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It’s been a long time

November 3, 2009 – 4:27 pm
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from rear of panel, originally uploaded by neutralSurface.

Haven’t really had a whole lot of time to keep this updated. I’ll try to be better. I know I say this about every three months. So if this is the last post for another couple months, don’t say I didn’t warn you.

For studio I’ve been building large (17″ x 31″) backlit LED panels for a studio project. I used PCBs and parts from an 8×8 kit from ModernDevice.com and sort of exploded it to turn it from a smallish 3.2″x3.2″ square to something a bit more human-scale. I built a total of four of these assemblies and they’re all controlled by a newer model Arduino which controls all the boards. Each board has embedded into it pressure sensors that register when and where the board is pressed. The sensor mechanism is a little clunky right now, but I’m working to really finesse the detailing so it works better in the future.

proto? proto!

March 7, 2009 – 1:30 pm
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proto-proto-block, originally uploaded by neutralSurface.

If anyone has any idea what a “proto-block” is, or where to purchase one, let me know.

Broken Bits

February 28, 2009 – 4:04 pm
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Broken Bits, originally uploaded by neutralSurface.

what happens if you try to go too fast and cut too much with the router.

done

May 10, 2008 – 11:12 am
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plan, originally uploaded by neutralSurface.

This monday was the final review for our fifth and last project of the first year. In order to build the final models I estimate that I spent around twelve hours on the laser cutter cutting over three-hundred precise individual pieces out of chipboard. I remember making fun of those pale kids hunched over the computers in the basement cutting out sheet after sheet of whatever for a model. I thought I would never be one of them. But after spending hours myself hunched over the slow computers with blackened fingers inhaling chipboard smoke and toxic plexi fumes I am no longer above anyone. I also spent quite a bit of time getting cozy with the CNC router in a semi-failed materials experiment. Now I have a few days to catch up on sleep and try to figure out my summer before the last round of finals hit next week.

sections

May 1, 2008 – 11:48 pm
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partial model, originally uploaded by neutralSurface.
This is how I’m dealing with curver’s remorse…at least in 3D.

I’m slowly but surely pumping out my final production models for my second semester core class. The GSD has a lot of resources (CNC routers, multiple robot arms that no one knows how to use, plotters everywhere, 3D printers, and frickin’ laser cutters), but when it comes to crunch time, everything is always taken. So you have to be crafty and slip in and get things done in the cracks and be ready to jump off of whatever it is you’re doing and run down to get pieces of your model laser cut. It’s insane and not conducive to sleep. But if all goes well we should all have very nice projects. Still being alive at the end would be a huge bonus too.

raw

April 28, 2008 – 8:23 pm
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Butcher Block, originally uploaded by neutralSurface.

I made this board out of 1″ x 2″ maple strips and I’m planning on routing out a site plan in 1″=64′ scale on the cnc cutter. Crossing my fingers that I get a CNC time slot, and that the file works, and that the board doesn’t split, and that it’s worth my time. It’s deceptively heavy.

E&E

April 20, 2008 – 12:22 pm
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P1010102, originally uploaded by Stanford Architecture.

I came across this photo in the Stanford Architecture photostream of what I presume to be the new Architecture studio in the brand new E&E building in the up and coming SEQ II. Somehow, two of my models (from the same project) made it over from Terman to the new space. Pretty sweeth.

string();

April 6, 2008 – 10:46 pm
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string operations, originally uploaded by neutralSurface.

I’ve been working with string for the latest project which is fun, but may also prove to be my demise. This is part of my study “instrument” where I test the operations I’ve set apart: Pinch, spread, and bridge. We’ll see what develops.

Animation

March 10, 2008 – 6:53 pm
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Just a simple rendering with very little post processing that I had to do for my digital media workshop. Nothing to get excited about.

project #4

March 9, 2008 – 3:18 pm
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bottom of topo, originally uploaded by neutralSurface.

I’ve finally completed my fourth project, and despite being confident in my ability to get things done in a timely and efficient manner which would allow me to sleep before the critique, I was definitely up for two days straight and working up until the last minute. I’ll post more images as I sort through the rubble on my desktops (real and computer)