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Floater is a chaise longue designed together with Mathias Bernhard at the Chair for CAAD, ETH Zurich and was produced in close collaboration with Kläusler Acrylstein AG.
The elegant sinuous design is based on the distinctive material properties of acrylic stone combined with advanced digital design and fabrication techniques. Generative modeling and analyzation tools were used to maximize the available area on each sheet of 12mm “HI-MACS solid surface” and minimize stress due to bending. The design was adopted according to these parameters and split in three parts to be manufacturable from standard sheet dimensions. The 2D-CNC cut flat pieces were then vacuum formed on 3-axis CNC milled MDF molds and afterwards seamlessly glue-joint to form a single monolithic shell. The wings on each side appear to hardly touch the ground and emphasize the floating appearance of the chaise. They also enable the user to gently rock back and forth while relaxing on the smooth and durable surface.
Four prototypes have so far been realized in Alpine White, Fiery Red and Black. The project is still under development but different colors are available on demand.
Thanks to: Aleksandar Lalovic and Agata Muszynska
size 165 x 65 x 60 cm // weight 23 kg
A group of North Bay Maker Educators came to Tam Makers to learn how to create automata (a.k.a. kinetic or mechanical sculptures). This special meetup was organized by Adam Singer, technology / maker educator at Davidson Middle School, and my partner Geo Money, engineering teacher at Tam High School. Geo started by giving folks a tour of our incredible makerspace and wood shop, which we use in the evenings for wood working and maker classes at Tam Makers. We then gave a joint presentation about our Art Float for Social Change: earlier this year, we led over a hundred volunteers to create this large-scale, community-built, socially-conscious automaton, to inspire more people to participate in community life.
Geo then invited a dozen maker educators from Marin and the East Bay to create their own automaton, using special parts he had prepared for this occasion. Participants make their automata move round and round, side to side or up and down, using foam cams attached to bamboo sticks, sliding through 3D-printed guides on a wooden box.
This automata workshop was a great way to learn basic principles of mechanical engineering in a playful, hands-on activity that delighted everyone. We hope that students will enjoy creating their own automata as much as their teachers did!
This was one of our most fun and productive workshop at Tam Makers this year, because we were working with such creative and experienced teachers, who shared a lot of practical advice, and created with some really ingenious projects in just an hour.
Featured participants from North Bay Maker Educators include: Sara Bolduc, Claire Comins, Walt Hays, Nate MacDonald, Andrew Maley, Lisa Skinner, Paige Teamey, Jae Tillinghast, Dave Whaley, as well as Edomyas, Fred, James and Mike, to name but a few.
To see what they created, check out this video:
See more pictures from this workshop in our photo album:
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Learn how to create your own Cardboard Automata:
www.exploratorium.edu/tinkering/projects/cardboard-automata
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Darek & I got on a Silver Lining Tour bus at 4:30 a.m. and headed to Pasadena, California for the 129th Tournament of Roses Parade. The theme this year was "Making A Difference". The Grand Marshall was Gary Sinise. We saw Todrick Hall on a float! We had a wonderful time. After the parade we drove down Colorado Boulevard (the parade road) and saw all the trash people had left...How disgusting. The tour included our bus rides, bleacher seats for the parade and dinner at Home Town Buffet.
So my baby had a long day at work so I suprised him with a bath, candles and a little 98.7 to relax..:)
The float switch, performs something like magic, getting inanimate clay pots to make requests of the tank when thirsty. (empty). Permaculture empowers even terracotta.
Float adalah sebuah band yang didirikan pada tanggal 30 Agustus 2004 oleh Hotma "Meng" Roni Simamora, Windra "Bontel" Benyamin, dan Raymond Agus Saputra. Pada awal tahun 2005 Float merilis mini albumnya yang berjudul "No-Dream Land" secara independen. Mini album ini menarik perhatian produser film Mira Lesmana yang kemudian meminta Float mengisi album soundtrack untuk film "3 Hari Untuk Selamanya" (2007) yang disutradarai Riri Riza.
Dengan album soundtrack tersebut, Float memperoleh penghargaan bergengsi seperti Abhinaya Trophy untuk Soundtrack Terbaik di ajang Jakarta Film Festival dan Best Theme Song di ajang penganugerahan MTV Indonesian Movie Awards, semuanya didapat di tahun yang sama, 2007.
Pada tahun 2008, lagu yang berjudul "Surrender" digunakan sebagai lagu tema promosi film seri yang berjudul "Heroes" (Season 2) produksi Satellite Television for the Asian Region (STAR), sebuah televisi satelit berbayar yang berbasis di Hong Kong. Di tahun yang sama, dengan lagu "Waltz Musim Pelangi", Float ikut berkolaborasi dalam album kompilasi "Songs Inspired by Laskar Pelangi" (Miles Music / Trinity Optima). Berselang 4 tahun kemudian, Float menelurkan "Songs Of Seasons" yang dirancang khusus sebagai lagu tema iklan tv "Wonderful Indonesia", salah satu media kampanye promosi pariwisata Kementrian Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif Republik Indonesia.
We are building an art float with friends and neighbors for this year’s Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade.
Our float for this parade features the Bamboodu Theater, a mobile puppet stage I created for civic events and art shows. Our first show stars Lady Liberty and Mr. Trump. As music plays, a Mr. Trump’s recent tweets and alternative facts appear on a news ticker. Each time Trump says something wrong, Liberty hits him on his thick, bobbing head.
As we march, we will invite parade watchers to sing along the inspiring poem by Emma Lazarus about the Statue of Liberty (“Give me your tired, your poor …”). Through this interactive art experience, we hope to engage people of all ages to change the world through civic action.
I am making this float in my front yard with a wonderful team at the Mill Valley Community Action Network (MVCAN), a local political group which I recently joined to resist the conservative takeover of our country.
In this photo session, we were joined by journalist Paul Liberatore and photographer James Cacciatore, who are reporting about this float for the Independent Journal, Marin County’s main newspaper. It was a pleasure to welcome them both and introduce them to our team.
I’m very grateful to all our friends and neighbors who are helping bring it to life: Danny Altman, Laura Boles, Phyllis Florin, David Glad, Peter Graumann, Edward Janne, Suz Lipman, Charlene Lundgren, Jean Marie Murphy and Mark Petrakis and Martha Roush, to name but a few.
Our Bamboodu Float is coming along beautifully, and we can’t wait to show it off at the parade on Monday, May 29, 2017.
Join your neighbors to keep democracy alive!
Learn more about the Bamboodu Float: bit.ly/mvcan-float-info
Learn more about my Bamboodu Theater: fabriceflorin.com/bamboodu-theater/
See more photos of the Bamboodu Float:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157683621675736
See more photos of the Bamboodu Theater:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157680393574291
Learn more about MVCAN at www.mvcan.org/
Learn more about Tam Makers at www.tammakers.org/
#bamboodu #makerart #mvcan #politicalart #radicalpuppets #resist
At the wet mill, the managers demonstrated how the cherry was first weighed for lot size, than given the "float test" to inspect for defect and other uniformity issues. First the cherry is weighed and tallied, then a 5 kilo sample of cherry is taken from the farmer's lot. From that, 1 liter of cherry is given a test wherein it's dumped into a bucket of water; whatever floats is skimmed off and weighed, and whatever doesn't float is also sorted by sight for unripe, overripe, and damaged coffee. Those defects or inadequate cherry are then factored into the farmer's overall lot by percentage in a computer database, and the calculations result in an invoice which the farmer can then accept or reject. Upon acceptance, the farmer's payment is transferred directly to a kind of banking card which is a benefit of being a part of the program; the farmer has instant access to that money.
15th anniversary float
October 10 & 11 2007
Copyright 2007 Hilde Heyvaert.
All rights reserved.
No unauthorized use or distribution.
Queens and Kings of the 2013 Tyler Rose Parade as it Came Through the Lens of my Camera. Королевы и Короли Парада Роз, и сам Парад Через Объектив Камеры.
This was the Triangle Down Syndrom Network float. Check out their website and volunteer. Such a cutie!
We created a political art float with friends and neighbors for the 2017 Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade.
The Bamboodu Theater is a puppet show on wheels, starring Lady Liberty and Mr. Trump. Each time Trump says something wrong, Liberty hits him on his thick, bobbing head. A news ticker displays some of Mr. Trump’s latest fake news tweets.
Parade watchers will be invited to sing along the inspiring poem on liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses …”
We built this float in my front yard with a wonderful team at the Mill Valley Community Action Network (MVCAN), a local political group which I recently joined to resist the conservative takeover of our country. Through this interactive art experience, we hope to engage people of all ages to get engaged in political action.
In this final session, we rehearsed our Bamboodu Theater performance and practiced our sing-along. We then loaded the float in a van, to transport it to the parade on Monday, May 29, 2017.
I’m very grateful to all our friends and neighbors helped us bring this project to life: Danny Altman, Laura Boles, Phyllis Florin, David Glad, Peter Graumann, Edward Janne, Suz Lipman, Charlene Lundgren, Jean Marie Murphy and Mark Petrakis and Martha Roush, to name but a few.
Join your neighbors to keep democracy alive!
Learn more about the Bamboodu Float: bit.ly/mvcan-float-info
Learn more about my Bamboodu Theater: fabriceflorin.com/bamboodu-theater/
See more photos of the Bamboodu Float:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157683621675736
See more photos of the Bamboodu Theater:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157680393574291
Learn more about MVCAN at www.mvcan.org/
#bamboodu #makerart #mvcan #politicalart #radicalpuppets #resist
What an incredible float we had down the upper Buffalo River in April! With the rain the night before, the water was up and waterfalls were around every corner. Ten mile float down the Buffalo National River, Arkansas, with family, April, 2009.
To get the feeling of Mardi Gras year-round, visit Mardi Gras World, the largest float designing and building facility in the world. Here more than 80 percent of the floats that journey down New Orleans' streets during the Carnival season are designed and built.
Begun in 1947 by float designer and builder Blaine Kern, Mardi Gras World provides visitors with the opportunity to don authentic Mardi Gras costumes and tour enormous warehouses filled with floats. The tour includes a short video and guide who is quite knowledgeable about Mardi Gras history and customs. And for a taste of Mardi Gras, king cake and piping hot New Orleans coffee are served.
During the tour, visitors learn about the many traditions surrounding Mardi Gras parades, balls and music, as well as the intricacies of float designing and building. Mardi Gras floats began rumbling down New Orleans streets in 1837 with mule-drawn carriages. Today the tradition continues with sophisticated mega-floats, which hold more than 200 masked riders and are lit with fiber optic cables and laser lights.