Laser Cut Acrylic

This is a color mixing toy featuring two layers of laser cut acrylic arcs that form concentric rings, all constrained within a clear acrylic plate. This toy was designed as a fun, interactive way to teach children about color mixing and the effects of neighboring colors on one another. By swapping out arcs and/or rotating the top layer, a wild and varied color display ensues.  My current progress on a stop motion animation piece using this toy is below.

This is a stop motion animation (really) for Flying Lotus' "Do The Astral Plane" using a laser cut acrylic color mixing toy I created. Every element, action and video effect corresponds to a particular sample within the song and syncopated to the underlying beat structure. The individual acrylic elements were photographed independently using multiple layers to create color combinations and then animated together in Adobe Premier Pro. For more information on the toy, http://michaelturri.com/?p=784