Making a 14-foot Plexiglas sculpture in the shape of a lotus look like it’s moving to the beat of your favorite electronic band has probably never crossed your mind.

But that’s what Devon Bryant does for a living.

Bryant, a Marion native and visual artist, is on the cutting edge of a technology called projection mapping, which uses three-dimensional software to project video onto a surface. Done right, the technique can make objects appear to be on fire or buildings look like they’re rippling in the wind.

“Right now projection mapping is a very new thing. There are only a handful of artists touring with some sort of large projecting stage design,” said Bryant, who learned to map by experimentation.

Earlier this year Bryant was brought in as a consultant to help the electronic band EOTO projection map onto a lotus prop that would surround the band on stage. Working with his friend and EOTO’s video jockey Zebblar, the pair created projections that were fantastic but had an element of reality.

“We try to bring things that, although they’re beautiful and abstract, have a connection to real life,” Bryant said. “It catches fire, looks like a digital computer chip flower and looks like its under water.”

While many projection mapping artists create their video and then hit play, Bryant creates projections that match EOTO’s unscripted shows, making the video malleable enough to shift with the mood of the band and the venue where they’re planning.

“Angle, stage height, depth can change how the image will look when you project it. You have to do some technical work to match projections perfectly on to the surface of the sculpture,” said Bryant.

Beyond consulting, Bryant, didn’t expect to keep a connection with EOTO. One week before the band’s spring tour, however, the technician hired to set-up and take down the lotus fell through. Bryant was called in.

“It was an opportunity I really couldn’t say no to. Very few people in the world are getting to do this kind of thing.”

The Massachusetts College of Art and Design graduate had spent several years in Colorado creating collages and art installations before taking on the lotus. With 40 shows for the spring tour, Bryant said it took some time to get used to a new schedule.

“Generally as a fine artist, I got to set up my own hours and wake up when I wanted, so this was a whole new thing of really being at the mercy of other peoples’ schedules,” he said.

“It’s been an amazing experience. I’ve been to more states in the past two months than in the past fifteen years.”

For the summer, Bryant is commuting between his home in Marion and performances at festivals across the country. Once the tour ends, he and Zebblar are going back to the studio.

“It’s harder and harder to get people to come out to a show. You really have to push the experience and the unique event aspect of it.”

So far, it seems to be working. The band’s technologically innovative shows have been drawing fans, but Bryant said he’s interested in pushing the envelope further with projection mapping.

“I know there are places to go that haven’t been done before.”