It is time the final piece should be taking shape. The last few days, I worked on the sketches I made in day 9. I combined some of the elements from different rapid sketches. I composited this and then took it to the laser printer to get etched and cut. This will be the edge [...]
Today was a day to spend away from the workshop. I wanted to get inspiration for the 'fluid' composition that will be etched onto the perspex element of the final artwork using the laser cutter. As the fluid lines are to evoke the movement in the city, I decided to spend some time walking around [...]
Today a development video. Some photos of the shapes and lights I am playing with. In the video you see the form that I have evolved. For me, evolving a form is only finished when the art-piece is over. I have developed the overall shape I want in 3ds Max as in the video but [...]
After the first three days, I used today to develop ideas for the final art-piece. In my artwork as some of you may know www.jamesabellart.com , I am interested in mixing fluid 'energy' lines with monolithic 'architectonic' forms. I want to make a sculptural form that expands on these ideas exploiting the technology available to me [...]
Today I embarked upon learning the Arduino. I thought, should I do this? Will it take me down roads that will take me away from creative artworks. Speaking to other Arduino users in the Fablab, I soon realised that this tool can be used for rapid prototyping of interactive artworks. I want [...]
Today was a short day at the Lab! However, often when we have less time, we get more done! For the final art-piece, I might want to add cloud form type sculptural elements to it. Watch this space to see it in development in the coming weeks! Use of a 3d printer to make large [...]
