A new circuit board edition titled “Patch Bird,” 2019. Analog electronics, copper etching, patina, and acrylic on fiberglass panel. The image on the right shows the backlighting turned on.
inspiration
Night birds in a PCB /
Screen shots from a PCB that I’m designing — an analog electronic bird song generator with a primitive interface for adjusting the song, aka “patch bird.”
Birds in various cages, Faraday etc. /
Screenshot from a work in progress. Birds in various cages, Faraday or otherwise. September 2019
Study of birds at night /
Study of birds at night from a new work in progress. September, 2019
Big Pretty Bird process /
Front and back of my “Big Pretty Bird” printed circuit board in the factory, just prior to etching. August 2019
Analog electronic warbler experiment /
This analog electronic birdsong generator circuit is comprised of 5 transistor oscillators, several passive filters, and an audio transformer “voice” generator.
PCB fine art edition, WIP /
Detail of a work in progress (printed circuit board as a fine art edition). Kelly Heaton, August, 2019
Detail of new work in progress /
Detail of new work in progress, 2019