Category Archives: Sciagraphy
Acrylic block and cube shadows [2]
Acrylic block and cube shadows [1]
I have extended the technique of back-filming the shadow projections of acrylic cubes, using the solid acrylic blocks that I have been using for cyanotype printing. I have mostly used the solid acrylic blocks, supplemented with two 50mm cubes, that I had manufactured myself. The blocks and cubes provide very different effects – the cubes present as wireframe “drawings”, while the blocks’ side edges present as solid. Continue reading
Acrylic cube shadows
Cone Shadows in vitrine
The introduction of a retired fishtank to my studio for use as a giant vitrine provided the opportunity to further explore the shadows cast by the cardboard cones.
Polystyrene foam improvised model test
As part of my interest in sciagraphy (the drawing of shadows), I have been using found objects to form spatial assemblies and to film the shadows that they cast. Continue reading