Now I am working on hooking up all the light bulbs that will beyond the tapestry (still need to get a photo up of this thing, though it is huge and requires a group effort to photograph). The lights of multiple colors will hint colors through the fabric and create intrigue on the other side.
Behold the bounty of bulbs.
(some are opaque while others are iridescent. both have a different appearance when lit.)
20 lights in total.
opaque small :
pink / 2 , red /1 , orange / 2 , turquoise /2 , perrywinkle blue / 1 , green / 1 , baby yellow / 6
opaque balls :
red / 1
iridescent small :
green / 2 , blue / 1
iridescent large :
orange ball / 1 , yellow spotlight / 1 , red spotlight / 1
^ the difference between opaque and iridescent.
These light are strong. It's amazing, if you look at one color then close your eyes you see the opposite hue. The good ole color staring trick.
There has been quite a process of troubleshooting how to hook these up. At first I automatically thought "clip lights" but realized I could do something else. Here is the equipment I have found that seem to work.
light sockets with output wires to connect to the power chord source
amazing what you can do with all these light bulb extenders (new project inspiring!) my housemates think I'm a mad scientist.
light bulb sockets to be modified. scavenged from UrbanOre in Berkeley.
this too. sprocket goes to power source. small insert head for wires. i had to test this out first a behold it worked, and so I went to hoard as many as I could get!
this is how you get the bulb to work. so simple, so amazing!
Thank goodness for Steve Durie's Art 106 class, or I would be completely in the dark with all this wiring stuff! Now I'm in the multi-colored lights! Cheers!
Hmmmmm....something gets me thinkin about motion sensors right now...hmmmm
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