Bee, Caupolicana gaullei (2015)

Scale/Scape Light Panel series #1 

9" x 12" x 2"

Cherry hardwood, plywood, LED illumination, acrylic diffusion film, metal hardware


An investigation into the thresholds of human perception and the history of halftone printing techniques. Images from microscopic and telescopic scales are transformed into light patterns formed by thousands of dots of different sizes. Custom software translates pixel clusters into laser-cut holes of different sizes, and strangely when the image is more blurred, it becomes more recognizable. Some pieces are blurred from distance and the weakness of human vision; and some are optically blurred with raised translucent diffusion panels.


(Source credit: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab)


Making of: 
http://www.instructables.com/id/ScaleScape-Halftone-Light-Panel-series/?ALLSTEPS


Using Format