On June 5th, the Studio hosted another Twisted Toys event, focused on taking apart toys. If these don't pan out for Marbles, I'm sure some bunnies can put them to good use! Is it harder for us to know what materials need replenishing? Or to weed out the broken things?.Do people build machines that dump into (or in some way use)the trough?.Does the clutter at the base of the wall pose problems?.Does it really work to forage? Do people have a hard time finding what they want?.Is it just today, or are little kids more drawn to the space? It was a rompa-room in there most of the times I went back there today.Questions I have about this new arrangement are: And it's not that burly- the ACX (plywood) is warpy and just on the edge of not being strong enough. And stuff pops off the tilted tray too much- a wider tray or higher edge would help. I'm liking how the middle troughs slightly divide up the back wall to suggest some boundaries- I'll be curious to see how that effects the marble contraptions people make on that back wall.Īs for the chicken wire, I realize it's kind of so-so at filtering out the marbles.The combo of being low to the ground and having them right there where you need them makes clean up and foraging more convenient. It's easier to dump everything in the troughs. no sorting- sorting was not really happening with the bins on the table.Without the table, the space feels bigger. the scale- it's nice that they're so low to the ground.I know they aren't perfect but I think they are a step in the right direction. I took the gratifyingly radical step of removing the table so it's all trough, all the time. Please observe and give me your feedback on the new troughs I set up in the Marble Niche. Inventor and contraption-maker Brad Prather shows a few of his solar-powered machines and talks about the importance of educating our youth to think about eco-friendly power sources.Ī San Francisco local artist and Exploratorium darling, Michael shares some of his recent work, along with his thoughts on what it means to be an artist and a maker.Īdam has been a maker all his life, and here he talks about his transition and the blurry line between making toys and making art, and reminds us that everything is a toy! Stanford professor Ge Wang talks about what it takes to put together the Stanford Laptop Orchestra, his Ocarina app for the iPhone and how the design constraints of the iPhone were the inspiration for it, and finally his super-fun I Am T Pain app. Walter shares the staggering breadth of his work, ranging from a multitude of turntable-based instruments to shadow paintings, and to finish gives a premiere performance on his brand new instruments, a digital kora. Grace embeds circuits into hand-sewn and felted fabrics.Ī musician and an instrument builder, Krys plays her incredible kelp horn, then talks about some of her past work, her inspirations, and her process, and to finish gives a performance on her Gliss Glass water instrument!. Lenore Edman and Windell Oskay show us how they play with food and make robots with toothbrushes.Īdrian talks about e-textiles and wearable circuitry, and shows some applications of this technology to music and instrument making. Ken talks about his creative process, the evolution of blinky bugs, and his ongoing video project A History of the Sky.
Each gave a brief but inspiring talk, and here they are all collected in the same place. Between January and May we hosted 11 different Featured Makers in the Studio, as part of the Open MAKE set of events.
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