”Sunset Now” by Pennsylvania-based artist Adam Parker Smith is a large installation in the shape of a sun built from colored plexi-glass, fiberfill, and lights that are controlled by a dimmer switch. The viewer simply adjusts the rising and setting of the sun at their own desired speed. Adam Parker Smith
You Bazaar! 2008 is coming to San Francisco, Sunday November 2nd from 10am to 5pm at the San Francisco County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park. You Bazaar! will feature 30 select craft vendors selling quality handmade wares and a series of rotating workshops throughout the day with some of your favorite plush designers. While […]
Here’s another one of Korean artist U-Ram Choe’s incredible mechanical sculptures that we’ve covered on Make in the past. This particular piece is called “Opertus Lunula Umbra” (Hidden Shadow of Moon) and was shown as part of the 2008 Liverpool Biennial. The animatronic sculpture is made from oars, rudders, and ship motors and is controlled […]
Diego Stocco is a composer and sound designer who builds interesting objects that both produce sound as well as have an interesting vintage aesthetic. This video shows him discussing the “Typesonic”, a keyboard turned piano that lets you create music by excersizing your QWERTY prowess. Diego Stucco, via RetroThing
Here’s another clever use of the iPhone to control objects in the real world. We’ve reported on this kind of thing before here at Make but now there’s a kit that will help you build your own version of the iPhone controlled R/C car. iPhone-Controlled R/C Car
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: Halloween Wreath Self Portrait as Blythe A Piece for Plush You! in SF My Pumpkin Monster
This chair-like robot consists of a planter with robotic legs and some circuitry to detect sunlight levels in the room. When the robot finds the brightest spot it scurries on its legs over in that direction in order to give the plant the most exposure. This reminds us a bit of the “Photosynthesis Robot” by […]
