NeoLucida optical drawing aid

Made:
2013 in United States
NeoLucida optical drawing aid NeoLucida optical drawing aid

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NeoLucida optical drawing aid
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

NeoLucida optical drawing aid
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

NeoLucida optical drawing aid. Modern update on the original camera lucida drawing tool. Designed by Pablo Garcia and Golan Levin in 2013, and manufactured in partnership with Big Idea Design. Funded through Kickstarter.

The NeoLucida is an optical drawing aid that lets you trace what you see. It is a modern reinterpretation of the camera lucida, an indispensable tool popular in the days before photography was invented. How does it work? The NeoLucida prism acts like a beamsplitter; when you look down into the eyepiece, you see a ghost image of your subject on your paper. You can also see your hand, so you can trace from real life.

The NeoLucida is inspired by a long history of optical drawing tools, modernized using 21st century manufacturing and materials.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Object Number:
2019-323
Materials:
plastic (unidentified), metal (unknown) and glass
Measurements:
box: 170 mm x 295 mm x 30 mm,
type:
camera lucida
credit:
Garcia, Pablo