light - erinstblaine

13 Jan

Cafe Xocolatl Cacao Pod Lampshades

There’s a new chocolate cafe in Sacramento! Cafe Xocolatl serves cacao, coffee and tea, and chocolate from around the world. The owners at Cafe Xocolatl wanted beautiful lighting in their new retail space that evoked the cacao culture. I...

3D Printed, cacao, cacao pod, chocolate, choquiero, custom, custom retail lighting, lamp, lampshade, light, lighting, pendant, retail, sacramento

02 Jan

Jellyfish Lanterns Light Sculpture Installation

Mermaid Glimmer’s Jellyfish Grotto 50 iridescent jellyfish hang silently over the heads of viewers. During the daytime the sunlight filters through the rainbow jellies, creating a beautiful play of light and shadow on the ground. At night, the jellies...

Art, artist, bar, beautiful, custom, decor, jelly, jellyfish, led, light, mermaid, ocean, retail, sacramento, theme, tiki, underwater

18 Nov

New YouTube Intro Video

As part of this brand-makeover process I’ve been working on lately, I’ve created a brand new YouTube Intro Video. Come walk around my house and my makerspace and take a look at some of the interactive LED artwork I’ve...

artist, crystals, diy, electronics, light, maker, makerspace, show and tell, studio, subscribe, tour, tutorials, youtube

30 Oct

New Web Site at Erinstblaine.com

I’ve launched my brand new web site! I’m very excited. Please come take a look! Let me know what you think. I think it’s beayooootiful. If you like having pretty pictures of light up artwork and mermaids delivered directly...

adafruit, artist, diy, electronics, erinstblaine, feed, follow, launch, Learn, light, portfolio, see, tinkerpixie, tutorials, web site

22 Apr

DIY Smart Plug Tutorial: Home Automation using Arduino or MakeCode

“Smart” plugs for your home can be a lot of fun, allowing you to create lighting scenes, activate security features, or control other things in your home remotely. If you’re a DIY type, here’s a great option for building...

build, code, control, diy, home automatio, light, makecode, n how to, on or off, plug, power strip, relay, scene, smart

18 Dec

LED Luminaries Tutorial

It’s the holiday season and I’m feeling a bit festive. I used my Cricut vinyl cutter and a Circuit Playground BlueFruit to make some pretty luminary lanterns to decorate my house. I’m far too lazy to light and maintain...

bluetooth, candle, code, craft, crafting, cricut, diy, lantern, Learn, led, light, luminary, paper, project, tutorial, vinyl

21 Mar

Ever-Burning Flame Painting

I made some art. This is a bit of a departure for me. I’m not a painter (well, except for face and body painting), and I have very little experience painting acrylic on canvas. It seems like such an...

acrylic, adafruit, arduino, Art, artwork, canvas, Circuit Playground, home, light, light up, neopixel, painting

22 Sep

Fiber Optic Whip Tutorial

Hello all! I just finished up a tutorial about how I made these fiber optic whips. Here’s a little bit of backstory.. I was getting ready for last week’s LED light show and one of the things I’d agreed to...

dancers, diy, fiber optic, fiberflies, glow, glowing, illuminated, led light, light, Make, performe, r prop, show, stilt, tutorial, walker

07 Apr

Custom Label Template for Adafruit IR Remote Control

My LED light dance show is getting complicated. Problem 1: Dancers When I’m onstage dancing, my focus is in my body. I feel the flow of the props, feel the music, and feel the audience. It’s a wonderful state to be...

adafruit, arduino, code, custom, dancer, double staff, ir, led, light, poi, problem, program, remote, show, spinfx, template

07 Jul

LED Mermaid Glimmer Upgrades

Mermaid Glimmer is the world’s only swimmable LED mermaid tail (as far as I know). She’s my pride and joy, and probably the most difficult and troublesome thing I’ve ever made. Creating an arduino controlled, battery operated illuminated costume...

arduino, book, diy, glimmer, glow, glowing, hire, how-to, led, light, mermaid, rebuild

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