Extra: Light and Ice

Warm light seems like it's coming from inside. It seems like the light on reachese half of the figure.

Idea 3: Combination

What I want to explore on this topic are:

1. Shape+How to combine ices together?
   
2. How are they able to stick to one another?
   
3. What happens when it melts?
   

Shape+How to combine ices together?
I have done this before in the exploration on ice at the university. The one I made was a cup shape and a random shape made by my hands.

=> The first time I try making a taller one with two plastic bottles connected to one another. However, it doesn't work. This is due to the uneven shape of plastic bottles. There are patterns on the bottle that prevent the ices to be free easily when release. Also, I think that it's too tall. Therefore, the making failed. see here


=> The second one is the same as what I have done before. This is done in order to find out whether the difference in setting is affecting the making. Therefore, I use aglass cup as a mold and I failed to make it twice. Later, I think that the temperature of the day wasn't as hot so I decided to pour hot water on it when the cup is up-side-down. Then, it works, the ice was able to hold onto one another.
When the combination of ices melt to a certain point, the ices is quite stong. However, up to a certain point (too
) the ices can't reach each other and the combination would collapse part by part.
At this point I noticed two conditions that effects (in a bad way) the ice to join one another:

• temperature should quite hot
  
• container should be plastic not glass for a more flexibility

=> This time I work on a tall glass of about 9-10 inches tall. I tried making the combination for five times. This time is harder because the bottom of the glass is sharp so with few ices able to fit in, ti's unable to support the bottom ices. Furthermore, there's a part of glass sticking out at the bottom so the hot water wasn't able to thoroughly cover the glass. The water completely miss when pour from the top and when pour at the sides the water doesn't distribute evenly. As a result, I use a hot cup of water touching the glass.
so.. this is as tall I could make it at this point.
When it is released: http://vimeo.com/10523605
What it looks like: http://vimeo.com/10523640


How are they able to stick to one another? +
What happens when the combination melt?

• Because I gave it some time to melt, the ice was able to join one another a little. Usually, these parts would melt later than the part with no ice connected.
• Notice that the top and the bottom ice lie horizontally so they are able to cover the area easier.
• The combination usually look like they are connected when melt.
• Be shaking, the cup before turning the it up-side-down, the ice fragments sometimes cover the parts that isn't connected to one another. Also, the ice goes into its best position to fit into the cup. When the ice melt, there are some areas that melt dramatically and the combination usually collapse part by part.

Idea 2: Breaks

Things that I will explore or experiment more about:
What is the outcome shape of ice when breaking?

Tube:
I use a spoon to hit on it once. Then the ice scatter. There is no piece that is a whole circle. The shapes are mostly in square or rectangle. There is no piece that stays as a ring. The shapes are mostly in square or rectangle. It mostly break in half.

Cube:
Cubes are very strong although I use a spoon to hit it like the tube one above but it takes so many times until it breaks. The parts that break are some times a flat plane and sometimes a random shape.

Glass:
I experimented on it teo times. The first one I use a spoon to smash at the most breakable part which is the side not the bottom. After it breaks, the bottom stay as one piece while the others are all scattered. There's no ring in this one.

The second one is dropped from a certain height then the ice glass mainly breaks into two pieces. The bottom and the non-bottom... The side may not be all scattered because of the thicker build.

The combination:

http://vimeo.com/10522866
I just have to lift it up for it to scatter into pieces Anyhow, poking it doesn't work.

After looking at these ices breaking, I think that the motion of the combination of ice is more interesting than the final shape. The ices scattered around as if they are rejecting one another is very catching.

Idea 1: Spark

Things that I explore or experiment more about:

1. How does different shape of ice spark? tube, cube, cup
   
2. How does ices spark when they are combined together? cup shape, etc..
   
3. How does sparkle change when put in different texture? salt, alcohol
   
4. How does light reflection differ in varying color? red, yellow, green, orange, black, white
   
5. How is ice spark different from other materials? ice, plastic, glass, acrylic

1. How does different shape of ice spark?

Cube:
There are many textures that may contribute to how it sparkle. Anyhow, the one I test have too many textures inside that everything appear blur.

This one is clearer and have less texture inside so the texture stands out. It is like a firework inside. The bubbles spread from one spot.

Glass:
White at the toppest edge,, due to light. Seems like there are line. There are sometimes bubbles.

Dark background is the best to be able to see the texture. Super blur at the bottom. You can't see a thing there. This means that there're so many small bubbles within.

Looking at the glass when it's broken. The place where light hits turn totally white like on the edges. There is somehow path or each section of the glass. For this one is a diagonal path raising slightly. There are also so many small bubbles inside that it appears white. Sometimes there are large bubbles and when it melt, the bubbles inside also get bigger and so it shine more. When it's clear it would appear in a smooth shade...it's different from when there's many small bubbles inside.
The glittering effect of ice that make itself unique is maybe due ot holes and bubbles inside ice.

Hexagonal:
When shaped as a hexagon-like shape, the ice acts the same as when it's shaped into a cube. The bubbles inside remind me of a city under water where there are a lot of corals and bubbles.

This is the bubbles I was talking about.

Tube:
Sudden change in gradient or shade like black to white or light gray to white shows on where the hole is. The two sides of ice sometimes appear light and sometimes dark. It somehow looks cloudy. The edges are super light almost white all the way.

There is a dark spo9t in the middle. The outer diameter doesn't have any dark spot. It only contains light gray-white spark. The pattern on the ice is a line from the center to the outer circle.

2. How does ices spark when they are combined together?

• Dark near the edges due to the dark background. However, if the background isn't black I expect it to be a darker color but not as dark as black.
• Light at the edges (outline)
• Sparkle differently due to different texture of each o the ice, Some of them looks like has asteroid pattern.
• What seperate each ice in my vision are the light edges of each. also, it seems like a line.
• the reflect due to the light distort once, twice, again, and again. The spark is almost unpredictable as the ice's shape is curved and its thickness ain't the same. Also, there are many layers of ices.

The holes inside or bubbles inside ices shouldn't be too small or else, the sparkle would be too hard to be seen. Therefore, an adequate size if bubble or hole gives the best sparkle in my eyes.

3. How does sparkle change when put in different texture? +
4. How is ice light reflection differ in varying color?

1. There are white lines everywhere. The feeling is the same whn touching a normal ice.
2. Looks like coconut meat inside.
3. There's like an asteroid pattern or moon pattern on it. The white lines seems like it's sparkling. Dark at the bottom. All the patterns appear at the top which used to be the bottom.
4. Super light yellow color. There's a stipe due to the effect of salt. Clear at the bottom.
5. It looks like it has a fiber inside.
6. I can see small spikes at the edge as the salt does it effect on making the pattern.
7. The crack is dark so it gives more of the jade-like feeling which is inside the ice.
8. I noticed that the spikes appear only when it melts. The spikes usually align with one another.
9. There is a stonen pattern as there are color clustered in a line.
10. Shining especially on the tip of each spikes that hit the light. There seems to be texture under.
11. Because I put in little black water color in it, there is some black stain on the ice. The pattern looks like a kind of rock.
12. The black ice sparkles the most as the white light color differ so muck from the black ice.
13. Normal ice with no pattern. Just bubbles insdie and smooth outside.
14. Also has pattern on top although it's really hard to see.
15. There's some pattern on it. It's not blue at all. The color is the same as normal water.
16. The pattern is more clear than normal water with salt. Not blue.

The black cube with salt is the most beautiful as there's a pattern on top. Anyhow, the other colors doesn't bring out any unique ability of ice's shine.

5. How is ice spark different from other materials?

The Three Ideas

The three ideas that interest me the most are:

• Ice's spark or its light reflection
  
• Ice's shape when break
• Ice combination
  

Further Water Exploration

My imaginary Diagram.

In the process of making the water slide.

When done...

Here is the video when the water flows: http://vimeo.com/10367137

After the water flows in.

Further Ice Exploration

Exploration

Rose

[Failed] Stone Henge

Hand Ice sculpture>> Notice the shadow,,, it isn't completely dark but has light within it too.
Here is an investigation on the movement of the ice: http://vimeo.com/10367308

What is there? ICE!! The ice blends with the rock but distort its image.

Ice sculpture made by a cup.

This is what happens when the Ice cup sculpture melt.

Exploration

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Essay

Ice <=> Water

Ice melts into water and water freeze into ice. The two phrases of the phase change between liquid and solid is called “melting” and “freezing”. Transformation between these two forms of subject is to be researched. Therefore, I have done two experiments with the transformation of ice form into fluid. First, a normal ice cube of 1”x1” melting into water. Second, an ice cube of the same size with salt sprinkled on top. The way the two ice cubes transform is to be inspected.

In the first experiment, an ice cube of 1”x1” is set on top of an ice cream bag left to melt at a room temperature over 30°c. In every 30 seconds, its photo is taken. The transparent ice melts slowly according to its surface area. The melted ice became water running down onto the ice cream bag. Incidentally, ice cream bag which keep things cool might have an effect on the melting rate of the ice cube. The appearance of water when flowing down isn’t like water drop but it looks more like a transparent liquid covering the cube. This means that water runs down from every pixel of ice cube constantly instead of from a single spot. Furthermore, ice mostly melts at the top instead of at the bottom. This shows how air contains more heat than the water at the bottom. When melting, the eight corners become a lot duller so it makes the cube seem more round. After melting, water rest on the ice cream bag where it might help in keeping ice cube temperature at the bottom.

In the second experiment, an ice cube slightly smaller than 1”x1” is placed on top of a transparent plastic which is on top of a white paper. The temperature is still over 30°c which is at room temperature. This time, video of the process is recorded on instead of taking picture every half a minute. After setting the ice cube on top and have a pack of salt sprinkled at the top like a mountain, I started to record the transformation. Because the melting rate later became slow, I put in additional salt in the latter part of the experiment. The result was the same as I had expected. The center of the ice is a cavity. This is because the mixture of salt and water needs a lower cooling point, in other word; it has to be colder to freeze. As a result, it ended up that there is a hole like a basket in the middle of the ice before the rest melts. It is as if there are two parts of transformation. The first is when the ice convert into a basket and the second is when the basket totally melts into water.

Comparing the two transformations with one another, I think that the second experiment is a lot more interesting as there is an effect of concavity due to the different rate to melt. Anyhow, an ice cube laid in a room temperature of above 30°c would take approximately 30 minutes to melt. There are many things we can play with the transformation between ice and water like putting a transparent figure in a cube. Freeze it with water. After it became solid, melt it. Imagine how fabulous it would be when everything around the figure melts leaving a transparent, ice-like form behind. Another idea is to melt ice into hot water. The process would be extremely fast as hot water melt ice faster. Layers, color, can be played with when considering the topic of transformation between water and ice.

Experiment No.2 on Ice

I use salt too for this one...

See the experiment: here

or under here vvv (low resolution)

Experimenting No.1 on Ice

This is my first experiment where I only take picture of an ice transforming into water.