Layered light
The display supplies the sky, clouds, water, surf, and changing light. The printed scene supplies the depth and shadow.
CASTALIAINSTITUTE / OBJECT STUDIES
Luminary
A living coastal landscape in a 7 × 5-inch shadow box: opaque printed landforms over a rear-mounted animated display of sky and water.
Coastal silhouette
Source-aligned opaque island, breaker, and foreground-rock layers preserve the photo’s coastline while leaving real water open to the display.
Parametric fit
The production rear plate fits the Waveshare ESP32-P4 7-inch landscape display inside a 7 × 5-inch hinged shadow-box door.
CURRENT BUILD NOTES
Made to catch the light.
- Distant island
- 1.6 mm
- Foreground relief
- 5.0 mm total
- Print reference
- 0.2 mm nozzle
- Display
- 7 in / 1024 × 600
- Door
- 7 × 5 × 1 in