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GMU:Provokative Architektur/Adriana

2013-04-11T17:12:27Z

Adriana: /* Final Presentation | Performance */

==Brainstorming session==
===Beauty can also emerge from horror===

====1. What?====
* Spaces to die
* Set someone for the afterlife
* The death as a reflection of our own life
* Cemetery → tombs
* Mexican skulls → colorful

====2. Where?====
* Social & political criticism
** Mexico → difficult times
** Organized crime-related violence has claimed 57,449 lives in Mexico during the last six years
** 60,000 (Mex) – 150,000 (USA)
* Beauty can also emerge from horror

====3. How?====
The challenge is to combine the Mexican skulls painting technic/color/shapes/idea of death, with the pain/sadness/anger caused by the death of 60,000
* A book/yearbook with 57,449 pieces/shapes
* A relief wall/surface with the same number of pieces. Maybe each piece will be a part of a final image/3D model

<gallery>
File:Mexican skulls1.jpg|Mexican skulls
File:57449 pieces1.jpg|57,449 pieces
File:Relief wall1.jpg|Relief wall
</gallery>
== What to represent? How to deal with it? ==
I've been drawing, writing, taking pictures and watching movies, all related to the idea of "death".

List of things that die:
* People
* Plants
* Animals
* Batteries
* Cells
* Bacterias
* Light
* Hope
* Fire
* Desire
* Dreams
* Hope
<gallery>
File:todo muere 0.jpg|
File:todo muere 1.jpg|
File:todo muere 2.jpg|
File:todo muere 3.jpg|
File:todo muere 4.jpg|
File:todo muere 5.jpg|
</gallery>
== A new approach ==
Abandoned properties and places are frozen in time, but also dying little by little everyday. I guess there are a lot of reasons why people leave the place where they used to live for years or maybe generations. These places remain there, hiding secrets and telling stories at the same time.

The abandoned rooms can look charming and lovely or frightening and horrifying, and that's what I like about them: it's easy to find beauty in urban decay and ruins of the past.
<gallery>
File:pro ar Adriana1.jpg|
File:pro ar Adriana2.jpg|
File:pro ar Adriana3.jpg|
</gallery>
== The charming decadence of the things==
<gallery>
File:pro ar ink1.jpg|
File:pro ar ink2.jpg|
File:pro ar ink3.jpg|
</gallery>

== Final Presentation | Performance==
<gallery>
File:performance Adriana 1.jpg|
File:performance Adriana 2.jpg|
File:performance Adriana 3.jpg|
File:performance Adriana 4.jpg|
File:performance Adriana 5.jpg|
File:performance Adriana 6.jpg|
File:performance Adriana 7.jpg|
File:performance Adriana 8.jpg|
File:performance Adriana 9.jpg|
</gallery>

<videoflash type=vimeo>63835773|640|480</videoflash>

GMU:Provokative Architektur/Adriana

2013-04-11T16:19:12Z

Adriana: /* Final Presentation | Performance */

File:Performance Adriana 9.jpg

2013-04-11T16:17:29Z

Adriana:

== Summary ==

== Copyright status: ==
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== Source: ==
Own work

File:Performance Adriana 8.jpg

2013-04-11T16:17:12Z

Adriana:

== Summary ==

== Copyright status: ==
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== Source: ==
Own work

File:Performance Adriana 7.jpg

2013-04-11T16:16:51Z

Adriana:

== Summary ==

== Copyright status: ==
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== Source: ==
Own work

File:Performance Adriana 6.jpg

2013-04-11T16:16:30Z

Adriana:

== Summary ==

== Copyright status: ==
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== Source: ==
Own work

File:Performance Adriana 5.jpg

2013-04-11T16:16:09Z

Adriana:

== Summary ==

== Copyright status: ==
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== Source: ==
Own work

File:Performance Adriana 4.jpg

2013-04-11T16:15:51Z

Adriana:

== Summary ==

== Copyright status: ==
Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/
== Source: ==
Own work

File:Performance Adriana 3.jpg

2013-04-11T16:15:30Z

Adriana:

== Summary ==

== Copyright status: ==
Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/
== Source: ==
Own work

File:Performance Adriana 2.jpg

2013-04-11T16:15:13Z

Adriana:

== Summary ==

== Copyright status: ==
Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/
== Source: ==
Own work

File:Performance Adriana 1.jpg

2013-04-11T16:14:42Z

Adriana:

== Summary ==

== Copyright status: ==
Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/
== Source: ==
Own work

GMU:Provokative Architektur/Adriana

2013-04-11T16:14:12Z

Adriana: /* Final Presentation | Performance */

GMU:Provokative Architektur/Adriana

2013-04-11T15:45:56Z

Adriana: /* The charming decadence of the things */

GMU:Drawing: the natural-scientific gaze/Adriana M

2013-03-31T22:09:02Z

Adriana: /* Drawing with light */

<blockquote> '''''“Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.”''''' Paracelsus </blockquote>

<blockquote> '''''“Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.”''''' Plato, Timaeus</blockquote>

===Drawing with light===

For the Greeks, the shadow was a metaphor for the soul. They thought it was possible to recognize the soul of a man by looking at his shadow.

The aim of this Project is to try to bring together science and art by looking at different samples or specimens, natural or artificial, through the microscope and then by the enlargement of the original images –exploring the effects of light in relation to the objects-, create a macrocosm from a microcosm.

<blockquote>''Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale (macrocosm or universe-level) all the way down to the smallest scale (microcosm or sub-sub-atomic or even metaphysical-level). In the system the midpoint is Man, who summarizes the cosmos.''</blockquote>

I will start selecting some images that I captured with the microscope. I will simplify the shapes and cut them to use it as a stencil. After collecting some stencils I will place them inside a cube and use a source of light to reflect their shadows on different walls.

To do this, I will build two boxes (cubes), one of them with translucent walls.

The translucent box will work as a canvas to draw all the different shadows reflected there. I will try to capture the soul of the specimens bringing it from the smallest scale, to the midpoint –cosmos–; having as a result, a new landscape on each wall.

The second box will work as a lamp. I will cut out each side with the pattern I got from the first box. When turning it on, the shadows will appear everywhere in the room, bringing the soul of the collected specimens from the midpoint to a largest scale –macrocosm.

The experiment will work as a microscope by itself, enlarging souls.

[[Image:shadow wall web.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Shadow]]
 

==Inspiration==
I saw an exhibition last month in Mexico, the pieces shown in the video are like portraits of a microscopic world. The artist's name is Fernando García Correa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-NMwnToWwE

==Simplifying shapes & making stencils==

<gallery>
File:docu final 1.jpg|
File:docu final 2.jpg|
File:docu final 3.jpg|
</gallery>

==Shadows==

<gallery>
File:docu final 4.jpg|
File:docu final 5.jpg|
File:docu final 6.jpg|
</gallery>

==Box of light==
<gallery>
File:lampara final 1.jpg
File:lampara final 2.jpg
File:lampara final 3.jpg
File:lampara final 4.jpg
File:lampara final 5.jpg
File:lampara final 6.jpg
File:lampara final 7.jpg
File:lampara final 8.jpg
File:lampara final 9.jpg
File:lampara final 10.jpg
File:lampara final 11.jpg
File:lampara final 12.jpg
File:lampara final 14.jpg
File:lampara final 15.jpg
File:lampara final 17.jpg
File:lampara final 18.jpg
File:lampara final 19.jpg
File:lampara final 20.jpg
File:lampara final 21.jpg
File:lampara final 22.jpg
File:lampara final 23.jpg
File:lampara final 24.jpg
File:lampara final 25.jpg
File:lampara final 26.jpg
File:lampara final 27.jpg
File:lampara final 28.jpg
File:lampara final 29.jpg
File:lampara final 30.jpg
File:lampara final 31.jpg
</gallery>

GMU:Drawing: the natural-scientific gaze/Adriana M

2013-03-31T22:06:45Z

Adriana: /* Simplifying shapes & making stencils */

<blockquote> '''''“Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.”''''' Paracelsus </blockquote>

<blockquote> '''''“Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.”''''' Plato, Timaeus</blockquote>

===Drawing with light===

For the Greeks, the shadow was a metaphor for the soul. They thought it was possible to recognize the soul of a man by looking at his shadow.

The aim of this Project is to try to bring together science and art by looking at different samples or specimens, natural or artificial, through the microscope and then by the enlargement of the original images –exploring the effects of light in relation to the objects-, create a macrocosm from a microcosm.

<blockquote>''Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale (macrocosm or universe-level) all the way down to the smallest scale (microcosm or sub-sub-atomic or even metaphysical-level). In the system the midpoint is Man, who summarizes the cosmos.''</blockquote>

I will start selecting some images that I captured with the microscope. I will simplify the shapes and cut them to use it as a stencil. After collecting some stencils I will place them inside a cube and use a source of light to reflect their shadows on different walls.

To do this, I will build two boxes (cubes), one of them with translucent walls.

The translucent box will work as a canvas to draw all the different shadows reflected there. I will try to capture the soul of the specimens bringing it from the smallest scale, to the midpoint –cosmos–; having as a result, a new landscape on each wall.

The second box will work as a lamp. I will cut out each side with the pattern I got from the first box. When turning it on, the shadows will appear everywhere in the room, bringing the soul of the collected specimens from the midpoint to a largest scale –macrocosm.

The experiment will work as a microscope by itself, enlarging souls.

[[Image:shadow wall web.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Shadow]]
 

==Simplifying shapes & making stencils==

<gallery>
File:docu final 1.jpg|
File:docu final 2.jpg|
File:docu final 3.jpg|
</gallery>

==Shadows==

<gallery>
File:docu final 4.jpg|
File:docu final 5.jpg|
File:docu final 6.jpg|
</gallery>

==Box of light==
<gallery>
File:lampara final 1.jpg
File:lampara final 2.jpg
File:lampara final 3.jpg
File:lampara final 4.jpg
File:lampara final 5.jpg
File:lampara final 6.jpg
File:lampara final 7.jpg
File:lampara final 8.jpg
File:lampara final 9.jpg
File:lampara final 10.jpg
File:lampara final 11.jpg
File:lampara final 12.jpg
File:lampara final 14.jpg
File:lampara final 15.jpg
File:lampara final 17.jpg
File:lampara final 18.jpg
File:lampara final 19.jpg
File:lampara final 20.jpg
File:lampara final 21.jpg
File:lampara final 22.jpg
File:lampara final 23.jpg
File:lampara final 24.jpg
File:lampara final 25.jpg
File:lampara final 26.jpg
File:lampara final 27.jpg
File:lampara final 28.jpg
File:lampara final 29.jpg
File:lampara final 30.jpg
File:lampara final 31.jpg
</gallery>

GMU:Drawing: the natural-scientific gaze/Adriana M

2013-03-31T22:05:54Z

Adriana: /* Drawing with light */

<blockquote> '''''“Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.”''''' Paracelsus </blockquote>

<blockquote> '''''“Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.”''''' Plato, Timaeus</blockquote>

===Drawing with light===

For the Greeks, the shadow was a metaphor for the soul. They thought it was possible to recognize the soul of a man by looking at his shadow.

The aim of this Project is to try to bring together science and art by looking at different samples or specimens, natural or artificial, through the microscope and then by the enlargement of the original images –exploring the effects of light in relation to the objects-, create a macrocosm from a microcosm.

<blockquote>''Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale (macrocosm or universe-level) all the way down to the smallest scale (microcosm or sub-sub-atomic or even metaphysical-level). In the system the midpoint is Man, who summarizes the cosmos.''</blockquote>

I will start selecting some images that I captured with the microscope. I will simplify the shapes and cut them to use it as a stencil. After collecting some stencils I will place them inside a cube and use a source of light to reflect their shadows on different walls.

To do this, I will build two boxes (cubes), one of them with translucent walls.

The translucent box will work as a canvas to draw all the different shadows reflected there. I will try to capture the soul of the specimens bringing it from the smallest scale, to the midpoint –cosmos–; having as a result, a new landscape on each wall.

The second box will work as a lamp. I will cut out each side with the pattern I got from the first box. When turning it on, the shadows will appear everywhere in the room, bringing the soul of the collected specimens from the midpoint to a largest scale –macrocosm.

The experiment will work as a microscope by itself, enlarging souls.

[[Image:shadow wall web.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Shadow]]
 

==Simplifying shapes & making stencils==

<gallery>
File:docu final 1.jpg|
File:docu final 2.jpg|
File:docu final 3.jpg|
</gallery>

==Box of light==
<gallery>
File:lampara final 1.jpg
File:lampara final 2.jpg
File:lampara final 3.jpg
File:lampara final 4.jpg
File:lampara final 5.jpg
File:lampara final 6.jpg
File:lampara final 7.jpg
File:lampara final 8.jpg
File:lampara final 9.jpg
File:lampara final 10.jpg
File:lampara final 11.jpg
File:lampara final 12.jpg
File:lampara final 14.jpg
File:lampara final 15.jpg
File:lampara final 17.jpg
File:lampara final 18.jpg
File:lampara final 19.jpg
File:lampara final 20.jpg
File:lampara final 21.jpg
File:lampara final 22.jpg
File:lampara final 23.jpg
File:lampara final 24.jpg
File:lampara final 25.jpg
File:lampara final 26.jpg
File:lampara final 27.jpg
File:lampara final 28.jpg
File:lampara final 29.jpg
File:lampara final 30.jpg
File:lampara final 31.jpg
</gallery>

GMU:Drawing: the natural-scientific gaze/Adriana M

2013-03-31T22:04:21Z

Adriana: /* Drawing with light */

<blockquote> '''''“Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.”''''' Paracelsus </blockquote>

<blockquote> '''''“Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.”''''' Plato, Timaeus</blockquote>

===Drawing with light===

For the Greeks, the shadow was a metaphor for the soul. They thought it was possible to recognize the soul of a man by looking at his shadow.

The aim of this Project is to try to bring together science and art by looking at different samples or specimens, natural or artificial, through the microscope and then by the enlargement of the original images –exploring the effects of light in relation to the objects-, create a macrocosm from a microcosm.

<blockquote>''Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale (macrocosm or universe-level) all the way down to the smallest scale (microcosm or sub-sub-atomic or even metaphysical-level). In the system the midpoint is Man, who summarizes the cosmos.''</blockquote>

I will start selecting some images that I captured with the microscope. I will simplify the shapes and cut them to use it as a stencil. After collecting some stencils I will place them inside a cube and use a source of light to reflect their shadows on different walls.

To do this, I will build two boxes (cubes), one of them with translucent walls.

The translucent box will work as a canvas to draw all the different shadows reflected there. I will try to capture the soul of the specimens bringing it from the smallest scale, to the midpoint –cosmos–; having as a result, a new landscape on each wall.

The second box will work as a lamp. I will cut out each side with the pattern I got from the first box. When turning it on, the shadows will appear everywhere in the room, bringing the soul of the collected specimens from the midpoint to a largest scale –macrocosm.

The experiment will work as a microscope by itself, enlarging souls.

[[Image:shadow wall web.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Shadow]]
 

==Box of light==
<gallery>
File:lampara final 1.jpg
File:lampara final 2.jpg
File:lampara final 3.jpg
File:lampara final 4.jpg
File:lampara final 5.jpg
File:lampara final 6.jpg
File:lampara final 7.jpg
File:lampara final 8.jpg
File:lampara final 9.jpg
File:lampara final 10.jpg
File:lampara final 11.jpg
File:lampara final 12.jpg
File:lampara final 14.jpg
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File:lampara final 18.jpg
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File:lampara final 29.jpg
File:lampara final 30.jpg
File:lampara final 31.jpg
</gallery>

GMU:DIY-Microscopy/Adriana

2013-03-31T22:00:52Z

Adriana: /* Box of light */

How to transform a USB Webcam into a microscope?

== Microscopy stage ==
One of the first steps is to work on the design of the stage to fix the microscope.

It is important to make the drawing in the right scale. For my design, I took up the idea from the origins of the microscope where the eyepiece, the lenses and the arm are on top and the light, the aperture and the object are on the lower part.

In this case, the lens is placed on a platform that can be moved up and down trough a threaded rod. This rod is fixed with nuts to the stage. The base consists in a kind of box with a hole to put the slide, which contains the object.

<gallery>
File:DIY Adriana.jpg|Microscope
</gallery>

== Taking pieces apart ==
The disassembly of the camera is not an easy task. All the pieces have to be removed, including the LEDs (unsolder), until only the PCB is left.

<gallery>
File:step1 microscope Adriana.jpg|Without lens
File:step2 microscope Adriana.jpg|Removing the cover
File:step3 microscope Adriana.jpg|Unsoldering LEDs
File:step4 microscope Adriana.jpg|Disassembled camera
</gallery>

== Turning the lens ==
The lens has to be inverted and fixed to the PCB.
<gallery>
File:microscope lens Adriana 1.jpg|Fixing with a hot glue gun
File:microscope lens Adriana 2.jpg|Removed pieces
File:microscope lens Adriana 3.jpg|PCB
</gallery>

== 3D Model ==
During the whole design process some small changes were made. An example of this is the platform slot, which allows the movement in every direction, also the size of the aperture and later the small pieces to hold the slide.

The 3D Model shows different views of the prototype.
<gallery>
File:3D Adriana.jpg|3D view
File:3d_sketchup_Adriana.jpg|Four views
</gallery>
Download [[Media:Micro.zip]]

== Cardboard Model ==
The best way to know if the prototype works is to build an actual size model.

I used model making cardboard because is cheap and excellent material. You will also need some kind of adhesive, a cutter, screws, nuts (butterfly, hex, cap), a threated rod, washers and a small piece of acrylic.

<gallery>
File:Model cardboard Adriana.jpg|Cardboard model
File:Model cardboard Adriana 2.jpg|Cardboard model
</gallery>

== Laser cut ==
I decided to use Acrylglas for the final design. Because of the material and the size of the pieces, it was necessary to use a laser-cutting machine.

[[File:laser cutting Adriana.jpg|250px]]

Download: [[Media:laser cutting Adriana 2.pdf]]

<gallery>
File:armado final 1.jpg|Laser cut parts
File:armado final 3.jpg|Materials & tools
File:armado final 4.jpg|Materials & tools
File:armado final 5.jpg|Assembling
</gallery>

== Acrylglas Model ==
<gallery>
File:Microscopio acrilico 1.jpg|Final stage
File:Microscopio acrilico 2.jpg|Final stage
File:Microscopio acrilico final.jpg|Camera & stage
</gallery>

== Images ==

<gallery caption="Fly">
File:fly leg detail 1.jpg|
File:fly leg detail 2.jpg|
File:fly leg detail 3.jpg|
File:fly leg detail 4.jpg|
File:fly wing 1.jpg|
File:fly wing 2.jpg|
</gallery>

<gallery caption="Scuff">
File:scuff detail 1.jpg|
File:scuff detail 2.jpg|
File:scuff detail 3.jpg|
File:scuff detail 4.jpg|
</gallery>

<gallery caption="Mildew">
File:moldy cheese 1.jpg|
File:moldy cheese 2.jpg|
File:moldy cheese 3.jpg|
File:moldy cheese 4.jpg|
</gallery>

<gallery caption="Weed">
File:weed detail 1.jpg|
File:weed detail 2.jpg|
File:weed detail 3.jpg|
File:weed detail 4.jpg|
</gallery>

<gallery caption="Ginger">
File:ginger pulp 1.jpg|
File:ginger pulp 2.jpg|
File:ginger pulp 3.jpg|
File:ginger pulp 4.jpg|
</gallery>

== Video ==
<videoflash type=vimeo>54254808|640|480</videoflash>
== Example ==
* [http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv 3D Animation]
* [http://sillyreverie.com/2011/11/09/homemade-laser-microscope How to create a homemade laser microscope]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLSKnRaJWK0 Homemade laser projection microscope]

== Images II ==

<gallery caption="Spider Web">
File:spidernet1 Adriana.jpg|
File:spidernet2 Adriana.jpg|
File:spidernet3 Adriana.jpg|
File:spidernet4 Adriana.jpg|
File:spidernet5 Adriana.jpg|
</gallery>

<gallery caption="Spider">
File:spider1 Adriana.jpg|
File:spider2 Adriana.jpg|
File:spider3 Adriana.jpg|
File:spider4 Adriana.jpg|
File:spider5 Adriana.jpg|
</gallery>

<gallery caption="Silberbeere shuppenhaar">
File:silberbeere1 Adriana.jpg|
File:silberbeere2 Adriana.jpg|
File:silberbeere3 Adriana.jpg|
File:silberbeere4 Adriana.jpg|
File:silberbeere5 Adriana.jpg|
</gallery>

<gallery caption="Tulip">
File:tulip1 Adriana.jpg|
File:tulip2 Adriana.jpg|
</gallery>

==Final project==

<blockquote> '''''“Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.”''''' Paracelsus </blockquote>

<blockquote> '''''“Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.”''''' Plato, Timaeus</blockquote>

===Drawing with light===

For the Greeks, the shadow was a metaphor for the soul. They thought it was possible to recognize the soul of a man by looking at his shadow.

The aim of this Project is to try to bring together science and art by looking at different samples or specimens, natural or artificial, through the microscope and then by the enlargement of the original images –exploring the effects of light in relation to the objects-, create a macrocosm from a microcosm.

<blockquote>''Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale (macrocosm or universe-level) all the way down to the smallest scale (microcosm or sub-sub-atomic or even metaphysical-level). In the system the midpoint is Man, who summarizes the cosmos.''</blockquote>

I will start selecting some images that I captured with the microscope. I will simplify the shapes and cut them to use it as a stencil. After collecting some stencils I will place them inside a cube and use a source of light to reflect their shadows on different walls.

To do this, I will build two boxes (cubes), one of them with translucent walls.

The translucent box will work as a canvas to draw all the different shadows reflected there. I will try to capture the soul of the specimens bringing it from the smallest scale, to the midpoint –cosmos–; having as a result, a new landscape on each wall.

The second box will work as a lamp. I will cut out each side with the pattern I got from the first box. When turning it on, the shadows will appear everywhere in the room, bringing the soul of the collected specimens from the midpoint to a largest scale –macrocosm.

The experiment will work as a microscope by itself, enlarging souls.

[[Image:shadow wall web.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Shadow]]
 

==Simplifying shapes & making stencils==

<gallery>
File:docu final 1.jpg|
File:docu final 2.jpg|
File:docu final 3.jpg|
</gallery>

==Shadows==

<gallery>
File:docu final 4.jpg|
File:docu final 5.jpg|
File:docu final 6.jpg|
</gallery>

==Inspiration==
I saw an exhibition last month in Mexico, the pieces shown in the video are like portraits of a microscopic world. The artist's name is Fernando García Correa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-NMwnToWwE

==Box of light==
<gallery>
File:lampara final 1.jpg
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2013-03-31T22:00:00Z

Adriana:

== Summary ==

== Copyright status: ==
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2013-03-31T21:59:41Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:59:22Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:59:00Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:58:41Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:58:19Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:57:57Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:57:40Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:57:17Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:56:59Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:56:40Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:56:22Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:56:05Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:55:37Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:55:11Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:54:49Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:54:25Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:54:05Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:53:45Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:53:25Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:53:05Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:52:47Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:52:25Z

Adriana:

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File:Lampara final 8.jpg

2013-03-31T21:52:00Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:51:39Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:51:20Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:50:58Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:50:41Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:50:14Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:49:53Z

Adriana:

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2013-03-31T21:49:30Z

Adriana:

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GMU:DIY-Microscopy/Adriana

2013-03-31T21:48:40Z

Adriana: /* Inspiration */

How to transform a USB Webcam into a microscope?

== Microscopy stage ==
One of the first steps is to work on the design of the stage to fix the microscope.

It is important to make the drawing in the right scale. For my design, I took up the idea from the origins of the microscope where the eyepiece, the lenses and the arm are on top and the light, the aperture and the object are on the lower part.

In this case, the lens is placed on a platform that can be moved up and down trough a threaded rod. This rod is fixed with nuts to the stage. The base consists in a kind of box with a hole to put the slide, which contains the object.

<gallery>
File:DIY Adriana.jpg|Microscope
</gallery>

== Taking pieces apart ==
The disassembly of the camera is not an easy task. All the pieces have to be removed, including the LEDs (unsolder), until only the PCB is left.

<gallery>
File:step1 microscope Adriana.jpg|Without lens
File:step2 microscope Adriana.jpg|Removing the cover
File:step3 microscope Adriana.jpg|Unsoldering LEDs
File:step4 microscope Adriana.jpg|Disassembled camera
</gallery>

== Turning the lens ==
The lens has to be inverted and fixed to the PCB.
<gallery>
File:microscope lens Adriana 1.jpg|Fixing with a hot glue gun
File:microscope lens Adriana 2.jpg|Removed pieces
File:microscope lens Adriana 3.jpg|PCB
</gallery>

== 3D Model ==
During the whole design process some small changes were made. An example of this is the platform slot, which allows the movement in every direction, also the size of the aperture and later the small pieces to hold the slide.

The 3D Model shows different views of the prototype.
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File:3D Adriana.jpg|3D view
File:3d_sketchup_Adriana.jpg|Four views
</gallery>
Download [[Media:Micro.zip]]

== Cardboard Model ==
The best way to know if the prototype works is to build an actual size model.

I used model making cardboard because is cheap and excellent material. You will also need some kind of adhesive, a cutter, screws, nuts (butterfly, hex, cap), a threated rod, washers and a small piece of acrylic.

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File:Model cardboard Adriana.jpg|Cardboard model
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</gallery>

== Laser cut ==
I decided to use Acrylglas for the final design. Because of the material and the size of the pieces, it was necessary to use a laser-cutting machine.

[[File:laser cutting Adriana.jpg|250px]]

Download: [[Media:laser cutting Adriana 2.pdf]]

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File:armado final 1.jpg|Laser cut parts
File:armado final 3.jpg|Materials & tools
File:armado final 4.jpg|Materials & tools
File:armado final 5.jpg|Assembling
</gallery>

== Acrylglas Model ==
<gallery>
File:Microscopio acrilico 1.jpg|Final stage
File:Microscopio acrilico 2.jpg|Final stage
File:Microscopio acrilico final.jpg|Camera & stage
</gallery>

== Images ==

<gallery caption="Fly">
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== Video ==
<videoflash type=vimeo>54254808|640|480</videoflash>
== Example ==
* [http://www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehitv 3D Animation]
* [http://sillyreverie.com/2011/11/09/homemade-laser-microscope How to create a homemade laser microscope]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLSKnRaJWK0 Homemade laser projection microscope]

== Images II ==

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</gallery>

<gallery caption="Silberbeere shuppenhaar">
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</gallery>

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File:tulip1 Adriana.jpg|
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</gallery>

==Final project==

<blockquote> '''''“Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.”''''' Paracelsus </blockquote>

<blockquote> '''''“Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.”''''' Plato, Timaeus</blockquote>

===Drawing with light===

For the Greeks, the shadow was a metaphor for the soul. They thought it was possible to recognize the soul of a man by looking at his shadow.

The aim of this Project is to try to bring together science and art by looking at different samples or specimens, natural or artificial, through the microscope and then by the enlargement of the original images –exploring the effects of light in relation to the objects-, create a macrocosm from a microcosm.

<blockquote>''Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale (macrocosm or universe-level) all the way down to the smallest scale (microcosm or sub-sub-atomic or even metaphysical-level). In the system the midpoint is Man, who summarizes the cosmos.''</blockquote>

I will start selecting some images that I captured with the microscope. I will simplify the shapes and cut them to use it as a stencil. After collecting some stencils I will place them inside a cube and use a source of light to reflect their shadows on different walls.

To do this, I will build two boxes (cubes), one of them with translucent walls.

The translucent box will work as a canvas to draw all the different shadows reflected there. I will try to capture the soul of the specimens bringing it from the smallest scale, to the midpoint –cosmos–; having as a result, a new landscape on each wall.

The second box will work as a lamp. I will cut out each side with the pattern I got from the first box. When turning it on, the shadows will appear everywhere in the room, bringing the soul of the collected specimens from the midpoint to a largest scale –macrocosm.

The experiment will work as a microscope by itself, enlarging souls.

[[Image:shadow wall web.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Shadow]]
 

==Simplifying shapes & making stencils==

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File:docu final 1.jpg|
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</gallery>

==Shadows==

<gallery>
File:docu final 4.jpg|
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File:docu final 6.jpg|
</gallery>

==Inspiration==
I saw an exhibition last month in Mexico, the pieces shown in the video are like portraits of a microscopic world. The artist's name is Fernando García Correa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-NMwnToWwE

==Box of light==
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