SALISA JATUWEERAPONG

oops i dropped my eggs into a puddle of radioactive waste (2018)

size: the size of actual eggs

materials: a dozen eggs, Arduino UNO, LEDs, plastic bag

A magical realism piece about a grocery trip gone wrong. 

resonance (2018)

resonance is a motion-controlled mobile kinetic sculpture, spanning roughly 2ft x 1ft. It is made of 5 hanging wedges of laser-cut acrylic, fishing twine, 1 servo motor, an Arduino Uno, and a Kinect 1. Programs used were Adobe Illustrator, Touch Designer by Derivative, and Arduino.

Inspired by the mechanics in Reuben Margolin’s Waves series, resonance uses a simplified version of the sweeping arc motion to create a naturalistic wave. It responds to a viewer’s hand movements. The eponymous theme gives a nod to the butterfly effect: how indirect and/or non-physical action can still largely have an effect. Though the sculpture is suspended out of reach, a swipe of one’s hand can still move it. The sculpture itself is meant to resemble a stylized ripple, a common symbol of resonance.

Cardboard Christmas (2017)

size: 3' x 1.5'

materials: cardboard

Inspired by pop-up storybooks, I created a pop-up Christmas tree for my own Christmas away from home this year. This easy design folds in upon itself and can be assembled without any bonding materials by slipping the tree through holes in the base. I chose cardboard because it was 1) affordable, 2) sturdy and 3) light. This tree is very customisable as it can be painted and decorated. Holes on the branches make it easy to hang ornaments, and a hole in the hollow base for the wire is designed to feed Christmas lights through. Cardboard Christmas is an alternative to real pine trees and even artificial trees; it’s cheap, easy to transport, and doesn’t break any fire codes. 

time, turn (2017) 

size: 5cm x 1.8cm

material: nickle silver, agate

An hourglass-inspired earring

Tactile Photograph: Designing for the Blind (2017)

size: 4"x6" 

medium: 3D printing

This was an assignment to translate a 2D photograph into a 3D format that would be accessible to the visually-impaired.

I worked with a personal snapshot of a late-night stroll on the docks for my recreation. I simplified my photograph so unimportant details would not confuse the audience – a chair is a chair, no matter the shape. Inspired by blind picture books, I used texture to show material – wood grain for the planks, smooth for the plastic chair, and made a tub to hold actual water to represent the lake. The braille on the planks reads the time, date, and location of the photo – imparting a sense of memory that all photographs should contain.