Monthly Archives: January 2011
28Jan/11No comments
An Ode to the Plastic Bag
Posted by Luigi
As we approach the end of this month dedicated to plastic, here is a beautiful and delightful short film starring the humble plastic bag. Narrated by Werner Herzog, no joke!
Tagged as: bag, film, materiality plastic, plastic bag, werner herzog
25Jan/115 comments
Do try this at home.
Posted by Michael Smith-Welch
In the first couple of days of my residency with the Learning Studio I had the opportunity to spend some time with two artists whose work is featured in the Tinkering Studio. I helped Nicole set up Shih Chieh (“Cj”) … Continue reading
24Jan/112 comments
Captive Tinkerer: Gever Tulley vs. PVC pipes
Posted by Luigi
Once again, our beloved Tinkerer in Residence Gever Tulley came to the Tinkering Studio for one of his explorations of materials and numerosity. This time, his weapon of choice was PVC pipes. Gever showed up with 400 linear feet of … Continue reading
21Jan/11No comments
Meet a local Maker – Halo Costumes
Posted by Karen
Shawn Thorrson is a costume and prop builder from Petaluma who brought his handiwork to Open MAKE last weekend. He was great with visitors, explaining all about the process he used to create his elaborate Halo costumes. He talked two … Continue reading
Tagged as: costumes, Halo, make, maker, materiality plastic, open make, open make plastic, photos, props, shawn thorrson
19Jan/111 comment
Virginia Fleck’s giant inflatable cushion
Posted by Luigi
As part of this month’s Materiality: Plastic event, featured artist Virginia Fleck hosted a workshop in the Tinkering Studio where she invited visitors to collaboratively contribute to a giant inflatable meditation cushion! Virginia cut two 10 foot circles from thin … Continue reading
19Jan/11No comments
Testing the Vacuforming Machine
Posted by Ryan
This past saturday at Open Make: Plastic, Antonio showed off his homemade vacuforming device and demonstrated techniques for bending acrylic into forks and knives. Like many of the inventions that make their way into the tinkering studio, the homemade vacuum … Continue reading
12Jan/113 comments
Captive tinkerer: Gever Tulley vs. strawberry baskets
Posted by Luigi
Charles Eames famously said: “One of something may be beautiful, but can you stand to see 100 in a row?” Well, how about 2,000? Gever Tulley, our beloved Tinkerer in Residence, worked all day in the Tinkering Studio to see … Continue reading
11Jan/11No comments
Wind Tube material experiment
Posted by Ryoko
Last Friday, Ryan and Jessica did an experiment of Wind Tube restricting the materials available, using only strawberry baskets and cardboard tubes. We were surprised to see the variety of people’s creations. Here are some interesting examples that we saw! … Continue reading
11Jan/11No comments
Mandala Timelapse
Posted by Ryan
For last Thursday’s after dark: chill artist Joe Mangrum spent eight hours making an elaborate sand mandala in the middle of the skylight area of the museum. It was tubed off so the public could admire it for three more … Continue reading
10Jan/111 comment
Plastic Soda Bottle Tree
Posted by Ryan
You don’t have to go all the way to London to see soda bottle used for creative purposes. I snapped this photo yesterday a block away from my house right around alamo square. Looks like making art with plastic is … Continue reading
