Sunday, July 17, 2011

make do fun

I found this image on the design files daily
it got me thinking about modularity again alos the interrupt collective work Geo ping at Wellington Lux



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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Benham's miniature Twin Elliptic Pendulum Harmonograph


http://www.1920-30.com/toys/things-to-make/harmonographs.html

How to Make a Three-Pendulum Rotary Harmonograph





A harmonograph is a mechanical device that uses swinging pendulums to
draw pictures, believed to be originally invented in 1844 by Scottish
mathematician Hugh Blackburn.

Two lateral pendulums swing back and forth at right angles to each
other with arms connecting to a pen. One moves the pen from side to
side, and the second moves it from front to back on the paper. A
third "rotary" pendulum moves the paper by swinging on any axis or in
circular motions, while the pen is drawing on it. The combined
motions of all three pendulums generate the resulting drawing.
http://www.karlsims.com/harmonograph

human spirograph






http://www.tonyorrico.com

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

moving pinhole camera


What happens when you place a small pinhole camera on the top of a turntable and expose the film for the length of L America by The Doors (which is 4:35, by the way)? You get the crazy, beautiful photo you see above by photographer Tim Franco

Koji Ryui