Tag Archives: metal
30Mar/121 comment
Al Belleveau’s Toolbox
Posted by Karen
Al works as a blacksmith in Northern Minnesota. I became aware of his work through the Headwaters Science Center years ago, where he made a dinosaur for an old friend, Laddie Elwell (the Center’s founder). As I was researching for … Continue reading
Tagged as: Al Belleveau, blacksmith, metal, minnesota, open make, tools, welding
9Mar/123 comments
Hunkin’s Workshop – Wood and Metal Tools
Posted by Ryan
In preparation for the next open make, Tim and Nicole set up a workshop space in the Tinkering Studio to introduce some tools commonly used in woodworking and metalworking. They decorated the workshop with some of Tim’s cartoon drawings, put … Continue reading
12Jan/12No comments
Wire Automata Toys
Posted by Ryan
This month, we are exploring toys for the first month of our open:MAKE series. One of our favorite types of homemade toys are moving sculptures called automata. Over the past year or two we have made automata out of cardboard, … Continue reading
12Dec/11No comments
Mistfit Toy Factory
Posted by Ryan
On Saturday night, some of us tinkerers headed over to the Misfit Toy Factory at Root Division, an artist collective and education center, to participate in a truly twisted take-apart toy event. Each artist had one hour to create a … Continue reading
10Dec/111 comment
Lightworks for Brightworks
Posted by nicole
I was an artist-in-residence at the wonderful Brightworks this week. They had asked me to do some metal working with the kids, and I decided I wanted to work on a chandelier made out of spoons for the school. I … Continue reading
Tagged as: brightworks, chandelier, design, materiality plastic, metal, nicole, welding
22May/11No comments
Maker Faire 2011, Day 1
Posted by Luigi
Day one of Maker Faire wrapped up without rapture, but with plenty of tinkering! We did a wire bending and soldering workshop in the first half of the day, and a cardboard costume workshop in the second half. I set … Continue reading
1Apr/111 comment
Metal Music Madness
Posted by Luigi
To celebrate the end of metal month, we out out a musem-wide call for metal instruments players. We got a few volunteers, and spent a great hour testing various metal music makers, having a bit of a performance, and being … Continue reading
Tagged as: euphonium, fiddle, fun, harp, instruments, materiality metal, metal, metal music, music, tap dancing, Video
30Mar/112 comments
Metal Music Extravaganza…
Posted by Ryan
in the Tinkering Studio from 4:00 to 5:00 tomorrow!
29Mar/111 comment
Testing the Spot Welder
Posted by Ryan
In the latest of the series of videos documenting Antonio’s projects (see the phonograph and the vacuum former for the first two films in the trilogy), the learning studio crew tests out a homemade spot welder. The idea is that … Continue reading
17Mar/113 comments
Our first stop-motion with metal parts
Posted by Sebastian
….posting this for Ryoko… We are getting ready for Open Make on this Saturday. Following “plastic” and “cardboard”, the theme for this month is “metal”. As an ongoing project, Sebastian, Chad, and I have been working on stop-motion animation station, … Continue reading
