#Stained Glass
16 postsTetragonal Trapezohedron Retrospective
Retrospective of a Tetragonal Trapezohedron lamp built from eight kite-shaped LED PCBs welded together.
Read postIdea 059 - Alices Adventures in Wonderland in a million parts
Stained glass windows, one per location in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, built with the digital stained glass technique.
Read postIdea 050 - Tessellating Illuminated Origami Wall Sculpture
An interactive origami tessellation wall sculpture with an individually addressable RGB LED in each cell.
Read postIdea 032 - Cistercian stained glass Swatch internet .beat clock
Idea: a segmented clock display combining Cistercian numerals with Swatch Internet .beat time.
Read postIdea 009 - Princess Peach castle stained glass window
Idea: a replica of the Princess Peach castle stained glass window, made with the digital stained glass method before the Mario movie release.
Read postPanels - Stained glass windows project
Walkthrough of every panel in the digital stained glass window series: beehive, mountains, stars, hexagon weave, heart, sun, and more.
Read postDigital stained glass workshop - Post mortem
Post mortem from the September 2019 digital stained glass workshop at Maker Labs: what worked, what broke, and what six attendees built.
Read postDigital stained glass workshop
A workshop at MakerLabs Vancouver where attendees design a 9x9 inch illuminated stained glass window with WS2811 LEDs and CNC-cut foam.
Read postJun 2019 brain dump
June 2019 bookmarks: a Casper nightlight teardown, the Etch-A-Snap Pi camera, SVG Nest, and stacked paper stained glass.
Read postCosts - Stained glass windows project
Bill of materials for one stained glass panel: pixels, acrylic, plywood, and laser time totalling about $156 CAD.
Read postWood frames - Stained glass windows project
Building hexagonal baltic birch frames for the stained glass panels on the table saw, with a grooved channel holding the acrylic.
Read postProgramming - Stained glass windows project
Writing the firmware for the stained glass panels with FastLED on an ESP8266, using LED offset sets to drive randomised patterns.
Read postHardware - Stained glass windows project
Parts list for the stained glass windows: white acrylic, square WS2812B LEDs, a Wemos D1 mini, and a 5V 5A supply.
Read postDesigning panels - Stained glass windows project
How the stained glass panel patterns are designed in Fusion 360 and Inkscape, then exported as SVGs for the laser cutter.
Read postTech Demo - Stained glass windows project
Tech demo notes for the stained glass windows: gluing acrylic, building cardstock dividers, and killing LED hotspots.
Read postInspiration - Stained glass windows project
Inspiration for the stained glass windows project, from Lumina Lab's Stoicheia dodecahedron to mandala work on Instagram.
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