Wednesday 30 April 2014

David Boultbee workshop

After David Boultbee’s workshop I began to consider incorporating the arduinos in to my work. I like the idea that any lights or sounds that I include in my work could be controlled by the arduino. I could potentially manipulate the intervals between the lights turning on and off, or even use a motion detector.
The workshop was really insightful and has spurred me on to think about combining digital technologies with handcraft. However, I believe that it would take a lengthy period of time to fully understand the equipment and learn how to write code.

I was able to play around with a plastic sample that I had made and the light powered by the arduino, which created some interesting surfaces.


After using the arduinos and looking at the coding software, I’m keen to learn more about it, and even look at using a ‘raspberry pie’. With only a couple more weeks of the project left, I think I will just concentrate on combining light, movement and possibly sound into my work, and hopefully in the future projects I will also be able to control these features with an arduino.





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