This study started off as a vision I had for my living
- space. Inspired by a picture seen in a magazine long
ago, I wanted to set up an eclectic array of lamps that would sit on the fm
- or and create an soft ambient light
source for the room. After months of searching thrift shops and antique stores I realized that I could not afford my vision either in time searching or in monetary
- terms. A trip to Ikea became the next best option;
- nce around the mouse maze of home furnishing
and I found some potential in the frosted glass lamps. When brought home and realized, the vision of my minds eye was not that of reality. In an attempt to see my vision come to fruition I choose to create the scene imagined as a study of my rending techniques, a chance to explore, an a play of light. The study started off by simply copying the Ikea lamps and modeling them in Rhino; setting the scene with three plans to create a simple space. A quick render study in Rhino I realized that the control needed to control the light parameters was lacking. A switch over to windows and an import latter I was VIZ; a rendering program I have limited experience in, just enough to get myself into trouble. Here I was allowed to and enjoyed playing with every parameter possible to create the correct lighting effects I desired from my lamps. The thumb nails to the side show this process and trials; some important steps along the way were: colored lighting, light fall-off, and refi nement of materiality. In the fi nal image I gave a refm ective nature to fm
- or which
reduce the weight of some of the shadows, I lifted the wall planes to create a reveal to give some contrast and help defi ne the limits of the space, and softened the transparency and opacity of the lamps to remove any hot-spots.