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Designed with the Laser Turtle tool, here is the source code: forresto.github.com/turtle-svg/#code/jY7LDoIwEEX3/Yq7LIlI...
About: meemoo.org/blog/2013-02-11-live-code-editor-javascript-to...
Another iteration of the sketchbook.
The graphics, developed externally by Julian Sandoval, utilized the internet to synchronize product development and remote fabrication.
Laser cut nori with the library's logo. How great is that ?!? Inspired by an article we saw about Design NORI - 海野海藻店 - we decided to try laser cutting the library's logo into a sheet of seaweed nori. Here is our first try:
The Dreamer’s illuminated sculpture channels free spirits like physicist Albert Einstein and activist Greta Thunberg, speaking to us from across space and time. Their faces appear on an translucent mask through the magic of rear-projected video, which brings them to life as if they were right in front of you.
The Dreamer’s face keeps transforming, showing fleeting characters and images, evoking memories and ideas that can move us and transform our lives. My goal for this art project is to make us more aware of how characters like these can influence us and change the way we perceive the world around us.
This photo set documents the making of the Dreamer in winter 2019, when I built a frame, a projection stand, backdrop and carousel for the Dreamer, with the gracious help of Geo Monley and friends at Tam Makers. The Dreamer’s flat face started as a paper clay sculpture mold, vacuum-formed over a plastic cast, upon which we rear-project videos of talking heads from found footage, edited and transformed to fit in the shape of our masks.
The effect is surreal, and this art piece seems to be breaking new ground. There are so many ways it can go now. Next steps include adding some interactivity, so you can query the spirits or spark different moods -- as well as filming and acquiring more talking head videos. I would like to present The Dreamer as a stand-alone kiosk in art exhibits, as well as in the Time Machine we are building at Pataphysical Studios.
See more photos in this Dreamer album: www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157674887503188
Learn more about the Dreamer: fabriceflorin.com/2018/10/25/dreamer
Learn about the Time Machine: pataphysics.us/time-machine/
Come make your own gadget, robot or wearable art at Tam Makers!
On Wednesday evenings, we host ‘You Can Make It’ workshops for adults and teens in our makerspace at Tam High School. During these open sessions, participants build new projects, with guidance from our staff and other community members.
Many of them are experienced makers, who are happy to share what they know. Here are some of the cool maker projects they are working on this month: a graceful robot spider, an eagle god with creepy eyes, an Arduino-powered garage opener, a Wifi server on a chip, and many laser cut picture frames.
If you are interested in creating your own maker project with the help of others, join us this fall, on Wednesday evenings from 6 to 9pm in the woodshop at Tam High School in Mill Valley. Learn more about You Can Make It:
www.tammakers.org/you-can-make-it/
One of the great benefits of this open shop program is that you get a lot more than just access to tools: you join a community of makers who like to make things together and help each other.
View more photos of You Can Make It:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157670867561896
View more photos of Tam Makers:
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The set shows a team building activity evening at the MUSE FabLab. The general activities have been focused on Digital Fabrication and personalization of an object designed by groups of people. The object has been first designed digitally and then fabricated using the laser cutter. As a third step, each group has the build up the physical object, basically for their office desk.
Another view of the sculpture made from interlocking squares of deli-tray foam cut with my DIY laser cutter. Each square is about 3cm on a side. Material is about 5mm thick. The laser cuts the squares in about 30 seconds and there are 18 squares, so about 10 minutes total (including positioning the material) to cut all the pieces. No way I could cut these with an X-acto knife in that amount of time or with anywhere close to the precision this rig can. The machine has a resolution of about .10mm (.004") on each axis, and repeatability of better than .20mm ( .008"). Beam diameter is about .13mm (.005"). The parts are, for all practical purposes, identical.
The sun/shade work is a representation of the sunlight in Helsinki over a year, measured by a solar radiation sensor and re-represented though code and a lasercutter into Finnish wood. The work investigates our sense of nature, and the meaning and interplay between data, form and physicality.
( Many thanks to the Aalto University Media Factory for sponsoring this project, and to the Aalto University / ARTS / Wood workshop for helping me realise the project ).
A year in solar radiation
On the work's vertical axis, columns of dots recount the sun's activity from the beginning of the day ( i.e 00:00 ) at top, to the day's end (ie. 23:59 ) at the bottom. The columns, from left to right, show every other day from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. The size of the circles indicates the quantity of sunlight. A 2007 Helsinki's light is retold. Intensely light in summer - in the middle - with occasional rain and clouds darkening the day, and intensely dark in winter - surrounding the light summer period.
Resolution: 182 columns (every other day in the year ) by 144 rows ( one measurement every 10 minutes in the day )
Cutting: with light naturally, like this: vimeo.com/24000033
We had a blast at the first meetup for Tam Makers, our new makerspace in Mill Valley. We hosted this free event at the wood shop at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley on June 8, 2016.
A diverse group of people came to the visit the shop, learn about our classes and discuss how to grow our maker community. Participants ranged from experienced artists, technologists, makers and woodworkers, to people interested in learning new skills, as well as high school and middle school students and their parents.
We opened the shop at 6pm and folks started to connect right away, checking out some of our demos, showing off recent projects and touring the space. At 7pm, we gave a presentation on Tam Makers, and talked about our first courses, meetups and tools for adults and youth. We then discussed these programs as a group and received some really helpful feedback.
Most people were very interested in participating in Tam Makers and using the makerspace regularly. They also liked the mix of classes, ranging from maker art to technology and woodworking. Some people signed up for classes on the spot and most wanted to join more meetups. Many offered to volunteer as well. One person said this event had a great community feeling, unlike more commercially motivated makerspaces.
We’re really happy that this first meetup went so well and that so many folks want to participate actively. We look forward to collaborating with our new maker friends very soon!
Learn more about Tam Makers:
Learn more about this Welcome Meetup:
After poking all the squares out.
Designed with the Laser Turtle tool, here is the source code: forresto.github.com/turtle-svg/#code/jY7LDoIwEEX3/Yq7LIlI...
About: meemoo.org/blog/2013-02-11-live-code-editor-javascript-to...
I'm gonna need glasses soon, I know it. Patrick cut some out on the laser. I'm just trying to figure out what my future self will look like.
Laser cut nori with the library's logo. How great is that ?!? Inspired by an article we saw about Design NORI - 海野海藻店 - we decided to try laser cutting the library's logo into a sheet of seaweed nori. Here is our first try:
Stills from Dan Eckstein's primarly photo based video interview with me.
The full interview is here: vimeo.com/7136290