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The exploration was an attempt to 'give shape' to an otherwise completely malleable material by using it in conjunction with a slender but rigid armature. The result is a lamp fixture where the silicone canopy / light is given a hyperbolic paraboloid form (and powered) by its acrylic stand.

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Finished Lamp

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Close up.

In the dark.

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Just after pouring the silicone into the mold. Tabs are left open at the edges of the surface so contacts can be made there to the lamp stand.

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Just after pouring the (white) silicone into the mold. Tabs are left open at the edges of the surface so contacts can be made there to the lamp stand.

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Initial test success with alligator clips.

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Close up of SMDs embedded in silicone.

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The finished stand.

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The finished stand. The battery is the central emblem.

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Aluminum foil is applied to the bottom edge of one of the lamp stand arms, so it can carry current from the 2 sides of the battery to the edge of the surface.

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Just after pouring the silicone into the mold.

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Close-up of casting, with SMDs embedded.

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The component parts for the lamp stand, made of laser cut acrylic, spray painted white.

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The finished stand.

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Laser-cut conductive fabric, which will be cast into the silicone.

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Soldering surface mound diodes to the conductive fabric.

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The Silicone Mold, made of laser cut acrylic.

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