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Mark Applebaum’s musical sculptures
Mark Applebaum is a musician (and professor at Stanford) who makes incredibly complex sound sculptures from found objects. (Via DeepFun) The instruments consist of threaded rods, nails, wire strings stretched through a series of pulleys and turnbuckles, plastic combs, bronze braising rod blow-torched and twisted, doorstops, shoehorns, ratchets, steel wheels, springs, lead and PVC pipe, […]
Anachrotechnofetishism art show
Anachrotechnofetishism artifacts by pioneers of american steampunk September 12th thru October 3rd Opening reception September, 12th, 6:00PM – 10:00PM Featuring Datamancer, David S. Dowling, Eliza Gauger, Jake von Slatt, Libby Bulloff, Magpie Killjoy, missmonster, Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich, Molly Mitchell, Quentin Ziplash, Rachel “Ratchet” Olson, Steven Archer, Suzanne Rachel Forbes This upcoming Seattle art show includes […]
Forbes goes gaga over DIY
Forbes has a major package on the Maker/DIY movement with profiles of Tim O’Reilly and Dale Dougherty, Saul Griffith (top photo) of Squid Labs, Neil Gershenfeld (middle photo) of Fab Lab, Reshma Shetty (bottom photo) of Ginkgo BioWorks, Jim Newton of TechShop, Peter Semmelhack of Bug Labs, and others, illustrated how-tos, how-to videos with Eric […]
If he only had a heart
Posted for Gareth Branwyn (who’s 30 miles out to sea at the moment): Our pal Meredith Scheff, who helped us put together the Contraptors Lounge at the Bay Area Maker Faire, has been commissioned to build a beating, mechanical heart for this year’s Burning Man (yes, for Mr. Splinters himself). She’s documenting the build process […]
Interview with Louie Raffloer, blacksmith
I recently did an email interview with blacksmith Louie Raffloer of Seattle’s Black Dog Forge; I also visited the forge to see a demonstration of his induction forge. The shop is an amazing place, with a huge assortment of equipment, art, anvils, and racks bristling with tools – a collection that’s obviously taken years to […]
More from Sturgeon’s Mill
Lenore Edman has some more pics and info about our recent Foo Camp field trip to Sturgeon’s Mill, a steam-powered saw mill being restored near Sebastopol, CA. A Visit to Sturgeon’s Mill, a Steam-powered Lumber Mill More: Sturgeon’s Mill field trip
