Author Archives: Violet Blue

Big congrats to The Shadow Robot Company, who snagged NASA as a client and got a nice feature just published about them — Guardian UK reports, Some people dream of climbing Mount Everest; Richard Greenhill dreams of a general-purpose robot … Continue reading →

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The Trabant. Wired’s piece was short and precise; and though it neglected a front-page link to the artist’s website, here’s an enjoyable snip: Tucked away in a quiet residential neighborhood of San Francisco is a little workshop that opens its … Continue reading →

Poetic and full of bio-mechanical longing, Andrew Huang’s animated short “Doll Face” is a must-watch for art machine fans. It’s a nice momentary mental sidetrack if you’re working on your own art machines, and it’s pleasing to know the film … Continue reading →

at Make, sculptor Jud Turner‘s unfortunately non-functional yet gorgeous skeletal “Bio-Cycle” led me to explore more in his galleries, chock full of what he deems blending biological hallucinations with hard steel, and his love of “(…) the physical processes involved … Continue reading →

Image of Cowden’s Some People I Don’t Know by Ric e Ette. Last year’s Maker Faire was my introduction to the methodical, meditative whimsy of Benjamin Cowden‘s wonderful machines. His bizarre and beautiful hand-crank machines rely largely on worm gears, … Continue reading →