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The Living Constellation

A partial LED lapel rig is turning black wool into a moving night sky. Exposed wiring and a battery kept safely on the table make the current physical stage clear: circuitry, heat, and placement are still being mapped.

Power and heat mapping

Programmable LED nodes, flexible wire, black wool, portable power, heat shielding

An unfinished black jacket with a partial LED pattern, exposed wires, and a battery test on a studio workbench.

More than 200 brooches and more than 620 crystals and gemstones are already installed across royal blue. Placement is concentrating reflected light across the shoulder, lapel, sleeves, and trouser line while the final density remains in progress.

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CONSTRUCTION / MOVEMENT / CARE

Materials, construction, movement, and handling.

Materials

Materials

Programmable LED nodes, flexible wire, black wool, portable power, heat shielding

Programmable LED nodes, flexible wire, black wool, portable power, heat shielding

Weight or current measure

Weight or current measure

Weight is not recorded for this unfinished work.

Weight is not recorded for this unfinished work.

Construction

Construction

The verified physical work is a partial lapel rig using temporary hand stitching, removable wire channels, low-voltage LED tests, and timed heat readings. The battery remains on the table during the current stage.

The verified physical work is a partial lapel rig using temporary hand stitching, removable wire channels, low-voltage LED tests, and timed heat readings. The battery remains on the table during the current stage.

Wear

Wear

Wearability is being tested only on partial panels and a supported dress form.

Wearability is being tested only on partial panels and a supported dress form.

Care

Care

Store test panels flat, dark, and separated from finished work.

Store test panels flat, dark, and separated from finished work.

Physical presence

Power and heat mapping are underway on the partial lapel rig. Current checks keep the battery off the body and examine wire flexibility at the shoulder.

Decision record

No finished failure history is claimed. The unresolved decisions are battery placement, heat control, flexible routing, and how the unlit circuitry should read against black wool.

Handling and care

Separate test materials from completed work and record any transfer, heat, cracking, or shedding.