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Re: 3D printed mirror array

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Post by jhgb »

perlgeek wrote: post #129
jhgb wrote: post #41

I'm wondering if a similar effect couldn't be done using a continuous surface and just silvering it. I saw something similar done with refraction but can't remember the URL now. 3D printers definitely have higher resolution than mirrors of this size.

I don't think so; the angling of the mirrors is done with small steps, which the mirrors smooth out. If you apply a very thin film, it will just follow the steps.

That's why I'm mentioning the filler. It definitely can't be "very thin". But all that matters is if the resulting shape is predictable.

Re: 3D printed mirror array

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Post by diplodocusaur »

arketyp wrote: post #114
jonahx wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The electronics and the mechanics and the fabrication took me a year. Then it took me an afternoon to program the computer to actually activate it"

No knock on the artist, I particularly like the pom-pom display, but I get the sense that much of art today is about going roundabout ways, almost Rube Goldberg machine like, to achieve things could be presented in other ways with minimal effort. Sometimes this alternative mediation is interesting, but sometimes it almost feels dismissive of the metaphysical magic that is computing.

> to achieve things could be presented in other ways with minimal effort

You could imagine the art piece with minimal effort: no effort spent in making it. So in a way that's the purest form of art by your criticism. If only there was some way to achieve this, we'd be done.

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