Glowing LED masks
By Mayank Sharma. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
Lights are an important part of the Halloween festivities. The annual holiday can be traced back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, where people would light bonfires and don costumes to ward off evil spirits and ghosts.
Erin St. Blaine is a fashion and LED artist and has combined the two to create glowing mirror masks. The tutorial covers two designs, but Erin says the technique can be used on masks of any shape and size.
The main electronics behind the mask are the Adafruit HalloWing and NeoPixel LED strips. The mask shines with the help of a flexible one-way mirror film that you can buy online. Erin also tells you how to make your own to help keep the costs down. The best thing about the project is that you can do it without any soldering. Erin used a needle and thread to stitch the NeoPixels around the outer edge of the mask. The HalloWing adds another unique dimension to the mask, but you can skip it to simplify the build.
Mayank is a Padawan maker with an irrational fear of drills. He likes to replicate electronics builds and gets a kick out of hacking everyday objects creatively
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