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photo by Dominic Dagradi

Clam and nudibranch lamps

Disposable glowsticks and laser-cut corrugated plastic.

 

 

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photo by Dominic Dagradi

Cyborg sunglass

Gel frames mounted on a servo powered by Arduino, which dynamically filter light. There is a video on youTube here.

 

 

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Gorget for Botticelli's Venus

Jewelry in investment-cast aluminum.

 

 

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photo by Dominic Dagradi

Anemone

A kinetic sculpture of a sea anemone, driven by a servo powered by Arduino. There is a video on youTube here.

 

 

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Belle

Sculpture in ceramic-shell cast bell bronze.

 

 

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Bound edition of The Cyberiad

Three copies of two stories from Stanislaw Lem's The Cyberiad, digitally typeset and printed on a combination of vellum and opaque paper, hand-bound with ribbon cable tapes, cast resin on circuit boards, and foam endpapers.

 

 

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Bench for two

Bent laminated hard maple with cherry seats, mortise and tenon joints.

 

 

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Button panel

A panel of buttons, knobs, and switches, for a booth for CMU’s Spring Carnival. The panel displays responses ranging from logical to snarky; the buttons are labeled such things as "Chronosynclastic Infundibulum," "Esperanto," and "Sass." Technical explanations can be found here.

 

 

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Pocket Watch for the White Rabbit

Forged from brass (sheet, tube, and wire). Simultaneously a precious object and a reminder of the futility of punctuality.

 

 

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Glass

Blown glass. Simple and practical.

 

 

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Mermaid and vases

Flameworked borosilicate glass.

 

 

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Cast Bobbin

A talisman. Lost-wax centrifugal casting in bronze, using a wound bobbin from my sewing machine as the burned-out object.

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