This has been a great project to work on and an awesome way to end up my first semester in IARC. My inspiration in this luminaire was water and my moment of pause was the reflective power that water can manipulate from light and create a smooth gradation of colors.
I went through four stages, one was the research stage where I examined different light sources and designers for inspiration finally drawing inspiration from Swiss designer Peter Zumthor and his thermal spa.
The second stage was my first model where I created the color scheme for my project by folding two acetate gels together, one blue and one green while binding them to a foam board base with double sided poster tape.
In my third stage, I began to play around with gradation of light by placing a sheet of tissue paper in between the gels and crumpling it up to create a flow affect.
In my fourth stage, I created a 2 foot model so I could use more space to show a gradation of light and created horizontal ripples in the tissue paper to show a peaceful tranistion between colors and to give the luminaire a 3-d effect.
