{"id":15,"date":"2015-04-10T02:53:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T02:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughqelliott.com\/blog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2017-05-15T17:33:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T17:33:18","slug":"infinity-mirror-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughqelliott.com\/blog\/infinity-mirror-build\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinity Mirror Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the course of the past few years, I accrued a large amount\u00a0of LED strip lighting. It remained rolled up on a spool as I tried to decide what to do with it.<\/p>\n<p>Then one magical day I saw a post about an infinity mirror. It was cool. Easy-ish to build and I just happened to have most of\u00a0the necessary components on hand. Having components on-hand is\u00a0important if you&#8217;re easily distracted.<\/p>\n<p>So I looked into what&#8217;s involved. Strip LEDs? Check! A spare <a title=\"Arduino UNO\" href=\"http:\/\/arduino.cc\/en\/main\/arduinoBoardUno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arduino UNO<\/a>? Check! A pocket picture frame? AKA The <a title=\"Ribba Frame\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/catalog\/products\/00078051\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ribba frame<\/a> from Ikea? Check!<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/images\/products\/ribba-frame-black__0216353_PE294873_S4.JPG\" alt=\"Ikea ribba frame\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ribba Pocket Frame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So now it&#8217;s build time! Found out a few things about the frame once I started to insert LEDs around it. You need to cut down the inner frame to accommodate the four strips (one on each side).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hughqelliott.com\/blog\/infinity-mirror-build\/img_1166\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/hughqelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1166-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hughqelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1166-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hughqelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1166-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hughqelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1166-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hughqelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1166-960x960.jpg 960w, 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https:\/\/hughqelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1168-270x270.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21'>\n\t\t\t\tDrilled holes for the inner frame\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Little bit of soldering, little bit of programming in Arduino and presto!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then I bit the bullet and bought mirror tiles 12&#8243; x 12&#8243; for my 9&#8243; x 9&#8243; frame. Which meant needing to buy a glass cutter. <em>Just as an FYI, if you&#8217;re not trained to cut glass, it&#8217;s a little harrowing.<\/em> Of course, having a real mirror as the back reflector made the production look so much better.<\/p>\n<p>I started to play with adding button functionality to change animations and speed, but that&#8217;s just <em>showin&#8217; off<\/em>, as my grandfather used to say.<\/p>\n<p>While this has the potential to be fussed with ad infinitum I&#8217;d say this project is finished. If you&#8217;re interested in having a workshop on building an infinity mirror in a group setting, head on over to the <a title=\"Infinity Mirror Workshop\" href=\"https:\/\/hughqelliott.com\/blog\/workshop-infinity-mirror\/\">Infinity Mirror Workshop<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE! During my workshop with <a href=\"http:\/\/artscience.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Art &amp; Science<\/a>, it was discovered that, in fact, the mirror film has a plastic sheeting on it and is adhesive. The spray included in the order of film a soapy mixture. I&#8217;d seen how-to videos on applying glass film before and realized this was similar in practice. Here is a brief timelapse of the process.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Applying Mirror Film\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nOQ1kI9Ya1k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nOver the course of the past few years, I accrued a large amount\u00a0of LED strip lighting. 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