Resonant Imagery is a collaborative integration of printing (Saenz) and new media (McCoin) methodologies combined to create a 35-piece portfolio of cymatics sourced printed works. In this context, cymatics refers to the vibrations of frequency-specific sound waves being played through a speaker, and used as the activation energy to move print-based materials (toner, flocking, ect.) into visual patterns. A thin metal plate with an attached piece of paper is mounted on top of an audio speaker laying face-up on a table. On top of the paper is placed a small mound of toner or flocking powder. Specific monophonic frequencies and waveforms (sine, square, etc.) are fed into the speaker via synthesizer, to vibrate the plate/paper, which in turn creates a visual pattern with the toner or flocking. The resulting visual patterns are captured, scanned, and used as source materials for a print. The color choices come from an application that generates colors that are resonant with the specific sound frequencies used for each pattern.






