I’ll be participating in a show themed around “The Art of the Video Game” this Thursday. If you come, don’t tell anybody there that I don’t know anything about video games. We’ve all seen this kind of thing before, but this one is really worth watching.
I’ve had this small Aperture that I made as a prototype for the Triaparator that has been kicking around my studio for a while.
Well, I’ve decided to turn it into a lamp.
Fitting huh?
It’s still has that raw, being-worked on look to it but it’s close enough to the final idea that I’m okay posting it.
The light source will go behind the small circle at the center of the aperture and throw light onto the copper hemisphere.
I’m going to use an LED for the light source. Normally, I avoid LEDs on old looking work like this, however, I’d like to sell this and an LED will last longer.
UPDATE (March 7th): I finished the lamp in time for the Five Ton Crane group art show opening on Friday night. The Flicker set below has updated photos of the finished lamp at the show. It will continue to be on display for the next three weeks and is for sale for $600.00. When I get a chance I’ll try to post an updated video of the aperture opening and closing with the light on. The lamp is adjustable, it can rotate and pivot.
I know I’ve posted a video of some of the experiments we did involving evacuating the plasma tubes of the Uira Engine but I’m not sure I ever posted any video of this later tube design.
Wow. I found this when I was cleaning out my laptop hard drive. This is one of the first concept drawings Ben (of Backbone Metals fame) did when he and I were first planning The Neuron Chamber. It’s amazing how close we got to these original drawings while still creating something entirely different.
Well, they’re not entirely new if you’ve been reading my previous posts, but they are now properly documented and have been added to my for sale page. The image above is of “Acoustapus”, and the images below are of “Homunculus” (be sure to scroll down to see his accompanying video). Clicking each image will take you to each piece’s permanent page in my portfolio with additional images and information.
I’m not sure if I’ve posted about it here (I’m loosing track of what I’ve been posting where) but I’ve been working on a papercraft model of the RGR in addition to the wooden model. I really had no idea how hard it was going to be to design a nice papercraft model of the RGR. It’s got so many funky curves and you can’t simplify them or you loose the whole shape. Below are some photos of the current model. This is nearly the final design, I still need to do the fin layout and then add some details (rivets, logo, doors, etc.) to the images. I put this one together really fast just so I can see how well the design worked which is why the model looks a little sloppy. I’m impressed with how well the main curve holds up to flattening and reassembly.
I’ve started working on a new lamp. The idea for this came from two components that have been kicking around on my work bench for a while that I realized would work well together. The first is one of those pneumatic things that prevents your trunk from slamming down on you which is now broken and only offers sleight resistance as it slides in and out. The second is this strange, plastic, green thing that already mounted to an aluminum bit that just screams to have an LED put in it.
The first thing I did was quickly machine two stainless bits that screw on to the threaded ends of the pneumatic thing. These are what I’ll use to attach the light and the base.
I did a quick CAD sketch to show all the basic movements it will have.
The pneumatic rod, now black, will be painted green to match the plastic green bit the LED will go in.
There is still allot to figure out about this one.
Oh, it’s called the Norgren Lamp because, the plastic bit was made by Norgren and still has there sticker on it.
