Resistor Canvases

What do they do?

A resistor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that implements electrical resistance as a circuit element. In electronic circuits, resistors are used to reduce current flow, adjust signal levels, to divide voltages, bias active elements, and terminate transmission lines, among other uses.

A capacitor (originally known as a condenser) is a passive two-terminal electrical component used to store energy electrostatically in an electric field. The forms of practical capacitors vary widely, but all contain at least two electrical conductors (plates) separated by a dielectric (i.e., insulator).

A transistor, also known as a BJT (Bipolar Junction Transistor), is a current driven semiconductor device which can be used to control the flow of electric current in which a small amount of current in the Base lead controls a larger current between the Collector and Emitter.

………………………………i’m still non the wiser really!!

vessel : stainless steel mesh, copper wire, recycled capacitors

vessel : stainless steel mesh, aluminium wire, petri dish, capacitors

detail : recycled resistors and capacitors

vessel : stainless steel mesh, Petri dish, recycled resistors

Pigmented liquid Jesmonite has now been painted and poured onto these canvases. I have tried to get a crash understanding of electrical wiring…and it is impossible for me to get my head around! So I imagine these vessel artefacts going into ‘melt down’ once an electrical current is applied!

To see the final pieces, look at ‘Melt Down’ series in Viscous Meniscus Vessels