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Steampunk Costumery
Jan 1st
Synopsis: A series of forgotten objects and curios from another era. Costume-pieces made for parties, from re-purposed items. Click the images below to browse the creations. Steampunk is the intersection of technology and romance. It's a genre of fiction an aesthetic a musical style and a burgeoning sub culture which delights in making things that are a ...
Brainwave Goggles
Dec 30th
Synopsis: A pair of goggles, with LED bulbs mounted on the inside of the lenses, pointing at your closed eyelids. The LEDs are controlled by a micro-controller to flash in a sequence of specifically defined frequencies, to take the user from full-consciousness, down into deep sleep and back to consciousness again in 15 minutes. When ...
LED Circus Equipment
Dec 23rd
Synopsis: Creation of two LED 'glowstaffs': long clear hand-held tubes housing 40 multicolour LEDs. Using a micro-controller and a USB connection, it is possible to program a sequence of colours into the staff, to change during spinning. This was a great project for me - rekindling my old love of staff spinning, and fuelling my new ...
Automated Retrospective Program
Dec 23rd
Synopsis: A program that auto-collages every drawing, doodle and note I've drawn and written for the past 6 years, and auto-collages them according to my chosen theme, date, preference or whim. A while back, in a fit of procrastination/dedication I took a digital photo of every page of every notebook (yup I kept them all!) I could ...
The Girl Who Came in on a Motorbike
Dec 21st
She actually did arrive to model for the Cambridge Life Drawing group, on her motorbike (Autumn 2009).
Alex, the Engineer
Dec 21st
Pictures of Alex, the French fluid dynamicist on exchange, at Cambridge Life Drawing group sessions Autumn 2009.
The Big Tea’se Fire Sculptures
Dec 5th
Creation and programming of an Arduino micro-controller circuit, to command 4 propane flame-effects via power transistors and solenoids. Automatic firing sequences created and manual control via a user-interface of pressable antique cutlery.