Chris Bathgate’s self-transforming elf machines

CNC & Machining Craft & Design
Chris Bathgate’s self-transforming elf machines

Two example works from Baltimore artist Chris Bathgate.

Boing Boing’s Rob Beschizza put it well when he said, of Baltimore machinist-artist Chris Bathgate, “his works look like randomly-generated parts for high-performance machines that don’t work in our universe.”

Maybe they’re parts of the factory that makes monoliths.

You can see more of Chris’s work in MAKE Volume 25.

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4 thoughts on “Chris Bathgate’s self-transforming elf machines

  1. MAKE | Chris Bathgate Has a Book Out says:

    […] Chris first appeared on our radar last year. I like Rob Beschizza’s description of his works as “randomly-generated parts for high-performance machines that don’t work in our universe.” […]

  2. Chris Bathgate Has a Book Out | House of Mods says:

    […] Chris first appeared on our radar last year. I like Rob Beschizza’s description of his works as “randomly-generated parts for high-performance machines that don’t work in our universe.” […]

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I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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