Light Observation : water boiler
The water boiler in my home can cast light on the boiling water and turn light off when it is boiled. The light is only reflected and showed on the surface of the inside bubbles and the top surface between the water and air. In this way the movement of water stirred the motion of light. The form of the medium who transmit light can become the form of the light. In this case the boiling water provides an ardent form as a medium, however the limitation is that the surface and content of water is too detached. Maybe add reflective pigments into the water can solve this problem. But still I’m curious about how James Turnell make his lightning pieces in the space looks so even and smooth, and it looks just as the air itself is the own source and diffuser of light. How to make a fluid medium as the carrier of light without using fluorescent materials would be the object on which I’ll continue my observation.
Another observation is inspired by what I saw in my restroom two weeks ago. The form is what I want to create and the layers of shadow may depends on the liquid and the container, which give me new possibilities to make this pattern designable.