So fantastic to see the full CD cloud in place - several times I got completely distracted from what I was doing watching the light bounce around the space. Can't wait to see the children's reaction to it.
Another clip of dancing light is on my face book page http://on.fb.me/CDlight . What do you think?
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
CD cloud
I just realised I have n't posted a picture of the grand design. You'll just have to keep checking back and watch it unfold.
Some of you have heard me speaking about a CD cloud. A way to reuse, recycle re-purpose CD's and have them actively moving and generating light, reflections and adding a huge amount to the space. So I've had this idea since the start of the project nearly. I think it will work brilliantly. It comprises of a CD, raw plug, screw and washer.
The inspiration for this came from a big advertising sign that I noticed in my youth - do you remember the Guinness sign on the railway bridge beside Butt Bridge in Dublin? I'm trying to find a photograph of it but no success yet. Advertising at it's most expensive in the 70's and 80's. The sign used to shimmer because it was made of these tiny little disc's with holes in them and nailed to the sign. They operated like sequences, I always found it fascinating and wondered who originally nailed all those disc's and nails in!
So the cloud on the mural wall it shimmers and moves about and well see this little video on my Facebook page. When the full cloud is up I'll make a film of the moving bits and place that on the blog.
I'm really excited to see what it looks like up, shimmering on the wall - tomorrow!
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| CD mechanism for the moving cloud on the mural wall. |
The inspiration for this came from a big advertising sign that I noticed in my youth - do you remember the Guinness sign on the railway bridge beside Butt Bridge in Dublin? I'm trying to find a photograph of it but no success yet. Advertising at it's most expensive in the 70's and 80's. The sign used to shimmer because it was made of these tiny little disc's with holes in them and nailed to the sign. They operated like sequences, I always found it fascinating and wondered who originally nailed all those disc's and nails in!
So the cloud on the mural wall it shimmers and moves about and well see this little video on my Facebook page. When the full cloud is up I'll make a film of the moving bits and place that on the blog.
I'm really excited to see what it looks like up, shimmering on the wall - tomorrow!
Monday, December 12, 2011
We've come along way baby...
so the project has moved from this
to this
and I am not finished yet. This is just the background painting. But it is amazing how the colour changes the space in a few simple brush strokes. Love that my work and the better space project facilitates that and is creating better space for the children and staff of Little Daises.
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| Little Daisies play area September 2011 |
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| Little Daisies play area December 2011 |
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