The Beauty of Abstraction     <– photos

This is my triptych for my abstract unit. This triptych contains one of the best photos in my set 1 and set 2, the left photo is the blue photo from set 1, and the photos in the middle and right are my red photos for set 2. The reason why I chose those 3 photos was that they all effectively revealed the abstraction. Also, to make the photos collaborate better, I wanted to make the tone similar, so I modified the middle photo greener. Moreover, the tree photo is in the middle because I believe that this photo looks really nice. Also, for the left picture, even though it was a blue photo, I still chose it because at first I really liked the middle and right photos, so I tried to find a photo that would well-collaborate with the two photographs that I wanted, and this blue photo was it.

I chose to make the title “The Beauty of Abstraction” because of the message of the three photos and the look of the photos. First, the message, when I started my sets, the techniques for each set referred to the idea of abstraction. For instance, I chose the blur technique for my first set, which can effectively reveal abstraction, which is hardly recognizing the subject in the photo. Also, for the second set, I decided on a close-up technique that allows audiences to see only a tiny part of the subject, making abstraction. Therefore, I added “Abstraction” in the title. Second, the look of the photos, as you can tell from the photos, they all look beautiful, so I also added: “The Beauty” in the title. Eventually, the title became “The Beauty of Abstraction.”

Final Evaluation The Beauty of Abstraction

There were mainly two photographers who inspired me for this triptych, Ernest Huss and Edwin Giesbers. For the left photo, it was the first set and the inspired photographer was Ernst Huss, he inspired me about how to take abstract blurred photos. When he takes blurred photographs, he added blur in both subject and background, so this is the reason the left has blur on both the subject and the background. Also, the rest of the two photos are the second set, and the inspired photographer was Edwin Giesbers. He helped me with what should I use for the subject. He usually used plants and animals as the subject for his close-up photos. Therefore, I also used the subject he usually uses for his work: plants. For this triptych, I tried many different orders and different photos. First, for orders, I tried many different formations for the order of the triptych, and eventually, I chose this order because I think the most beautiful one should be in the middle of the order. Also, for different photos, I originally wanted to put a photo of a pink flower instead of the left photo but I did not because when I put all three of them together, they did not collaborate, and also in peer feedback, my peers said that the photos I chose for triptych look well together. Then, I put three of them together, and I realized that the tone of those three was slightly different, so I used affinity to make the middle more green. When triptych, the main idea was the collaboration of the three photos should look well with each other. Also, this was the reason why I adjusted the greenish tone to the middle photo. This triptych contains one of the best photos in my set 1 and set 2, the left photo is the blue photo from set 1, and the photos in the middle and right are my red photos for set 2. The reason why I chose those 3 photos was that they all effectively revealed the abstraction. Also, to make the photos collaborate better, I wanted to make the tone similar, so I modified the middle photo greener. Moreover, the tree photo is in the middle because I believe that this photo looks really nice. Also, for the left picture, even though it was a blue photo, I still chose it because at first I really liked the middle and right photos, so I tried to find a photo that would well-collaborate with the two photographs that I wanted, and this blue photo was it. Also, when I take the left photo, I stick tape on my camera lens, and then took a photo, and for the middle and right photos, I zoom in 10 times to reveal abstraction and close-up technique. I think the strongest strength of my triptych is the beautiful collaboration of those three photos because I worked a lot to reveal beauty. The area that I will need to work on in future projects is being familiar with the affinity because for this triptych, I only used affinity in the middle one, and I believe that if I learn more about affinity, I can adjust features to the other photos, which will make it much better.

 

After doing research for precedents and ideas on Define and Inquire, I decided to make a fidget spinner generator.

 

The key to this device is electromagnetic induction, the process of converting kinetic energy into electrical energy.

 

The school does not provide a fidget spinner, so I will have to purchase it by myself. The fidget spinner should have low resistance because its speed will decrease fast. However, low-resistance spinners are expensive. To have the spinner spin longer, weights should be added at its edges. For higher efficiency, the coil must be winded many times.

 

This is my initial sketch of the structure of the generator:

Materials: neodymium magnets, copper coil, LED, fidget spinner, column, weights, strong glue

 

Process:

1. Wind the coil into a circular shape
2. Attach the legs of the LED at the two edges of the coil.
3. Glue neodymium magnets at each edge of the spinner.
4. Glue weights at each edge of the spinner but at the opposite side where the magnet is attached.
5. Glue a column  at the middle of the spinner.