Organic Electric - Manta Ray
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"Manta Ray" - 18"H x 24"W x 36"D - viewed at eye-level
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"Manta Ray" (view from slightly below)
Manta Ray is the third large-scale LED mesh piece in the Organic Electric series. It features 1600 bright white LEDs soldered together into a formable mesh. The piece hangs from a central wire and plugs into an external power supply. Because of the efficiency of LEDs, at maximum brightness, the piece consumes only 96 watts of electricity, .
the hand-soldered mesh of 1600 LEDs before being formed
The mesh is at once rigid and flexible. At this size, the mesh starts to exhibit wave-like movement when in motion. In other words, it flops.