Week 5 Shadow Play

I really wish this picture could have been a video because it was so fascinating watching the fire flicker and creating the movement of the shadows through the texture of the glass on the candle, and the jar in front of it. The glass on the candle has a nice linear bark texture, and the glass jar has a nice domed smooth surface. Inside the jar there are small metal LED lights, which adds a different layer of texture and shadow within the glass jar. I was always curious to see how much texture could work together without being too muddy. These three different textures work really well together because one has a linear effect, the other as a smooth marble texture, and the other a thin wired texture. Although all are on top of each other, there is still a good sense of isolation for each texture. It would be fun to recreate or experiment with different textures with gobos and see how each different one could tie in together and still have it's diversity and prominence.