Re: spark art?

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Original poster: "Mike.Novak by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mike.Novak-at-mchsi-dot-com>

I saw the same show, and it was that fellow who made images for various star
trek effects. It swept the paint around, but you couldn't really tell it was
done by an arc. The same effect could have probably been achieved by using
compressed air and a tiny sprayer IMO. Cool none the less.

Mike
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Subject: Re: spark art?


 > Original poster: "Jorge F. by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jorgetesla-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > Hello !
 >
 > I remember a few years ago on the Discovery Channel a guy used a Tesla
Coil
 > to paint some really amazing pictures of constellations and space imagery.
 > He would lay a canvas on ( I think) 4 grounded legs, he dropped some oil
 > paint, turn on the Tesla Coil and he used a specially built wand to
 > controll the output of the coil and where the spark would hit on the
canvas
 > and the oil paint would follow the path of the arc trought the canvas,
 > sometimes the paint would catch fire, but it was extinguished rapidly. I
 > cant remember much else.
 >
 >
 >
 > Jorge F.
 > Cd. Acuna, Coah. Mex.
 >
 >
 >  >Original poster: "J Dow by way of Terry Fritz "
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >hey guy's
 >  >
 >  >Oh that's right Lichtenberg figures and Kirlian photography! I had
 >  >forgot.
 >  >
 >  >Basically what I'm doing is constructing "machines" to make arcs and
 >  >sparks that I can capture directly with photosensitive material.
 >  >
 >  >What I mean by machines is this: I'm making cabinets much like the
 >  >ones early radios might be housed in. They contain things like TC's
 >  >and Nst's and have controlled panels and lenses for focus and
 >  >projection.
 >  >
 >  >You wouldn't believe how amazing an 8x10 color Polaroid looks when
 >  >its been zapped with a tc.
 >  >
 >  >An example of my early work:
 >  >http://www.joshdowphotography-dot-com/retina_1.htm
 >  >http://www.joshdowphotography-dot-com/retina_4.htm
 >  >
 >  >read you later
 >  >Josh
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >