Hey everyone, Jason here. Today we are joined by the one and only Kristal.
Why are you joining us today Krystal? Well, I have finally finished my third in a
series of sculptures that give us a look inside the human mind. So, you've been
working on this project for quite a long time. You built the first one five years
ago, so maybe you should remind us what it actually was about. Yeah, um well the
first one is a head exactly the same as these ones,
except it's white and as you open it up, it opens to reveal inside the mind of
the artist. It shows this yellow castle and this colorful world with, um, with a
mishmash of characters around the outside. And the reason why we actually
don't have that model here is because it is on display in the LEGO house right
now, for the next year. So, if you ever find yourself in Billund you can go see
it there. And, a few years ago you built the second model in this series which is..
Inside the mind of the engineer. As you turn the crank, the side of this head
comes out and a series of pistons and gears lift the light bulb to the top, and
it turns on when it gets to the top. Which brings us to today and can you
tell us what this model is about? Today my sculpture gives a look inside the
tortured mind. As you open this sculpture, you see a dark figure with its head on
its knees and a monster looming over top that represents all of the person's
fears and anxieties and the things that cause it grief. In the background there's
some looming mountains and some dark storm clouds. So let's take a look at how
it works. The first thing we'll notice is that
there are four hinge bricks on the back of the side of the head, which are what
allow the side of the head to swing open.
And Kristal wanted the seam here to be quite jagged to fit with the mood of the
model. The side of the head is held closed using a single stud, which you can
see here, and it just interfaces with the back of a headlight brick here to keep the
head closed. It's actually quite a strong connection.
The second thing you might notice is that the inside of the head is actually
quite dark, both literally and figuratively,
so Kristal wanted to add some LEDs so that you could more easily pick out some
of the details in the mountains and the clouds, and it also adds to the mood of
the model as well. The figure is sitting on this platform here, which is connected
to this quarter round gear rack, commonly referred to as a banana gear, and it is
just sitting loosely constrained between this gear and these two wheels, and it's
connected to the side of the head using this bar here. So that as you open and
close the side of the head the gear rack slides in and out.
This gear is connected through a series of gears underneath, which we'll see in a second,
to this gear in the back, which interfaces with this vertical gear rack.
So that as you open and close the side of the head, both those gears rotate at the same
speed and that back gear moves that gear rack up and down.
The monster is connected to the top of that gear rack through this bar, which just rests
loosely on this wheel mounted at the back of the head, and that is what causes
the monster to come out and over the figure as the head is opened.
Now let's take a closer look at what is going on underneath.
With the floor removed, we can now see how this gear drives the gear in the
back through some bevel gears and axles underneath.
And we can also see how the LEDs are wired up. There are two LEDs underneath the top of the head here,
with the wires running behind the mountains on the side. There are two LEDs mounted
underneath the side of the head here, with the wires running down behind these mountains.
And there are two LEDs in the front of the model here.
The LEDs are all wired to a PFX brick we have in the base, which is probably a little bit overkill
for the static lighting we're using in this model, but it is what we had conveniently
on hand, so that's what we used. I'd like to thank Kristal for joining us and
giving us some insight into her creations. As always, thanks for watching,
keep on building, and we'll see you next time.
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