Residency Blog

Albert and Anastasia have a serious discussion about  ITE business. Jason and Max have a "serious discussion" on a wooden "phone." Megan stacking laser cut and graphite coated plywood pieces to demonstrate a concept. Tina with a pair of gesticulating arms I believe...

Max has got himself a sack of King Arthur brand all-purpose flour, and he's using it to make patterns on wood. They almost look like they could be paintings, like from the wall of an ancient cave in France, don't you think? Here's how he's doing it: first he mixes...

Daniel designs a circuit in his notebook. Components are added to a custom printed circuitboard. The same process seen from behind. Once assembly is complete, the pieces are soldered in...

This is how Jason assembles one of the laminated cardboard blocks from which his pieces are turned. First, he does a little dance. The stage is set... ...and lamination begins. Another piece of cardboard is added. The process repeats. When the stack is sufficiently...

Another shot of Felicia stacking. Max trims before turning. Felicia turns. Another shot of Felicia and Marc from NextFab segmenting a log. I don't know about you, but that look of Jason's stops my heart every time. Jason stopping someone's heart--I forget...

Albert addresses the table at the Echo Lake luncheon. The group outside of an REI in Rockville, MD, in front of a "tall commissioned outdoor work, 28'h x 16' x 8', by Foon Sham.  Made of 5000+ blocks of Kebony Pine." Phil Brown, who provided the description of the...

Daniel in the dorms at UArts. Max ordinarily plans each piece carefully, but in the heat of his frustration after losing an entire morning's work, he decided to just put a piece of wood on the lathe and improvise.  This persistent crack, which ran much deeper than...

I'm going to begin scanning the film properly this week, but for now, please accept these warped images as harbingers of things to come! Anastasia uses a rasp. Jason lives in a world very much like our own, except everything in it is made from cardboard. Jason...

I dropped off a couple rolls of 35mm slide film last week and today they were ready! There's a stoneworking shed right outside the door of Furness Hall, where we're all living.  Every morning, I greet this swan (and the swan greets me). Phil Brown and Barbara...