I've made good progress on the BUFU application, including getting specific dates nailed down. I will use the formal proposal (from the previous post) and one or two sketches for the application.
Yesterday I did my first lighting/materials experiment: I hung a sheet of fabric about two feet away from a bare light bulb in an otherwise dark room. I did this about 10 times with various materials (for example cheesecloth, silk, several thicknesses of muslin, cotton batting, and felt). The results were surprising - the most successful combination was two layers of cotton muslin with quilt batting sandwiched between them, exactly what I would use for a functional quilt. These materials cast the kind of warm glow I'm looking for.
I haven't consulted many outside sources this week - I've spent most of my time thinking, writing and drawing. But I did come across an interesting line in a Wikipedia article about memory:
One of the primary functions of sleep is improving consolidation of information, as several studies have shown that memory depends on getting enough sleep between training and test.
Yesterday I did my first lighting/materials experiment: I hung a sheet of fabric about two feet away from a bare light bulb in an otherwise dark room. I did this about 10 times with various materials (for example cheesecloth, silk, several thicknesses of muslin, cotton batting, and felt). The results were surprising - the most successful combination was two layers of cotton muslin with quilt batting sandwiched between them, exactly what I would use for a functional quilt. These materials cast the kind of warm glow I'm looking for.
I haven't consulted many outside sources this week - I've spent most of my time thinking, writing and drawing. But I did come across an interesting line in a Wikipedia article about memory:
One of the primary functions of sleep is improving consolidation of information, as several studies have shown that memory depends on getting enough sleep between training and test.
