Spring Garden_Audrey Lindy_Instuctor: Marcela
Because of the epidemic, we had to be locked down at home to be quarantined in March when spring comes, but we still want to welcome spring in a special form of IMA students, so we wanted to use light and electricity to create a garden of flowers and butterflies indoors.
The materials we use are Satin cloth (shining fabric)x 0.5m Origami paper x2 DC motor x1 Arduino x1 Electric wires a few Iron wire 0.9mm x 28m glass lampshade 15cm x 18cm x1 We want to use this expression to reflect the change of flowers and butterflies, butterflies flying up and down and flowers blooming under the control of the motor, to reflect the vivid spring scene.
We were inspired by the lotus candles that we used to use as children for birthdays, which suddenly bloomed when they were lit, so we thought we could also create flowers that bloomed under motor control.
So we wanted to create a spring landscape with motor-controlled flowers and butterflies. The challenge was that we were isolated at home and my group and I were not able to work together to complete the project. Lindy and I had to make the flowers and butterflies separately and assemble them when we returned to campus in order to display the complete artwork. However, after many discussions and improvements, we settled on the solution of creating ornamental motorized controllable butterflies and flowers in a glass enclosure to achieve the desired effect, as the limitation of isolation did not allow for more interaction on the piece.
Hi Audrey,
check out this project that is using DC motors to mimic the movement of insects inside a glass container.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4C4zKv1oh4&t=4s