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make art from science
what happens when science and art intersect?
exploring cymatics and harmonography
~ the art of making sound waves visible ~
Cymatics
SoundMuse offers a range of creative experiments and activities. Participants observe the effect of sound - usually a sustained single note of specific pitch - on various materials using musical instruments and unusual scientific apparatus. These include Chladni Plates, Eidophones and Vibration Generators. The emergent wave patterns, revealed through granules, liquids and pastes, can be used to create fascinating visual images.
Chladni plates
sound patterns in sand on a metal plate
Eidophone
sound patterns in sand on a rubber drum
creating sound prints using an electric eidophone
vibration generator
~ using sound to change the form of soap bubbles ~
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vibration generator
water & light, photographed
vibration generator
creating sound prints (2) - ink on water
Harmonography
Participants explore the visual effect of two sustained sounds played together using a string pendulum or a drawing machine called a harmonograph. Instead of sound vibration, two pendulums swinging at different rates make musical harmony visual via complex and beautiful patterns
Pendulum painting
string pendulum and paint
Harmonograph drawing
2 or 3 pendulum drawing machine -
ink on paper or light trails, photographed
For more information, please email: nick@soundmuse.co.uk
or enquire here
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