light quares is a wall installation that allows the user to control a field of fifteen 3in by 3in conductive squares. the squares are placed on a wodden board and are held up off the surface by a 3d printed ball and socket. each conductive square with have an led underneath, illuminating the wodden surface below it. being placed on a ball and socket will give the user full range of motion to the square. pushing and turning it in whichever direction they please, to reflect the light of the leds.

the purpose of the project is to have the user create and form patterns with the touch of their finger illuminating the room however they want. the project uses arduinos, capactive shields, leds, ball and sockets, wood, wires, wires for your wires, tape, and more tape.

learning how to code and wire arduinos was challenge, but 100% fun. learning how to cut wood and metals was 25% fun. in the end this project was a project that seemed simple and something that would be easy to exicute, so i could have a clean and successful installation. i was wrong! there was a lot to do just to have some leds run with the touch of a finger. as well as just cutting wood (myfirst board warped and snapped two days before installation day) in fact, my original plans were to have 50-100 squares with an led on each side of the square. that's 400 leds. it was a nice idea though. overall i had a blast creating and making this project and will continue to pursue working with arduinos in the future.