Tag Archives: light exploration
28Jul/10No comments
Mylar Light Window
Posted by Ryan
We’ve been playing with the mylar light boxes for a few days and have been thinking of reinterpretations and elaborations including constructing key-chain versions, making circular prototypes with mylar folded in natural wavy patterns and testing out moving light sources … Continue reading
Tagged as: Gallery, light, light exploration, mylar, Mylar Light Box, reflections, window
28Jul/10No comments
Tactile Light and Shadow Display
Posted by Ryan
I saw this video on the MAKE blog yesterday and thought it was a pretty cool device for exploring shadows in a unique way. I think the most interesting thing about the video is how the visitors to the museum … Continue reading
26Jul/1014 comments
Light Box – a great tool for exploring the museum
Posted by Ryoko
Last Friday, we all got excited about a contraption called “Hikari no Hako” (means light box in Japanese). It is a craft kit released in Japan by artist Taizo Matsumura a few years ago. Since it’s not available for oversea … Continue reading
21Jul/102 comments
Light Mobile Experiments
Posted by Ryan
Many of the exhibits that we are interested in for the studio gallery have to do with motion, light, and/or shadows. I started playing around a bit with mobiles yesterday in an attempt to see if I could figure out … Continue reading
20Jul/108 comments
Light Lathe Prototypes
Posted by Ryan
Sebastian was in the learning studio yesterday testing out an exhibit for geometry playground which spins a 2-D shape lit by ultraviolet light, illuminating the 3-D outline of the shape. We started thinking about ways that visitors could build their … Continue reading
2Dec/09No comments
Designing for Exploration – a collaboration with Stanford University
Posted by Sebastian
“Design for Exploration” is a Stanford University course taught in collaboration with the Exploratorium as part of what is hoped to be an ongoing partnership between the two institutions. Stanford professor John Edmark and I have worked with 15 students … Continue reading
12Aug/093 comments
Exploring reflections: a workshop
Posted by Luigi
Inspired by the awesome Reflections show that is now on display at the Exploratorium, the Learning Studio offered a 3-hour workshop in which visitors built their own “Shiny, Sparkly, Something-or-Others”, as the title said. This constituted an experiment for us … Continue reading
Tagged as: chris bell, light, light exploration, photos, pie, reflections, Workshop
27Feb/09No comments
Tinkering with monks: light exploration video
Posted by Luigi
Once again, two days of exploring light, reflections, mylar, mechanical movement, and caustics exemplified by one particularly playful and delightful final contraption. It’s a disco light! You can read more about this activity in these posts.
28Jan/094 comments
Reflection contraptions
Posted by Luigi
“Failure is the pillar of success” - Tibetan proverb The next day we set the monks onto their next challenge: to construct a machine, or a kinetic contraption of some kind, based on some … Continue reading
Tagged as: building, contraptions, Gallery, india, light exploration, machines, monks, mylar, photos, reflections, sarnath
26Jan/095 comments
Mylar reflections
Posted by Luigi
Yesterday we started our exploration of light, reflection, and caustics, looking through an “aesthetic” lens. We started by asking the monks to place a small mirror on the wall, and stand to one side (away from the wall) with a … Continue reading
Tagged as: india, light exploration, mirrors, monks, mylar, photos, reflection, sarnath
