My tableau was from the mythology of a phoenix rising from the ashes.

The phoenix was made from the origami crane template.  I punched a hole in its tale, attached some brass wire, and then made it hover above some cardboard that I had covered with various layers of spare fabric I had on hand.  The circuit diagram below indicates the simple circuit I created using copper tape, two LEDs, a coin cell battery and the alligator clips.  I had to futz with the circuit in order that the led legs didn’t cross and short circuit without lighting the LEDs.  On the other hand, the shoddy work resulted in some nice flickering. Continue reading →