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Maker Faire 2008 photos

Monday, May 5, 2008

Well, Maker Faire 2008 was this weekend and it was tremendous. The event was bigger than ever and reportedly backed up traffic all the way onto the San Mateo bridge. I am only now beginning to

Maker Faire: May 3-4

Sunday, April 27, 2008

It is a little shocking to me that it has been a year since the last Maker Faire, but here we are. The awesome event is this coming weekend, May 3rd (10:00am to 10:00pm, most exhibits close at 6pm)

Free admission to “Robots” May 13

Sunday, April 27, 2008

As you may have read in previous posts, I have two big robots currently on display at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of their exhibit Robots: Evolution of a cultural icon. This is big, fun show

Macy’s store windows: Earth Week

Sunday, April 27, 2008

For those who have been asleep all year, “green” is rather popular. This led the retailer Macy’s to put together a window display featuring art work produced by the San Francisco Dump artist in

Stretching Canvas Magazine

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

This months issue of Stretching Canvas just hit the stands, and I’m pleased to say that there is a nice long interview with yours truly inside. I posted the guts of it here in my press section.

“Robots” Museum Show!

Thursday, April 3, 2008

I am very pleased to announce that I will have two giant robots (yes two!) on display in the show, “Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon” at the San Jose Museum of Art from April 12 to October 19,

Varnish Fine Art 5 year anniversary show

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Varnish Fine Art is very cool San Francisco gallery that I am proud to have shown at in the past. On Saturday April 19th they will be having a reception celebrating their 5 year anniversary. The

Video interview for San Jose Museum of Art

Thursday, April 3, 2008

A few weeks ago some nice folks from the San Jose Museum of Art came to my studio to talk about the work I am lending for their upcoming show. We talked a bit about my process in general before

Photo shoot with Cameron Obscura

Thursday, April 3, 2008

This last weekend was a long one indeed. I had the privilege of a photo session with my friend Cameron Platt. It was no easy task, but we managed to convert the warehouse adjoining my shop into a

Travel and Leisure magazine

Thursday, April 3, 2008

If you were to pick up this months issue of Travel and Leisure magazine you would find in it a rather extensive look at the San Francisco Bay area. If you look a little closer, you will find yours

BikeRod&Kustom

Thursday, March 27, 2008

I was just made aware of the webzine: BikeRod&Kustom. They did a nice feature on my Chopper Bicycle and artwork in general. But thats old news, go to their site to be blown away by everyone else’s

Buttons!

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Last week my good friend Christopher Palmer (you may know of him as CTP from kineticworld.com) came over with his button making machine. What follows is the result of several hours of fun with him,

The belly of the beast

Sunday, March 2, 2008

At long last I am closing in on the finish line of my latest big robot. What he has been lacking all this time is the internal conflict that would balance his menacing exterior. A small operator

Twist & Go magazine (UK)

Sunday, March 2, 2008

I am pleased to say that my Quicksilver scooter has attracted some international attention. The good people at Twist & Go magazine printed a nice spread of Cameron Platt’s photos in their March/

Scooter video (finally)

Saturday, February 23, 2008

At long last I have posted video of my Quicksilver scooter. I have added the file to the scooters page in my portfolio section, and posted it on Youtube for your blogging pleasure.

I want to

Heads up

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Its alive! I spent the majority of this week strengthening the inner structure of this big fella, and getting the lights and motors in his head to work. The moment when the lights first come on is

New process video on Youtube

Monday, February 18, 2008

As I may have mentioned in previous posts, I am working on another large robot for the San Jose Museum of Art. They are having the show “Robots: Evolution of a cultural icon” April 12 through

Nixies / update

Monday, January 28, 2008

So. Still inches away from being able to call the scooter totally finished, but at least now we have light! The nixie tubes required a power converter and some fiddling to get them to light up.

Why the long face?

Sunday, January 20, 2008

This piece will be a second look at the principle behind my previous Jacob’s Ladder sculpture. A high voltage arc will soon climb a group of electrodes inside the tall glass “head”.

New Robot

Thursday, January 10, 2008

This guy still has a long way to go, but I think he’ll be pretty cool. A big one, about 8 feet tall it looks like. The idea is to build sort of a miniature command center in his chest, which was