My experience of fabricating cloud for another project came handy this time. We immediately decided to use wire mesh to fabricate the structure of our cloud. We debated the size -- should the cloud stretch over a comparatively large part of the ceil
We made several pieces of cloud, each with some variation in shape. This one in the picture was eventually abandoned. The reason was its shape was too literal, and a bit cartoonish. What we wanted is something more abstract. 
Mounting the cloud onto the ceiling wasn't very hard. What's challenging is how to allow enough space behind it for multiple electronic devices -- power, micro-controller and Bluefruit EZ Link. We bent the wire mesh in a way to hide those components
This is how it looked after installation. We tried with white and blue LED strips. We liked the blue color for it somehow gave a thunderous and mysterious feeling.  
prev / next