Work In Progress: I am building my first light sculpture, for Burning Man.

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Work In Progress:

I am building my first light sculpture, for Burning Man. I decided to do a small scale prototype first to get the electronics and animations working right…glad I did.
Not the cleanest build, but it is a prototype, after all. Hardware is Teensy 3.2, APA 102’s. The diffuser is agricultural shade cloth; I’m hoping porous enough to reduce the wind load on playa.

It makes fairly extensive use of RGB sets and HSV palettes.
Code is here: https://github.com/PaulGuthrie/Cosmic-Jelly/blob/master/CosmicJelly_Test2.ino
but expect it to change.

The large version will be at camp BRC3PO, on the https://youtu.be/JlY88xxA7yw?t=3m00s plaza. Come by and check it out.

As always, kudos to Daniel and Mark for the amazing library, and to +Marc Miller for helping me realize I had done something dumb.

https://youtu.be/JlY88xxA7yw

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@Paul_Guthrie ​ That is looking to be a super build. What’s the scale of the final piece planned to be?

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Person size…shaft is 6 ft, bell is 8 ft diameter if flat. I’m still working on how much curvature I want, but overall, probably similar width to height.

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@Paul_Guthrie Great build and fantastic animation! Thank you for sharing your excellently detailed code.

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@Paul_Guthrie ​ if the bell is 8ft and it’s 6ft off the ground I would seriously consider putting some vent slits in the shade cloth on the bell. I’ve found even 40% shade still catches a lot of wind and you have basically built an umbrella :wink:

A few slits in the shade should let the wind escape without being detrimental to the effect.

Great job though, looks great, will try and come check it out this year.

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Yeah, thanks Ben, that’s been on my mind. The stuff I am using is pretty tight. The diffuser design is in six gores, so there are some inherent slits, but I am prepared to slice it up further if it looks like it’s taking off. Hope to see you.