An investigation into the use of light in art from stained glass windows to fluorescent tubes

Friday, April 21, 2006

Finally some Richard Box images

For some reason I had great difficulty posting these - for detail info see the posting 3 down. Basically Richard Box has used ordinary fluorescent tubes to create light works - they absorb the electricity emitted by the wires on the pylons and glow.


posted by Lynda Cornwell @ 8:38 am 3 comments

Sparkler Drawings

The drawings below were made using regular sparklers photographed in night mode on my digital camera - long exposure with flash.
On some the flash picks out objects in the background (eg car number plates) and my hands and face. I have used a very basic computer package to modify some of the drawings - increasing contrast, using colour filters and something called 'gamma' that I don't understand but like the effect - it seems to heighten the glow.
Obviously some shapes and forms work better than others - I wrote Hello because sparklers are for kids and kids often write hello or similar with them.

posted by Lynda Cornwell @ 8:20 am 3 comments

More of my sparkler drawings, some computer manipulated












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