Acrylic Sheet, Birch Ply, 96 Animated LEDs, and imagery of fire and water.
Each discrete pane has three layers, each layer of each pane contains four, RGB leds. Each LED is addressed via a microcontroller.
The box is essentially a one dimensional display, folded into three dimensions. In this case an image of Fire and an image of Water have been formatted for this
box such that each line of the image is a 'frame' of the animation.
Only the nature of fire or water remains in the playback. Viewers may not recognize the imagery of Fire,
but the palette and fundamental behavior of fire are obvious.
This Window of Perception is a continuation of Dorety's ongoing investigations
beyond human perception and into the sub-liminal; beyond the threshold between representation
and abstraction, analog and digital information.
25" X 13" X 5"
Single Pane Window of Perception, Round
Birch Ply, 48 Animated LEDs, and imagery of fire and water.
The round pane has three layers, each layer contains sixteen RGB leds. Each LED is addressed via a microcontroller.
The box is essentially a one dimensional display, folded into three dimensions.
In this case images of Fire and Water have been formatted for this box such that each
line of the image is a 'frame' of the animation.
Only the nature of fire and water
remain in the playback. Viewers may not recognize the imagery of Fire and water,
but their palettes and fundamental behaviors are obvious. This Window of Perception is a
continuation of Dorety's ongoing investigations beyond human perception and into the sub-liminal;
beyond the threshold between representation and abstraction, of analog and digital information.
Now investigating the relationship of scale to the viewer's perception.
8" X 8" X 5"
Funtamental Basis
These Pyramids are an experiment in human perception. They synchronize with music software and can resonate the visual cortex. RedBlueRedBlue at
Delta frequencis cause visual echoes to emminate from their forms. In a brightly lit room they are stark, unbroken white surfaces; but in a dim or dark room , the surfaces turn
dark and they shudder and warble at the limits of the eye's ability to see.
The idea of using the simplest shapes, combined with recombinations of juxtaposed color might well turn out to be a fundamental basis
for a number of future works.
Titanium Core
This core is built from presicion machined, solid titanium,
Brass, Laser etched acrylic rod, LEDs.
This piece was inspired by my frequent trips to a particular scrap yard mastery of the Epilog Laser cutter
at the TechShop. The Titanium Core fits into the nukepunk aesthetic but harkens to a future of space travel
modular fuel technology
I love finding things and then forming thoughtful objects of excuisite crafstmanship from them.
It's a process of intuition within a body of knowedge
and technique tempered by the limitation of affordability and access. If I had all the money and
access to all the best materials, I might not make anything at all.
Cyber Core
Ever since a trip to the Rosicrucian Museum as a child I've been inspired
by eqyptian art, artifacts, and engineering. Many fun theories of ancient alien visitors rattle around inside my creative process
and sometimes manifest as art.
This Cyber Core is built from birch, LEDs, and Acrylic. The wood and the acrylic are laser etched with a circuit pattern from electronic music devices.
Assembled, they resemble some sort of ancient/futuristic space-ship part.
This is one of my favorite pieces. Each of the four acrylic rods has its own color changing LED, but they
blend with the others and produce an endless progression of subtly different white light.
Core Blocks
The Core blocks, replete with etched and color changing acrylic rods, represent
a long desired creative realization -- one that I have seen many artists use. It's the idea of piercing an object with another.
These wooden blocks are pierced with color changing fuel rods.
Lased Blocks
These blocks were the experiments that led me to create the Core works.
As I learned how to lase box joints and imagery onto birch ply, I began to reach a creative flow with the process and materials.
I very much intend to acquire my own laser machine ASAP.
Lased Boxes
My mother collects boxes. We don't know where the passion came from,
but apparently it is genetic. I have recently become aware of an abnormally large interest in boxes. Making them, finding them,
buying them, etc....
These boxes were always intended to be gifts, and most of them have been. I am excited to make more of these when I get my hands on a laser.
Musaphores
This series of works is new, information and images coming soon
