Work – Mike Bucceroni https://mike.bucceroni.net Projects, Mostly Fri, 22 May 2020 04:30:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://mike.bucceroni.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Logofinal-32x32.png Work – Mike Bucceroni https://mike.bucceroni.net 32 32 177513297 Lite-Brite https://mike.bucceroni.net/portfolio/lite-brite/ https://mike.bucceroni.net/portfolio/lite-brite/#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:00:00 +0000 https://mike.bucceroni.net/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=181 More]]> This project was a fun and interesting challenge. I was tasked with creating a giant lite-brite in the shape of New Jersey.

I laid out a grid of circles in illustrator, overlaid an outline of NJ and deleted the ones outside. The file was then laser cut out of 0.25″ acrylic sheet and fit into a groove in the wooden box. It was backlit using a fluorescent tube and a shower curtain to diffuse the light. Later, rope handles and a removable cover to keep the pegs in (not pictured) were added.

The biggest challenge turned out to be the hole size as I did not originally have pegs to measure and my initial guess was slightly too big for the normal orientation. Luckily, lite-brite pegs are tapered so I enlarged the holes (by hand) using a step drill to allow them to be stuck in backwards.

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