My ANAT Synapse Residency MirrorMirror emerged from wide ranging interests in historical and contemporary optical devices and the projected image. It was a collaboration with Dr Geoff Campbell at the ANU Research School of Physics, exploring how mirror can be used as a material component in the dynamic generation of optical moving images.
Each facet of the optical component is cut with a different pattern on the nano-lathe, so that when each facet rotates within the line of the optical system, it generates a different optical image to create the illusion of movement.
This is a simpler version of the 24-sided polygon. It functions according to the same premise, that when each unique pattern is rotated within the optical system, it generates a different image.
Calculating the ‘trigger’ points on the tip of the diamond tool (using the lathe’s camera) to locate the centre point of the tool relative to the x-axis and the centre of the mirror component being cut.