Shadow casting

Using an OHP I projected images drawn from the previous small scale shadows of lace, the lace itself and parts of a floppy disc (collected from A4 and more store fabric bin, seems appropriate for TRON, an item from the recent past).

I placed these things flat on the bed of the OHP, and traced some of the larger projected images to capture the scale. I then realised that by lifting the objects/images off the OHP surface, the images would double, and become more blurred and spooky. Also, when I dangled the lace in the air, colourful aurora-type lines appeared in front of the lamp. 

 

 Trying to combine some of the images didn't really work as they are too closely spaced. The colour alteration is based on my earlier photo of a snake and provides good contrast between the shadow and colour. I then used this same colour scheme with the projected image of the lace. The stretched image projected onto the table is more interesting and spooky looking than the flat image on the wall. It also gives a better sense of movement.

 

 To look at the structure more closely I made some close up images and coloured them to highlight the positive or negative space. In the left hand image the black spaces seem to jump out from the page; this could be achieved using an aquaspan binder when printing. The right hand image has the fuzzed edges that drawings designed to be seen with 3D glasses have, which makes it difficult to look at for long.