Physical Creations

In addition to making things virtually, I also interact with the physical world

Cover slip boxes

Glass boxes with microscope cover slips.

Pine nut mice

Small mice out of pine nuts, date pits, and silver wire.

Mouse

The proportions didn’t turn out quite as I had expected.

Cat

Wooden cat

Cherry wood cat.

Enameled frog

Brass frog with enamel paint. The eyes are the base of LEDs.

Book - Steel boards, brass corners, laptop hard-drive magnet

Lycoris radiata, unpainted - aluminum, music wire

Winged hair clip - carbon fiber, kevlar thread, gold leaf, enamel paint

Gold leaf is structurally quite weak. Paint is likewise weak. Here the gold leaf is reinforced using both kevlar thread and loose fibers bound together with paint and sandwiched with additional gold leaf, achieving a reasonable strong and lightweight material in the desired shape.

Flower - brass with enamel paint