Megan cut a window in the paper bag, and decided to glue in a piece of construction paper with diamond cut-outs. She really liked the way the brown paper lunch bag glowed in the light when it was placed a safe distance in front of the lamp. Since it was a cloudy day, Megan decided to experiment with her desk lamp as a light source. Megan experimented with how a jar bends, or refracts, light and creates a beautiful pattern on the wall. Some materials bounce or change the path of light in different ways. Siobhán held a cheese grater up to the light and noticed how its shiny surface reflected light and color. Meg punched holes in a tag and held it up to the light, and Hannah cut out shapes from a paper bag and placed them against a window to block the light and create silhouettes. The team also created their own materials that played with the contrast between opaque and transparent. Plastic mesh created a diamond grid against a window, and a tea strainer showed rings of tiny circles when held up to sunlight.
By finding opaque materials with holes in them, we created different patterns and shapes when holding them up to light. When a material blocks light completely it is opaque, and when it lets light through, like glass, it is transparent. The At Home Art Studio Team also found materials that blocked the light and let the light through in different ways. Up close, the tissue paper created a glowing field of color. Meg found it interesting to zoom in and photograph the shapes with her phone. Meg combined the shapes to create a stained-glass inspired sculpture that sits on a window sill. We found lots of materials that let some amount of light through, these are translucent materials. Meg taped translucent tissue paper to the end of folded and taped cardboard to create colorful shapes. When held up to a light source, the appearance of the materials changed, and the view of the world around us was transformed. In this post, we will share some of the ways we created art that captures, changes, and celebrates light.
This week in our At Home Art Studios, we were inspired to explore materials and how they interact with light. Sourcing materials from around the home, we noticed that some let the light through, others block light, and some materials even bounce light around.
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