Blue Moons

 Volkin says her work combines art and science, and she is inspired by the light of New Mexico. Combining colored plexiglass with dichroic and holographic films reveals the spectrum and wavelengths of light. The films split a beam of light into two beams with different wavelengths. As a result, new colors appear. “I am exploring the effects of reflected light. As I space several layers of colored plexiglass, they reveal new layers of color. The colors are constantly changing as seen from different angles. The viewer becomes involved as new colors are revealed. In my recent work, I combine colored and clear plexiglass with iridescent film to create changing colors.”