Different mediums

I tried using some different methods to make my ghost images.  This first one I placed onto silver card instead of a mirror, I quite like the colour and the contrast in it.

 I drew the figure on this one using wax on acetate.  I liked using the wax but I put it on very thickly in parts so it got a bit cracked and is raising away from the acetate.  I liked the dripping effect you can get using wax.

 This one was made with layers of paper mache, paint and mirror film on acetate.  It didn't turn out very good but I might try another one using different materials such as layers of fabric or add more definition to it by stitching or something.

Infinity mirror Video

I made a video of my infinity mirror just to show what it looks like from different angles an how the depth is much smaller than it appears from the front.

Mirror Wall

I wanted to display all my mirrors as a whole, as if on an old wall in a house.  I went to get some wallpaper but I didn't find any I liked so I made painted some myself on large sheets of paper stuck together using doilies as stencils to create the design. I really like how it turned out because it looks kind of old and distressed and as if it's been affected by dampness in parts.  I was planning on displaying it out in the corridor but the walls there were too hard to push thumbtacks into and tape would not have been strong enough to hold both the paper and the mirrors. I ended up hanging it on my wall above my desk as I was able to use thumbtacks there.

I want to put the infinity mirror in the middle of the piece of wallpaper but when I tried it fell which made cracks in the mirror.  I still think it looks OK like this as some of my mirrors were meant to look broken anyway and the cracks kind of radiate out from the figure in the middle but I think it might make it more difficult to hang so I may end up replacing the mirror when I get some hooks to hang it by.  I also added a frame to it which I painted silver. I chose silver as I thought it went well with the blue lights. I did this to make it look more like the kind of mirror you would find hanging on a wall.  I also want to add my other infinity mirror to the wall, maybe below the first one or in one of the bottom corners. 

I like the way the shards of mirror in the above image kind of distort reflections.

Haunted Infinity Mirrors

I made an infinity mirror with a ghost image in it, I wanted it to be like the Peppers Ghost illusion but the mirror film I used was too see through.   I tried putting just an image without the mirror behind the frame and that worked better but I preferred the infinity effect.

 I added a second layer of mirror film to the glass to see if that would make it more opaque when the lights were off.   It worked a bit better than the single layer.  When the mirror was on the floor, the infinity effect made it look as though there was a pit in the floor.

 I put some candles in it to see what it looked like and I really liked the affect, but unfortunately candles wouldn't be safe to have lighting in it all the time.

 Because I liked the way the candles looked, I made another version with yellow lights.

 The mirrors looked best when the lights were switched off.

I layered the two frames which looked cool too as it had more light reflections.  With the frames layered and only the yellow lights on it still looked like there were blue lights too because of the blue tint to the window film.

I really liked the effect of the infinity mirrors.  I think some of them looked a slightly alter-ish or religious but I liked that too.  I found using different lights like the blue lights, yellow lights and candles interesting.  I'd like to see what happens if I try even more light effects such as frosted or stained bulbs.

Ghost Photograpy

I created a ghost effect when taking photos by using a slow shutter speed on my camera, dim lighting and moving out of the picture while it was still being taken. It took a while for me to get the lighting right as when it was too bright, the image was too faded for me to be able to use it on a mirror. 

 

 

The photos worked best when I used the light from the hallway coming through the door.  I chose clothes an tulle that created good effects for movement.  The tulle gives the effect of an aura surrounding the figure. I edited the photos and applied different effects to them with Photoshop. Then I put them onto mirrors.

The chrome effect on this image looks like the figure is melting out of or coming out of the mirror, like something emerging from a mirror dimension.  This has given me the idea to make something like this in relief.