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.