{"id":1286,"date":"2010-09-14T12:51:56","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T18:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2010-09-14T12:51:56","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T18:51:56","slug":"creating-a-wireless-circuit-representative-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/creating-a-wireless-circuit-representative-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a wireless circuit & representative masks"},"content":{"rendered":"
For this week’s Wearables assignment, I created a circuit with no wires and 2 masks, that represent who I am and how I hide. <\/address>\n

Here is the wireless circuit.<\/p>\n

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\nFor this circuit, I used a fine copper mesh to create the little man’s legs, using 2 hollow tubes that I formed from the mesth. Then I put a gumdrop LED into each leg, slid a 3V coin-cell battery in between the legs to light the LED. The added hat and feet give the circuit an approachable look of a tiny man with large feet and a dunce hat.<\/p>\n

Next the 2 masks.<\/em>
\nFor both masks, I used cloth strips covered in plaster to make a recognizable mask of my face. My reasoning for this was that a mask that’s make using my face, will be the perfect mask for my face.<\/p>\n

For the mask that represents me: <\/strong>\"Mask<\/a>
\nFor this mask, I used an old aquarium, with a working overhead light, to recreate an ordered and somewhat sheltered space that I create for myself. I am rather protective of my home and personal space, and spend what may be a significant amount of time keeping my home ordered and relaxing for myself. I also tend to keep my personal thoughts, affections and beliefs to myself, perhaps to the point of keeping people out. The plexi-glass for the aquarium, is a reminder of the barrier I set up for myself.<\/p>\n

For the mask that hides me: <\/strong>\"Mask<\/a>
\nThis mask represents a behavior of mine, in which I avoid face-to-face confrontations with people, and rely much more heavily on written communication. Rather than speaking with my voice, I speak with type-written words. The strips of paper are a one-to-one representation of the typed conversations I have with others, and they spew out of the mouth of the mask. I thought about the fact that sometimes the paper strips cover up my eyes which suggests that typed communication vs face-to-face communication can make it more difficult connect with people, socially.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For this week’s Wearables assignment, I created a circuit with no wires and 2 masks, that represent who I am and how I hide. Here is the wireless circuit. For this circuit, I used a fine copper mesh to create the little man’s legs, using 2 hollow tubes that I formed from the mesth. Then … Continue reading “Creating a wireless circuit & representative masks”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[228],"tags":[229,198,184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1299,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions\/1299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliwalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}