Process – M A Rosner

I'm studying art & design at the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design. This is an ongoing collection of my process and final work through present day. Enjoy!

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Nomadic Shelf - prototype iteration #1 2″ wooden dowels, 1/2″ Birch Plywood, Nylon Straps & Metal Ratchet Buckles

– lasercut chipboard router jig – clamps and measured stops to rout grooves on router table

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Textural Underforms (2015) black sharpie, white butcher paper

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Performance exploring new ideas around curating the bulb.   the fluorescent bulb is my constant. (the rest is variable)

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New vertical socket and cap:  Enables new bulb/wire situation.

discussing ideas of curating the bulb and other components around speculative and taxonomic themes. Exploring alternative futures of fluorescent lighting.

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New socket design enables new bulb/wire situation: balancing bulb

Early socket prototype – developing cap and counterweight

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Investigating Ideas:  Light as Armature

October 2015

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Scaling things down (1:6) I've begun an exercise in small scale mock-ups enabling me to brainstorm and realize new light compositions/sculptures faster and more effectively.

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Exploring small joinery and miter cutting with the laser cutter in preparation for scale models

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First silicone casts of the bulb cap at 1.4" inner dia. Considering a larger diameter to reduce exterior form deflection. This would decrease the amount of grip on the bulb, but would look better and more intentional.

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Urethane Mold Making - Pouring and Casting

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Urethane Mold Making - Setup

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1st rough prototype for next fluorescent light fixture

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New directions with Machine & Marker

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Screenshot from the new frontier.  Iteration #4 with redesigning the fluorescent bulb socket.

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Light testing. W/new technologies.

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A new project exploring electrical wire as an architectural component of the built environment. How might an electrical wire become a more accessible, approachable, and intentional object within built spaces? There is a duality with electrical wires in many homes: the ones behind the wall (rigid, hidden, not intended for human contact) and the ones that plug into the wall (squiggly, spontaneous, unplanned, often cluttered or out of place). I'm curious if there are other ways to experience electrical wires in the domestic/built environment that go further to consider the space (visual & physical) electrical wires occupy. One idea (above) is a pin-able, nail-able, and screw-able electrical wire.

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Prototyping and finding tolerances with .25" styrene I-Beams and 3D printed sizing plate.

Beginning of a concept using the non-structural I-Beam as a modular component for furniture and lighting objects.