B.Light Design

The New York Times did a great piece on the THREAT show. Going to be a fantastic show.

THREAT
Present Company
29 Wythe Street Brooklyn, NY

More great news, my piece the Goodnight Stand got into the the American Design Club’s latest show THREAT. It’s 3AM, someone else is in the house, what do you grab? An exhibition of objects with one purpose, protection from the THREAT.

THREAT is March 9th at Present Company (29 Wythe Street, Brooklyn, NY), come one, come all.

Great news, a stop motion short I worked on, The Myth of Pyramis, will be screened at this year’s LES Film Festival March 10th at Grand Opening (139 Norfolk Street). We’re part of the Animation Showcase. Unfortunately, the show is already sold out.

I worked on the short with Phil Groman and Mick Hondlik. It’s our simplified take on the Myth of Sisyphus. The Pyramis character was created on the laser cutter out of cardboard and two push pin eyes. If you have access to a laser cutter you can make your own with this file.

We’ve been hard at work putting a bunch of little Pyramis together for the big event.

The Clamp Lamp (did I come up with the name first, then build the lamp? possibly) is a very simple, very useful little light. Plywood base, a gooseneck, a light socket, and a cord are about all you need. Clamp it to a surface using a standard C clamp, and you’re good to go.

I had an old construction light cover that I rescued from my grandpa’s farm decades ago. Finally have a use for it.

I had enough parts to make a second one of these, but this time I attached a magnifying glass to the end of the gooseneck. Don’t know how handy it is for me, but I like the look.

A quick experiment for (hopefully) a bigger generative art sculpture. Composed of 9 objects, a turned plywood form, a spun metal shape formed over the plywood (more on metal spinning later), and an ice piece cast inside the hollow of the spun metal form. One piece could not be made without the previous. Then times that all by three.

Finally got the installation video put together for the Secret Passageway Switch. I couldn’t have done it without the help of Matt Richardson, he basically shot, directed, and edited the whole thing. Thanks for all of the help Matt.

Full instructions can be found here.

As an experiment I cut a bunch of “combs” out of 1/4″ plywood on the laser cutter. I then glued up the combs to form a (somewhat) solid mass. After it dried I trimmed off the edges and then turned it on the lathe.

I was pretty happy with the results. Got some interesting curves and patterns that I didn’t expect. Next phase: go bigger, less voids.

Laser Cut Combs and Initial Glue Up

Trimmed off edges

The ITP Winter Show was kind of a blur, but it went great. So many amazing exhibits. Below are some quick videos of Kinetic Sculpture 5 in action.

I have the good fortune to be lending a hand on an incredible installation: Lumarca.

Lumarca is a volumetric display that allows viewers to experience digital animations in true three dimensional space. The video does not do it justice, the effect is pretty amazing in person. And this January 12th you can come and see it at Eyebeam.

The creators Albert Hwang and Matt Parker have done some incredible work, not to be missed.

For more information on the show check out http://eyebeam.org/events/main-space-lumarca.

Here is the amazing instructions created by designer Yoko Ohama Sakao with direction from Tina Roth Eisenberg (swissmiss herself).

So great.

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