Exploring Holography through Science and Art

The author outlines her experiences as a holographer, from her physics studies in 1981 at the University of Vermont, to her graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to the building of her own laboratory. She describes the progression of her holographic imagery from concerns with organic forms to relationships between holographic images and real objects. She describes the in-situ swelling technique she developed for creating multicolor reflection, holograms without moving the holographic plate between exposures.