KARYN EASTON
Apr 14
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Balance of Power Mobile

Favourite Images –   Experimental Images    
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Mar 04
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Visual Exploration #2

Video Exploration of the Mobile – In my first visual exploration of the ‘Balance of Power’ mobile I shot a number of stills using a wide aperture.  This was to allow for only a narrow band of focus on each of the images.  The goal was to add an air of mystery to the mobile and hopefully leave the viewer wanting to know more? In part #2 of this ongoing visual exploration I shot some videos using my DSLR camera. My aim again was to add an air of mystery to the finished video clips.  Below are the experimental results from this endeavour.     The Balance of Power – Unity in Bits Mobile This is a complex piece that has many hidden layers to it. Below are some of the key points:   The mobile comprises 11 lines of individually hand drawn elements that represent the ones and zeros of binary code. The binary code represented in the mobile spells the words ‘Unity in Bits’.  It is a visual metaphor representing how our society is ultimately fractured by computers and their code. For example the harms of social media and the taking of artist work without permission. At least 10 […]
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Mar 04
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Visual Exploration #1

Photographic Exploration of the Mobile – Now that my ‘Balance of Power’ mobile is fully installed I can start to experiment photographically.  Over the weekend I took a number of stills and I also shot some videos.  Editing the videos will take a while longer.  In the meantime I thought I’d share some of the stills. I decided to shoot my stills using very specific camera settings.  The mobile hides many things, therefore it was important to me to try and capture an air of mystery about it.  For this reason I deliberately chose to use a very shallow ‘depth of field’.  Indeed I was actually working with an f-stop of 1.8 (A very large aperture).  What this means essentially, is that only a very narrow band of my image will actually be in focus.  These narrow bands of focus can be seen in the images below. I certainly had enough light streaming in through the windows to enable me to shoot at f-16 (the minimum aperture for my 50mm lens), however, I genuinely feel that the selective blurring adds something a little more mysterious to the images below.  I feel that the images are much more atmospheric.  I also […]
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Feb 27
by Karyn in 3d, Final Major Project, Final Outcomes, My Work, Problem Solving, Sculpture, Threats, Unit 3 Blogs, Videos 0 comments tags: 3d, Final Major Project, Final Outcomes, my work, Problem Solving, Sculpture, threats, Unit 3 Blogs, Videos

First Looks

First Footage from the ‘Balance of Power’ Mobile It feels like it has been a long journey to get to this point, but at last the mobile is up and running.  It stands around 3m tall and is by far one of the largest structures that I have ever made all by myself.  Although, I haven’t kept an hourly diary of how long the mobile has taken to complete, I know that it has taken many weeks.  At the moment the balance of the mobile is quite precarious and this is quite a threat to the project so I need to ensure that it is really secure going forward.  I already had one mishap this morning while trying to hang it up.  All of the pieces ended up on the floor, so this is far from ideal if it is to be transported then hung.  My intention is to ensure that all of the mobile elements are secured so that if the balance does tip then everything will be relatively contained. In many ways hanging the mobile is just the very start of the journey as there is so much more hidden in the whole structure.  However, I will begin […]
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Feb 19
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Process

Another Full Day of Working – When I first began making my mobiles, I honestly hadn’t realised how much time each element would take to make.  However, I am enjoying the process and I’m looking forward to seeing the end result. Today was another full day of making.  My plan is to finish my second mobile by the end of this weekend so I can work out my next steps.  During this process I have shot a number of time-lapse videos so I thought it would be nice to add some process stills.   Process Stills
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Feb 16
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Weekend of Work

Moving on to Prototype #3 – Now that the physical side of my first prototype is finished, I am beginning work on a more refined and larger version.  The design is more robust and I’ve added eyelets to add strength to the cardboard whilst hanging.     One of the issues I faced was ensuring that all of the code was on a level and could be read as an actual line of binary.  After numerous attempts I realised that the quickest and easiest way to do it was to change my arrangements of keyrings and clips.  This worked out to be a pretty effective way to balance everything out.
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Jan 13
by Karyn in 3d, Final Major Project, Timelapse, Unit 3 Blogs 0 comments tags: 3d, Final Major Project, Timelapse, Unit 3 Blogs

Mini Mobile

A Day of Mini Mobile Making – In order to help add some weight to my intended proposal for college, I felt I needed to produce something to scale. Today I had a really enjoyable session making some mobile elements with my mum to produce a mini mobile.  She was chief cardboard cutter and sticker and I was designer in chief.  Between us we managed to produce 16 small mobile units (i.e. pieces for the mobile). Below is a time-lapse video of my activity.  The main reason for producing a smaller scale mobile was to decide exactly how I would like to string/hang the larger version.  I have been really struggling with the concept of actually hanging my mobile.  For example do I take an Alexander Calder approach and have the pieces more rigidly fixed? Or do I suspend them so they are more free to move, or, do I opt for a mix of both? I felt that the only way to answer these questions was to actually make a small prototype.  I also decided in the interest of speed, I would only use circles as they were easier to cut.  The suspended shapes didn’t really matter, for me […]
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