Tag : studio notes

after a few months of calibrating and tweaking [beta_01], it was clear things weren’t as stable or precise as I’d like. I think much of the instability was because of some necessary kludges (ugh, zip ties…) and that I used printed parts for a lot of the assembly. I knew [beta_01] was always just a […]

now that studio.FAB‘s reached a pretty stable (?) point, I’ve decided to take a break from the development + engineering for a while and refocus back into art-making.  well…there’s actually plenty of technical stuff studio.FAB needs to do (CNC! plotter! cutter!) but a good portion of that development is on hold while I wait for […]

for the past few months, I’ve been designing a new 3D printer digital fabricator for the studio and (finally…) I think it’s time you get to see a little peak at how things are going. originally, I intended to design a cleaner, more accessible 3D printer for students and artists – but as I was […]

as an artist, academic, and serving on the board of directors of my local hackerspace, it can feel like I often don’t have enough studio time for my creative work. in the last 5 months, I’ve been especially busy with teaching + related activities, however, looking ahead I anticipated that my art-making schedule would be […]

so after a few months of building, hacking, tweaking, then rebuilding some more, I finally got my 3D printer to print something. now, it’s not much of a thing…it’s actually just a calibration print – but still it’s an object that started as just code and now exists in physical space. I think I have […]

today I got a hands-on demo of the vinyl cutter that’s living at the hackerspace.  so far I’m impressed + excited at the possibilities – stenciling, circuit board etching, large-scale wall drawing installation, etc.  using a vector image, the process is a lot easier than what I experienced w/ the CNC process. different mediums + […]

I’ve started building a RepRap Prusa Mendel 3D printer as part of a Hackerspace Charlotte build group.  so far I’ve put together the main structure and made a few modifications to the original plans.  I’m using 3 bearings on each side instead of 1 – this is to keep the belt from rubbing against the […]