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Voltage Visage. An art piece I made over the last few weeks. On display along with some light-based art projects for an evening in Seattle. I’ve been having fun experimenting with what’s possible with this vintage eBay find. #oscilloscope #visualization

New artistic hobby to share with the world coming soon to a Blue Sky near you. I’ll share some oscilloscope music as it’s called, which is basically stereo audio signals that generate fast moving vector animations. And persistence of vision combined with high frequency audio is something to behold.

Rough sketch of vision.

Within a large, gently rocking glass chamber, oil floats over water in an eternal dance of togetherness and solitude. Where they meet, their shimmering boundary catches light from below, weaving waves of light through the leaves above.

It’s brainstorming time! Electric Sky is scheduled for June 12-15 and that means it’s time to get creative and think of a cool project to design and build.

Totally! I hope I can continue to create some similar pieces in the upcoming year. I’m still thinking of ideas!

What’s happening: I set up my account and posted a few of my favorite projects.

Backstory: My Bluesky handle is a custom domain I’ve owned for a while. Since my personal website was unmaintained, I decided to redirect joelwalters.com to this account. I might create a landing page at some point.

“Automated Tranquility” — three discs filled with sand, continuously raked in a slow circular motion, with 3D printed arms and tines. Placed down by the river, nestled under large growth trees.

July 22, 2023
Electric Sky event
Skykomish, WA

“WinDNA” — a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine. 3D printed and assembled with custom mounting hardware on a garden stake. Including ball bearings at top and bottom, a gentle breeze can spin the piece continuously.

June 22, 2024
Electric Sky event
Skykomish, WA

Life-Sized Pong. One of my favorite projects to date, where a flashlight and programmable light strips mimicked a bouncing ball and paddles.

July 31, 2021
Electric Sky Event
Skykomish, WA

Hello, world. I’m planning to share my art and tech related projects here.