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bookofjoe: 8 Circles. 1,000 Efforts by Tony Orrico.
"Tony Orrico performs a graphite drawing of 8 circles. Each circle is drawn by four patterns consisting of 31.25 efforts each, 1,000 efforts total. The roll is measured by the torso and one arm. This event took place in 2009 at PlacMark, a residency and performance space in Hudson, New York."Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!
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Jeremy May's jewelry made from books -
Paper is many things: a carrier of text, illustration, history and emotion.Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!
Jeremy May has captured the beauty of paper via a unique laminating process. Littlefly jewellery is made by laminating hundreds sheets of paper together, then carefully finishing to a high gloss. The paper is selected and carefully removed from a book, and the jewellery re-inserted in the excavated space.
Each piece is impossible to replicate, and is unique to the wearer. The beauty of the jewels extends within the piece: text and images pass all the way though the object, only exposed at the surfaces – giving a tantalising glimpse of the book within.
September 1 2010, 11:00pm | More »
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Dimitri Tsykalov's amazing fruit carvings... via NOTCOT.
August 31 2010, 11:00pm | More »
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Starship Enterprise made from ink cartridges via io9. Pete writes -
We gave artist Faith Pearson some empty ink cartridges that were going to be thrown away and asked if she could do anything with them. We were blown away when she came back with these scenes and models including famous Sci Fi movies! It just shows that we all throw too much away that could be put to another use.
August 23 2010, 11:00pm | More »
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More great wall animation by BLU!
BIG BANG BIG BOOM: an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life ... and how it could probably end.
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In July of 2008, Jared Foster's family was having a quiet, normal family gathering when it was invaded by ROBOTS! And where did all the children go? Best family get-together ever! [via the hacktory]
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You're probably already familiar with Nemo Gould's work, covered here on Make: Online, in MAKE magazine, at Maker Faire Bay Area, or through other purveyors of fine maker-inspiring artistry. Nemo sent us links to his two most recent pieces, Party of One and The Race.
Party of One (seen above) was constructed using the following materials: Equipment case, corkscrew, disco ball Christmas ornament, wallpaper, fishing reel, lamp parts, mirrors, LEDs, motors, and vintage radio dial cover. I love the creative use of the fishing reel and the human arm-like movements of the corkscrew. That Nemo Gould is one clever cookie! You can see some images of his build process here.
The second piece, The Race, turns an old radio cabinet into a cinematic depiction of a desert motorcycle race. Found objects used include a radio cabinet, Fresnel lens, picture frame, magazine clippings, bicycle brake parts, lamp parts, typewriter parts, clock and watch parts, toy wheels, door bell button, motors, aluminum, wood, and LEDs. You can see process images of this lovely piece here.
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Check out this time-lapse installation video of a gigantic sculpture of a soccer player by Ratfliffe Fowler Design for Nike. Each voxel in this hanging sculpture is a soccer ball. (via Core77)
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August 19 2010, 7:00am | More »
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UK-based maker and MAKE subscriber Jonathan Jamieson was fascinated by coin pusher arcade games, but put off making his own until seeing a design on Instructables. Spurred into action, he started building. After combining some MDF, perspex, and a surplus servo using a hand-made template, he had constructed his very own penny pusher arcade game. Looks great!
Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!August 16 2010, 9:00pm | More »
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Robert Therrien's giant furniture (above Gagosian gallery)...
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August 13 2010, 11:00pm | More »
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This sculpture was created by artist Pete Simpson from the U.K. Most of his work seems to fall into the fantasy or steampunk labels, with darkly fantastic themes and a lot of gears! [Thanks, Dug.]
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The North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition has an open call for sound artists for their project, nbAUDIO 2011:
NbPac invites Brooklyn-based artists to propose projects for a sound installation to be displayed for the greater North Brooklyn community (Bushwick, Greenpoint, Williamsburg) in Spring 2011. Artists are asked to consider the historical, social, and political atmosphere of North Brooklyn's community in their proposals for sound art. A critical element of the project requires artists to select a site and describe how the public will be engaged in that space and with the artwork itself. Artists are encouraged to create a new work or expand upon former projects that act in response to / in conversation with / or as a commentary on North Brooklyn. Collaborative group projects are welcome! The deadline for applications is Monday, August 30th and the selected artist will be notified on September 15th.
This proposal reminds me of Matt Borgatti's "Anywhere Organ" project, as well as Ranjit Bhatnagar's many sound sculptures.
Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!August 10 2010, 2:00pm | More »
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Animated map of nuclear explosions, 1945-1998...
Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto's "1945-1998" is an animated map showing the 2,053 nuclear explosions that took place around the world during the 20th century, from the detonations at Alamogordo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to the tests conducted by India and Pakistan in 1998.Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!
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Here's a neat video about a design firm in the '60s, and what it looked like to build things before the days of 3d modeling and rapid prototyping. Designers drew out many different plans, then the favorites were cut out in a machine shop, cast, and assembled painstakingly by hand. Looks like fun! [via core77]
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Connecticut-based artist Dalton Ghetti must have amazing eyesight. Pictured here are none other than pencils that he hand-carves to teeny tiny detail. Apparently, Ghetti is a carpenter by trade and the pencils are his side project. He uses razor blades, sewing needles, sculpting knives, and mad skills. My mind is officially blown. [Thanks, Markle!]
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Want to be part of Burning Man, but can't make it to the Playa this year? Well, if you like making pixel art, you might want to check out Illuminatrix! by Ben Delarre and Scott Saunders. They're constructing an RGB display to be shown at the festival, and are looking for people to contribute some art:
Illuminatrix is a project we've put together over the last few months for this years Burning Man festival. Its a 2D array of 16x16 ping pong balls, each of which contains an RGB LED that can be coloured any colour of the rainbow at any time. It will be displayed in the entrance to the More Carrot theme camp and to give it a bit of a twist we've decided to make it possible for everyone to contribute to the animations we'll display on it.Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!
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Becky spotted this delightful improvisation from Dutch artist Helmut Smits. Now we need somebody to put a printer in a windshield wiper blade that can paint graphics across the windshield and/or wipe them off on command. Or maybe a windshield wiper POV display? [via CRAFT]
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The Real Thing - Clean water filtered from Coca-Cola
August 6 2010, 12:00pm | More »
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Ghost of a Dream via NOTCOT.
Dream Car 2008 $39,000 worth of discarded lottery tickets, cardboard, cast plastic, wood, steel, and mirrorRead the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!
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The Lifesize Mousetrap, a crowd favorite and Maker Faire staple for as long as I can remember, is excited to finally have the chance to bring the action to the east coast! As you could imagine, however, moving around that much steel isn't cheap, so they're looking for donations to help them achieve the dream of bringing the show to NYC (and hopefully Pittsburgh and Austin as well!).
We're packin' our tools and hittin' the road with the Maker Faire! We seek financial tour support to take a fun and educational project filled with childhood memories, science, & engineering to the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit and the New York Hall of Science. The Lifesize Mousetrap hopes to land in Pittsburgh and Austin as well! Mark Perez, the man behind the machine, has dreamed of bringing his contraption to NYC for years. We finally have the chance to do just that but we need your help.The Life size Mousetrap weighs in at 50,000 lb... as you can imagine, moving it across the country is a HUGE undertaking. It costs $3 a mile to transport the mousetrap's semi trailer, and we've got 6600 miles to GO!!!
We are excited by our collaboration with the Maker Faire but our current funding does not allow us to make the most out of this rare opportunity.
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August 4 2010, 4:20pm | More »
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Now here's something you don't see every day, printmaking using a steamroller as the press. This took place at the Martha Street Studio Steamroller Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
A few more pictures on their website.
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MAKE subscriber Hans writes in to tell us about the gigantic LED Wall project by Kenny, Cat, Sevan, Jeff, Ginger, and Norm of elnormo.net. They used an ioBridge module connected to an Arduino to create a 20x7 LED array that you can control over the web. And why? Apparently, just for fun of it! [thanks, Hans!]
Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!July 29 2010, 11:30pm | More »
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I have a couple dozen of art instruction books, but few are as fun as Robots!: Draw Your Own Androids, Cyborgs & Fighting Bots, by Jay Stephens. Unlike a lot of other art books geared towards kids, Robots! has less emphasis on step-by-step tutorials (though there are a few of these, which is a good thing), focusing instead on ideas to incorporate into your own bot drawings: heads, sensors, communications subsystems, arms, legs, materials, armor, dials & levers, defense systems, controls, etc.
A word of warning -- the robots in this book err on the side of cute and funny, and aren't very practical or realistic. But if whimsical and joyful bots appeal to you (they appeal to me), this book is a must-have.
For a look at a robot I drew after reading Stephens' book, click here.
The 64-page, full-color, hardback book is $9.32 on Amazon.
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Love Thingiverse, but having trouble coming to terms with the fact that there are just too many awesome designs to be able to print and use them all yourself? Never fear, just use the ThingiverseCollage designer by Marty McGuire, and celebrate the printable goodness by incorporating it into a cool logo! He's using a modified space filling algorithm to create the images from a source vector graphic and lots of STL files, and full source code is available at his website.
Also, how many objects can you identify in the above image?
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Designers Chambers Judd developed this whimsical series of objects that avoid dust, spills, and touch. [via core77]
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Inspired by 19th Century Standhopes, Bristol artist Luke Jerram (of "Play me, I'm yours" fame) designed this elegant and inspired portrait projecting ring for is wife Shelina Nanji as a wedding ring. Working together with jeweler Tamrakar, Jerram created a ring that, in a darkened room, with a light source behind it, will project a series of portraits from a selection of miniature slides. [via DVICE]
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Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool:
I really like this Circuit Board Bench by Doug Chase of Ogden, UT. He constructed it using stainless steel, steel, polyester resin, and polished circuit boards.
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There are some great presenters and exhibitors here at HOPE. Besides the usual suspects: Adafruit, EFF, Sparkle Labs, No Starch Press, there are a number of new faces. One of those is Brad Litwin, here with the folks from The Hacktory in Philadelphia, PA.
We've covered Brad's wonderful kinetic sculptures here before. In his basement shop, he fabricates the parts to make pieces such as the "Sway of Public Opinion" (above) and "Tracker-Rocker" (below). "Sway" uses welding wire, coat hanger material, and copper cladding to create a caterpillar-like line of frantically-peddling bicycling feet. The camera-motor-powered "Tracker-Rocker" gracefully rolls a bearing-ball around a Tilt-a-Whirl-y track.
He's only showing a video of the Quadapult at the con, but it's definitively worth checking out (shades of Animusic, only real) .
More photos, videos, and info at Brad's site.
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Mechanical Atom Smacker
July 17 2010, 5:00pm | More »
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Many moons ago, we posted about the Facadeprinter citing some of its basic early paintball-blasted output.
Since then, the device has apparently undergone some major refinements, now in its second prototype -
The printer is equipped with an industrial PC which is running the specially programmed printing software. The machine is operated by touchscreen. Artworks can be loaded from USB-devices in the file format SVG. With an integrated camera photos of the printing area can be taken and overlayered with a printing preview. This way position and scaling can be adjusted optimally on site. The distance to the wall is measured by infrared-meter and entered manually. The printing software calculates the driving coordinates regarding both the perspective and the ballistic distortion.
July 17 2010, 8:30am | More »
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I've been a fan of Jim Woodring and his psychedelic, surrealist art for decades. You always get the distinct impression that Jim is up to something; that he has a whole special universe of weirdness and wonder swimming around inside his head. Now, thanks to a fundraising program set up through USA (United States Artists), you can be in on at least one of Jim's crazy ideas. He wants to create a giant dip pen, with a beautifully-engineered steel nib, and a finely-turned 6' long wooden pen holder. Once the pen has been crafted, he wants to learn how to use it effectively (likely no small feat) and to produce large pieces of art, drawn in public, with it. He's looking to raise $4500 to fund the project. So far, he has $805. [Thanks, Bruce!]
Giant Steel Dip Pen and Penholder for Demonstration and Display
Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!July 16 2010, 12:00am | More »
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For the months of July & August I helped put together "The Big Build - THE ART OF THEO KAMECKE" one of my favorite (living) artists...
Theo Kamecke was for many years a film maker of award-winning documentaries whose subjects ranged from astronauts to coal miners, rodeo cowboys to nuclear scientists. He was in mission control during the first moonwalk and has been attacked by wasps in the heart of the Amazon. In the course of making films he often encountered physical objects and materials which fascinated him and usually managed to bring some back from his travels, with no particular purpose in mind. While perusing some stacks of electronic circuit boards one day, that changed, and the purpose was found.
He saw in the graphic patterns of electronic circuitry with their endless variety the same beauty we perceive in seashells, in crystals, in the grain of wood or even in the tree itself. All these are, after all, forms derived from function, so if we find beauty in them it is not because they were designed to please the eye. He saw that the aesthetic qualities of the circuitry graphics could, like hieroglyphs, be resolved into an inscrutable language or like colors, into a palette of mood.
And so in this spirit-treating a "manmade" electronic circuit as simply a newly evolved form of nature, Kamecke began creating sculpture surfaced with the graphics of circuitry, and he uses the traditional techniques of marquetry which in another century might have been employed with fine veneers. Though the material itself is the essence of hi-tech, the created works deliberately make no reference to that, hinting instead at ancient or familiar human cultures and at the feelings which separate us from the machine.
The sculptures of this series have been created from actual electronic circuitry (metal laminated to permanently dyed epoxy-fiberglass) applied in traditional marquetry technique to hardwood forms, with exquisite craftsmanship. They have the appearance of metal over polished black stone.
A note from the artist:
"From the mid-60's thru 80's I was involved with making documentary films, and often saw fascinating materials. In the late 60's or early 70's I collected a bunch of circuit boards (from manufacturers), having no idea at the time of using them as art material. I just thought they were beautiful. It wasn't until 20 years later when I was getting bored with documentaries, that I fooled around with them as an art material. From then until the late 90's I collected a few tons more (from more than a dozen manufacturers) as I was now using them in my sculpture, and I could tell from changing manufacturing techniques that what I could obtain was becoming less and less appealing and useful for my purposes. So I stopped collecting them, relying on my large inventory of beautiful "vintage" boards. The sculpture was really a way of revealing the beauty inherent in these functional objects that were never made to be seen."Online virtual gallery here & Flickr photo set. Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!
July 15 2010, 11:00pm | More »
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Anish Kapoor and Factum Arte developed a cement printing process to create the art piece Greyman cries, Shaman Dies, Billowing Smoke, Beauty Evoked. [via I Heart Robotics]
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Cory "I can spell squidgey however I want" Doctorow points us at Nick Turvey's Venus, currently on display outside the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. It's carved urethane foam, coated in rubber, over a stainless steel skeleton, and yields nauseatingly and/or delightfully to the touch. [via Boing Boing]
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Boattail Racer via Chris.
A masterpiece of aesthetic form and function inspired by the slippery lines of early 20th century low-drag coachwork -- designs formulated by the science of aerodynamics, yet strikingly gorgeous.It's not just a looker though - the Boattail Racer is handmade from materials that time cannot easily erode. The wooden bodywork is sculpted from rugged 13 ply Baltic birch. The muscular stance comes courtesy of the 77.5 millimeter carnelian-core industrial grade wheels, which float effortlessly on precision bearings. Solid stainless steel axles and fasteners ensure faithful service for generations to come.
Pinewood derby designs of excellence.
They're coming back, oh yes! So far I have unsuccessfully attempted getting Home Depot / Lowes / ACE, etc to open up their parking lots on weekends and foster the next generation of kids and parents making pinewood derby cars. Solar powered and more - if anyone works for these companies, drop me a line, let's do this!
July 7 2010, 11:00pm | More »
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Here's another neat project out of the Studio for Creative Inquiry, the GMLStenciler. Designed to translate graffiti images that are encoded in the graffiti markup language (GML) into stencil patterns, it should be the perfect tool for mass-producing your favorite tags.
Stencils can be great when you need to, say, spray paint many copies of a message, but can be tough to design because every part of the design has to be connected. Otherwise, those parts would just fall off when you picked up the stencil! To remedy this, the software looks for disconnected bits in the graffiti image, such as the circle in the center of the letter 'o', and automatically adds a connecting bridge. GMLStenciler achieves this by rendering the graffiti as a bitmap, performing contour detection to look for and bridge holes in the image, then converting it back to a vector image which can be cut on a laser or vinyl cutter.
The project was developed by Charlie, who is a 15 year old (!) intern at the studio this summer. Great job, Charlie!
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code.burningman.com - Open source at Burning man
Recognizing open source software's participative role at Burning Man, we wish to maintain a healthy relationship with the open source software development community. We do this by releasing code, providing vital infrastructure and by creating new open source software development opportunities.
To take gifting and collaboration beyond Black Rock City and into the digital realm, the software and APIs are available open-source under the Apache License. Explore the different ways we serve the open source community through these software and APIs on code.burningman.com.
Burning Man has been referenced as the ultimate embodiment of an Open Source Community. A blank canvas, some civic guidelines, and a smattering of infrastructure are provided. Building on that context, thousands of creative participants volunteer their time, donate their skills, gift performances, collectively build massively complex art projects and camps, and otherwise contribute to create a vibrant city for each other to enjoy.
None of it would be possible without a vast collection of technology systems and the people who support and build them. With thousands of friends and community members relying on so many of these tools, it takes great enthusiasm, passion and careful consideration to create and maintain technology worthy of such an inspiring community. Building great software is art.
Radical inclusion, Gifting, Decommodification, Radical Self-expression, and Communal Effort are a few of the Ten Principles of Burning Man, and when it comes to software development you can’t get more in line with these principles than Open Source. code.burningman.com is a place where you can learn about and participate in a variety of software projects that turn the chaos of Black Rock City into playa magic.
To start with, you can see the tool that helps build the What Where When event guide, explore cutting-edge interactive geo-mapping of Black Rock City, contribute to an exciting new playa directory, get a peak behind the door of Ranger HQ operations, showcase beautiful imagery and much more in our new Media Gallery tool, and learn how you can roll your own applications using the Burning Man API . We’ll be adding more projects over time and are interested in hearing about your ideas and projects too.
July 4 2010, 6:30am | More »
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A collaborative video mobile sculpture by Ken Rinaldo and Amy Youngs (consisting of) a large-scale, hanging mobile of projected video, playing in multiple screens. Viewers can interact via two live video feeds, which intermingle with videos captured from the natural and urban body of central Ohio. All are mixed into a dynamic and constantly changing structure designed to show the interconnections between the natural and technological aspects of our urban landscape. This project was a commission from COSI (Columbus Museum of Science and Industry) for their permanent collection.
[Via Beyond the Beyond]
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We get a lot of makers applying to sell art lamps in Makers Market, but Erik Smith's are definitely on the high end when it comes to aesthetics and on the low end when it comes to prices. If you're a collector, or in the market for a handmade lamp for yourself or as a gift, check out Erik's shop. Or better yet, make one of your own! Or, even better, if you've already made one, post a link and show it off in the comments. If I get enough responses, I'll do a reader-made art lamp round-up sometime next week.
Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!July 2 2010, 5:00pm | More »
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Here's a pretty awesome 3d display, that uses synchronized droplets of water to project a 3-layer image. Rather than try to project simultaneously on 3 surfaces, the system actually works by interlacing. Each sheet of water can be turned on and off to create thin lines, which are synchronized so that only one of the sheets puts out water at a time. Then, a computer vision system tracks the location of each line, and a single projector illuminates it with the correct information. [via technabob]
July 2 2010, 1:00pm | More »
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Julian Bond built this physical casting machine, which can be used as a re-configurable mold to cast ceramic objects:
Slip casting molds are usually fixed. Each new design needs a new mold to be made. This project was about giving anyone the ability to engage with the slip casting technique and allowing them to create a one off design. The machine is designed to engage with the user allowing them to understand the form they are creating. This is a rapid manufacturing tool, not rapid prototyping, each piece that is made can be fired and glazed and used as a final product.
Quick, someone hook it up to a computer to make the slowest video game display ever! [via dudecraft]
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http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/06/stephane_halleuxs_amazing_mr_hublot.html
Stéphane Halleux is one of my favorite artists. We've covered his whimsical, characterful, other-worldly sculptures here before. I've been excited to be following his recent adventures in turning his amazing characters into a movie.
Here's the latest video test he sent me. Even with this short piece, you can already see how lyrical, funny, charming, and just plain cool the final product is likely to be. Stéphane and company are looking for funding. Sponsorship details can be found on the film's website.
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