Fairy RingsTopia

Fairy rings are naturally occurring mushroom circles found in forests and grasslands mostly in Western Europe. It is often associated with folklore and danger. Traditionally linked to witches or the Devil so they symbolize a place that is to be approached with caution and respect. In our concept, the mushrooms move away from those who get too close, signaling they shouldn’t be disturbed. Some mushrooms rise from the ground referencing intimidation. The crystal in the centre draws attention, inviting observation rather than interference. It also emits a high pitched sound when touched to startle anyone tempted to take it. The colorful, lit-up environment is inspired by Barbie Fairytopia to reinforce the fictional, magical setting, connecting the name "Fairy rings" to its fairy-themed inspiration. Although real life fairy rings are linked to witches or the devil, the irony lies in the environment looking the opposite of what you'd expect. As well as fictional fairies aren't typically associated with danger or evil. This contrast makes it more eye-catching and attention-grabbing than the typical depiction of witches or the devil.

Connect the motorshield and arduino board together

The mechanism includes 6 servors.

Connect the servos to the arduino board and motor shield. Then it´s possible to adjust the degrees, delays as wanted, after making the code in the lap top.

Light sensor and resistor can be soldered together and then soldered to jumper wires, so it can all be in one connection (without a breadboard).

Make sure to solder together both ends of both components where the green line shows in the image above. From there you connect the ends with the jumper wires. We used some extra wires to prolong the jumper wires from out the sensors. Then the sensor can be attached to whatever and is not limited to the boards. Change the sensorValue so it is just below (<) the active value when you look at the Serial Monitor in Arduino.

For the sound you simply get a touchboard, alligator clips, and a speaker to connect to the item you would like to have make a sound. One side of the clip is connected to pne of the metals on the end of the board and the other connects to the item that makes the sound.

We used Scratch website to explore possible sounds: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/220267402/remixes/

For the LED lights, connect it to the breadboard and Arduino Uno and attach light sensor and resistor like in the step 2 (solder to prolong). Choose the color code you wish and change the sensorValue just like the second step.

3d print sticks that fit on the servos so a mushroom can fbe attached to it. You can find the base sketch on “Thingaverse”

Also 3D print this rock and carved out a hole inside so that the servos would fit. (plus a hole where the wires go out)

We cut out the size that we wanted for the landscape in cardboard and made holes for each servo. Only three of the six servos are inside the 3d printed rock. The other three are attached to the landscape.

Next we attached the led light to it, and used baking paper to cover the lights before building the landscape around it. We built it up with papermass/ newspapers (water and wood glue). After it had dried we started painting

Lastly we add some element from the real nature to make it look more realistic and 3d.