lime
@lime@beige.party  路  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

It is done \o/

This is a goodbye present for my friend and colleague, who will resign her job next week. She is a huge #Minecraft fan, so I made her an #axolotl out of epoxy resin, put it in a fancy resin cube and lit the whole thing up with addressable LEDs. I would have used simple fairy lights, but I didn't have any 馃檲 ... So I used what I found in my cupboard, which was WS2812B's and an Arduino Nano.

Making the axolotl was a bit of an experimental adventure, but it worked well.

I call it cute-alotl, because it turned out way too cute 馃檲

It has two USB ports at the back, one for programming the Arduino and the other for power. Unfortunately the Arduino cannot power the required 1.5A for the LEDs.

It also has glow in the dark powder mixed into two back walls, so it will continue to glow when powered off.

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#epoxyresin #resinart#Minecraft #electronics #making
lime
@lime@beige.party  路  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

I promise there's lots of shiny stuff and glitter in there, but the camera doesn't catch it well 馃檲

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#epoxyresin #resinart#Minecraft #electronics #making
lime
@lime@beige.party  路  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

And a video for good measure

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#epoxyresin #resinart#Minecraft #electronics #making

the camera pans over the cube in the dark from various angles. it is lit up from below by a matrix of blue and pink LEDs the axolotl looks like a dark silhouette. when the cube is powered off, two back walls continue to glow in the dark in a faint green
the camera pans over the cube in the dark from various angles. it is lit up from below by a matrix of blue and pink LEDs the axolotl looks like a dark silhouette. when the cube is powered off, two back walls continue to glow in the dark in a faint green
lime
@lime@beige.party  路  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

This is what the bottom looks like. I tried to make the resin as pigmented as possible to hide the electronics. When lit up and looked at in the dark, the electronics become somewhat visible as a silhouette.

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#epoxyresin #resinart#Minecraft #electronics #making

top down view of the upside down cube. the bottom of the cube shows dark strips of LEDs in the background, while some cables and the Arduino are visible as a black silhouette in the foreground. behind all this is blue LED light shining from below. the surroundings are dark.
top down view of the upside down cube. the bottom of the cube shows dark strips of LEDs in the background, while some cables and the Arduino are visible as a black silhouette in the foreground. behind all this is blue LED light shining from below. the surroundings are dark.
top down view of the upside down cube. the bottom of the cube shows dark strips of LEDs in the background, while some cables and the Arduino are visible as a black silhouette in the foreground. behind all this is blue LED light shining from below. the surroundings are dark.
lime
@lime@beige.party  路  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

I promise there's lots of shiny stuff and glitter in there, but the camera doesn't catch it well 馃檲

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#epoxyresin #resinart#Minecraft #electronics #making
lime
@lime@beige.party  路  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

Here's what the back looks like with the glow in the dark walls.

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#epoxyresin #resinart#Minecraft #electronics #making
lime
@lime@beige.party  路  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

This is what the bottom looks like. I tried to make the resin as pigmented as possible to hide the electronics. When lit up and looked at in the dark, the electronics become somewhat visible as a silhouette.

3/

#epoxyresin #resinart#Minecraft #electronics #making

top down view of the upside down cube. the bottom of the cube shows dark strips of LEDs in the background, while some cables and the Arduino are visible as a black silhouette in the foreground. behind all this is blue LED light shining from below. the surroundings are dark.
top down view of the upside down cube. the bottom of the cube shows dark strips of LEDs in the background, while some cables and the Arduino are visible as a black silhouette in the foreground. behind all this is blue LED light shining from below. the surroundings are dark.
top down view of the upside down cube. the bottom of the cube shows dark strips of LEDs in the background, while some cables and the Arduino are visible as a black silhouette in the foreground. behind all this is blue LED light shining from below. the surroundings are dark.