Re: spark art?

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Original poster: "kayaker by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <kayaker-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>

Hello:-)

The gentleman on the Discovery channel did not use canvas. He used Glass as
his medium. A Tesla Coil would at the very least leave canvas in tatters:-)

Doug
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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
 >  >
 >  >
 >