I was thrilled to host a panel discussion yesterday at Maker Faire with some of my favorite kinetic artists: Nemo Gould, Ben Cowden, Reuben Margolin, and Greg Brotherton. I was joined on the panel by Amy Brotherton, co-owner of Device Gallery in San Diego. The talk was entitled “Fantastic Contraption: The Device Artists,” referencing the […]
SoundArts has an interactive “musical petting zoo” for people to experiment with and create some music. They were set up for Eduction Day, and will be at Maker Faire all weekend. Come check them out! Sound Arts is a multi faceted sound studio, created to serve corporate, advertising, and educational clients as well as a […]
Adafruit has a new posting with a link to their latest Drawdio Instructable, a new Instructables Drawdio group, and an announcement of an exhibit being mounted at the Taiwan National Museum of Fine Arts. They’re doing a Drawdio exhibit this summer, from July 25th to September 25th, as part of “Freeze! 2009 International MedTech Art […]
Before people came in for Education Day at Maker Faire, I had a chance to talk with Collin Cunningham about the projects he has built and is showing in the Maker Shed.
I’m proud to announce an upcoming exhibition, Open Source Embroidery: Open Source Embroidery is a major exhibition of new work and commissions at BildMuseet in Sweden and Museum of Craft and Folk Art in San Francisco, USA. The Open Source Embroidery exhibition presents contemporary artwork which uses embroidery and code as a tool to investigate […]
One of my fave found-object artists/kinetic sculptors, Nemo Gould, is going to be at Maker Faire again this year. He’ll be there as part of the Applied Kinetic Arts group which also includes Benjamin Cowden, Jonathan Foote, Carl Pisaturo, Kal Spelletich, Greg Brotherton, Christopher T Palmer, Alan Rorie, Mark Galt, and Reuben Margolin. This is […]
As we see more and more empty, abandoned street newspaper boxes, Posterchild converted this one into a lovely planter with a simply-shaped plywood insert.
