 5.33= 33.5cm. This value will be the length...
After my photoshoot I decided to upload the images and play around with them using photoshop and other various editing apps. This idea fits in quite nicely with my sculpting techniques; just as I sculpted one original finger from clay and cast the copies in plaster, only one photo was taken of the finger and the others were duplicated. This echoes the fact...
Matt Collishaw has created a truly amazing piece that depicts the massacre of the innocents, a biblical recount of the slaughtering of babies ordered by King Herod. Jonathan Jones writes a review of this piece, All things fall. The peice is a 3D printed sculpture which is animated by a turntable in a sort of optical illusion; this is a zoetrope. It is equally beautiful...
Using my mood board of Catholic reliquaries, I decided to experiment with creating decoration for my relics using some beautiful blue ceramic tiles that I found in a skip. I focused in some patterns found on my mood board and began drawing these out to create a stencil. The small scale that I chose proved to make this process quite difficult and time...
I sculpted a clay finger using the image below as a reference. I tried to make this appear fairly realistic however, this part is still just part of the reliquary; the bone is supposed to be the relic. The next step was to cast the original clay figure using alginate and plaster. Below is a perfect impression of the finger sculpture. Next I...
I have stuck wooden dowels onto the back of two of my sculptures. I set up the pieces on a black background in the photography studio on the floor (taking the photo from above). I then lit the area from above. The photo has only focused the floating pieces so I will have to have the pieces closer together on their levels? Or...
The photography workshop that I have been attending is making me think about the outcomes of my project. Why not display a photograph? I had not considered this as I love to make physical things with my hands, however I do like the idea of juxtaposing a traditional process with a contemporary one. Taking inspiration from Kris Kuksi, the photo I have taken...
The Turn of the screw: Henry James was a sophisticated physiological realists as well as a gothic writer- challenges our sense of reality. Cultural context: Spriritualism, séances and spirit photography (taking pictures of ghosts with double exposures and doctored negatives) in Victorian society. Is James 'Screwing' with Victorian children, transgressing the innocence of Victorian children. The child was seen as an angel and...
"St. Thomas is best known for his role in verifying the Resurrection of his Master. Thomas' unwillingness to believe that the other Apostles had seen their risen Lord on the first Easter Sunday earned him the title of "doubting Thomas." Eight days later, on Christ's second apparition, Thomas was gently rebuked for his skepticism and furnished with the evidence he had demanded -...
Marc Quinn's Evolution explores human development in its various stages of gestation and how 'matter comes alive' in the materialistic world. They appear to be fossilized and excavated as if this is an old, died-out process- however this is the factual and is presumably an indefinite way in which to produce a child. Perhaps this piece is a comment on the advancements of technology and...
I have sculpted the next 2 components of my reliquary, a border and a more detailed decorative piece. Each clay sculpture was then cast into another 3 pieces using alginate and plaster. I faced a problem with the long border pieces as they were so long, they were easily breakable with almost no force applied. I decided that the breakages were fixable with...
I began by taking a lump of clay and using my sculpting tools to create the first peice, the corner. The aim is to have all pieces fit together perfectly, so I put a straight edge on the corner. The next step was to spray paint the piece, I chose 'ancient white'. It completely alters the appearance of the clay giving an almost...
Above is a plan of my reliquary drawn using my iPad, ProCreate app. I've taken elements from my Catholic decoration mood board as well as sculptures of Kris Kuksi. The reliquary (surrounding the fingers) will be split into various pieces and sculpted by hand using clay. Each individual detail will be the original sculpted peice, and the other 3 will be identical casts...
