[Lab] fun group project

[Darcy Whyte]

I can imagine we'll be looking for a place to do this. I'm all ears. My
artengine membership has expired as of last AGM. I suppose we can just
carry the Parol(s) around to different venues too. Any ideas or preferences?



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On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at inventorartist.com>
wrote:

> Just in case people want more detail here's the contest scoring system:
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> -artistry 25%
> -originality 25%
> -crafstmanship 25%
> -relevance to tradition 25%
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> I think there is 500 bucks of prices split into three prizes of cash...
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> There are three judges...
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> I suppose our group can submit more than one if we want (we'll just see
> what comes forward)...
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> Servo, why don't you share that link of the mechanically switched Parols
> with the list.. :)
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> Darcy Whyte
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> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at inventorartist.com>
> wrote:
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>> Okay we already have a team (more welcome)!
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>> Phase 1
>> -There's a dropbox share with contest documents and details. If people
>> want a different kind of share let me know..
>> -We can figure out what to do (if we want to have a couple meetings or
>> online or whatever)
>> -Competitive Intelligence: I'm going to see who's in and see what they're
>> up to. (evil laugh). I think this is the first year for the parol contest.
>> If not I'll get pictures of last year and add them to the CI folder...
>> -I'm gonna get myself into a couple of parties and see what I can find
>> out. :) Anybody want to join the CI activities? :)
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>> Darcy Whyte
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>> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at inventorartist.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> Hey,
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>>> I was invited by the Philippines embassy to participate in their parol
>>> contest.
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>>> It's a really easy thing to make and I though it could be a fun group
>>> project.
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>>> We could make a really big parol out of cardboard and tissue and then
>>> decorate it with LEDs and arduino...
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>>> I think it just needs an arduino and a strip or two of WS2812b. They
>>> strips don't even have to be cut since they can just be looped around
>>> inside it.
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>>> It's a great opportunity to flog arduino, electronics, diy, making,
>>> maker-movement.
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>>> Here's my own parol project http://inventorartist.com/tag/parol/ (which
>>> is probably uninteresting for the contest since it's small)...
>>>
>>> I happen to have a stash of cardboard at Artengine that is perfect for a
>>> large parol. The cardboard is very large and is the very thick kind (with
>>> two layers of congregation and three layers of actual cardboard). This
>>> stuff is hard to come by in perfect shape (and in that large format we had
>>> to use my buddies SUV to bring it in without warping it).
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>>> text)
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