My first run of boards came in this week. I am pleased to report that the circuit works as intended (sings an analog electronic song). I’ll post video of that soon, but for now, some photos of the pretty board. I used gold-plated copper and solder mask to achieve a watermark effect, as you can see in some of these pictures. These boards (along with components to solder) will be given to attendees at Creative Capital’s 2019 retreat in June.
birds
Pretty bird process /
Various images from the process to design a pretty bird printed circuit board for manufacture. April, 2019
Pretty bird PCB /
2019 circuit board designed in KiCad (colors correspond to KiCad layers - not my choosing, but interesting op art effect). The circuit sings a simple “pretty bird” song as demonstrated in the following video…
birds and electricity /
Detail of new work in progress concerning birds and electricity, 2019
Bird layout /
Bird layout in progress. Details of new work inspired by electricity in nature (and the nature of electricity). March, 2019
Electrical naturalism /
Detail of a work in-progress from a new print series on electrical naturalism, 2019. The circuit on the electronic wren sings “pretty bird” when the lighting is favorable. The antique illustrated bird is an Audubon print.
Female Northern Cardinal /
Chickadee and sparrow /
I continue to model and assemble paper birds for a large sculptural rendition of my winter feeder. Here’s a chickadee and sparrow. The birds
