Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Line Following...........................





...............Robot.  Ordered from Banggood.com.  Assembled and it works well.  Mindless fun.

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Friday, October 30, 2015

Binary ...........................





...................clock.  8-inch x 8-inch x 2-inch wooden case.  Powered by an Arduino. 

The time is:  6:47 as displayed.  If you add up the vertical rows, you'll get 06 for hours and 47 for minutes.

Sunday, August 30, 2015

More...um.............



....relics....totems....artifacts....Steampunked Altoid tins.   The top one has a 'flickering candle' LED with battery, the bottom - a vacuum tube.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Altered.................

artifacts.....relics.....Altoid tins to be exacting.  Soldered, rusted and embellished.

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Oculus................




Shrine......19-inches x 10-inchs x 5-inches.   Created for Red Raven Gallery's Steampunk Show debuting in September.

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Oculus................

.......in progress.   Steampunk show at the Red Raven Gallery in Salem -- opening First Wednesday in September.

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Serenity....................

............., Shrine of.  Final version....thank god.  20-inches x 7-inches x 5-inches roughly.  Metal, ceramic, wood and acrylic. 

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Shrine of...................




..............Serenity.   Created for Artists In Action's Outside the Box auction at the Bush Park Art Fair.

Approximately 17-inches x 8-inches x 5-inches.  Mixed media - ceramic, wood, metal, acrylic.

Saturday, July 4, 2015

The Dance................

of Jupiter and Venus -- two days after the conjunction.  Better late than never!

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

HOT HOT HOT.............




...and trying to keep cool as I peruse items in the shop......trying to decide what to add to my latest shrine in progress.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Monday, June 8, 2015

OMG!!!!.....................................

......artifact.   Had to have it.  Shall be the basis of something strange and wonderful...... 

Sunday, June 7, 2015

b....bi.....bin.....binary...............

.......clock.   Arduino Uno powered.  Flashing vacuum tubes atop the clock to mark seconds.

At the tone...the time is:  18:48

There are LOTS of binary clock builds out 'there'.  In case you're curious, here's where I began:  http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Binary-Clock-1/



Thursday, May 28, 2015

MMMmmmmmmm....Moai.............


....mini.  Friend of mine bought me a moai ice-cube tray, so I cast the heads in Durham's Rock Hard Putty and made my own mini-Easter Island.   Next...the bird men cult shall rise again!

Monday, May 18, 2015

De Time....DE ..........

....TiME!    Arduino UNO with real-time clock module and LCD display all connected via I2C.


Saturday, May 9, 2015