Tag Archives: tape

 
7Sep/121 comment

Tapigami: rolling techniques and the evolution of the craft

Tapigami artist Danny Scheible shares some of his preferred masking tape rolling techniques, as well as his personal trajectory of working with masking tape. I think sometimes it’s easy to see a technique or art form, even an unusual one … Continue reading

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31Aug/12No comments

Tapigami Workshop in the TS

On monday, tapigami artist Danny Scheible and our group installed the tape city in the tinkering studio niche (check out Luigi’s timelapse of the epic process) and all this we have been doing workshops on the basics of sculpting with … Continue reading

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30Aug/12No comments

The worst thing you can do with tape

Remember: with great power comes great responsibility. Only use your tape skills for good, never for evil. Danny will be in the Tinkering Studio every day, noon to 4pm, teaching everyone the basics of making art with masking tape, until … Continue reading

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28Aug/121 comment

Tapigami is here!

Last night we installed Danny Scheible‘s fantastic installation, a fanciful city entirely made of masking tape structures. It fills the entire niche in the Tinkering Studio, and spills out onto the floor. Danny’s goal is to cover the entire earth … Continue reading

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23Dec/11No comments

Tip-Top Tape Top Tutorial

Although we’ve been experimenting with all types of top-making materials over the past few days, I think that my favorite toy was made using only one ingredient – masking tape! “Tape helps” has been an unofficial mantra for solving consistency … Continue reading

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19Sep/116 comments

Cool forced perspective

Artist Stephen Doyle created this image for a recent New York Times Magazine article titled What if the Secret to Success is Failure? The giant word “grit” has not been added in post-processing with Photoshop, but created in the physical … Continue reading

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