#Plastic
44 posts100 ideas project retrospective (2023)
Looking back at 100 days of daily project ideas in 2023, what got built, what got scrapped, and why I burned out doing it.
Read postIdea 084 - Pressed lotus flower lamp
A lotus-shaped lamp of LED-lit acrylic shards holding pressed flowers, in a 3D printed base.
Read postIdea 083 - Dried flower art installation
A staircase tunnel of dried flowers sandwiched between acrylic plates and lit from within.
Read postIdea 059 - Alices Adventures in Wonderland in a million parts
Stained glass windows, one per location in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, built with the digital stained glass technique.
Read postIdea 050 - Tessellating Illuminated Origami Wall Sculpture
An interactive origami tessellation wall sculpture with an individually addressable RGB LED in each cell.
Read postIdea 031 - Fabric Floral Cyberpunk Armor
Idea: cyberpunk cloth armor for raves, based on the pattern of a Japanese cloth armor from the 1800s.
Read postIdea 027 - Print on demand Keyboard Keycaps
Idea: a website where users upload their own glyphs or images to be printed on keyboard keycaps.
Read postDigital stained glass workshop - Post mortem
Post mortem from the September 2019 digital stained glass workshop at Maker Labs: what worked, what broke, and what six attendees built.
Read postCosts - Stained glass windows project
Bill of materials for one stained glass panel: pixels, acrylic, plywood, and laser time totalling about $156 CAD.
Read postWood frames - Stained glass windows project
Building hexagonal baltic birch frames for the stained glass panels on the table saw, with a grooved channel holding the acrylic.
Read postHardware - Stained glass windows project
Parts list for the stained glass windows: white acrylic, square WS2812B LEDs, a Wemos D1 mini, and a 5V 5A supply.
Read postTech Demo - Stained glass windows project
Tech demo notes for the stained glass windows: gluing acrylic, building cardstock dividers, and killing LED hotspots.
Read postNotes from April 2017
April 2017 links: Google AnyPixel, a drinkable tequila cloud, the Cubic Cyphercon puzzle badge, ESP8266 deauther, and Shodan.
Read postHalloween LED Fox Mask
A coroplast low-poly fox mask wired with NeoPixels and a WeMos D1 mini, with a brightness dial added after it proved too bright at a Halloween party.
Read postWanhao Duplicator i3
Notes on picking up a used Wanhao Duplicator i3, getting started with Cura, and a list of 3D printing resources.
Read postAlternatives to the Vancouver Hackspace.
A list of alternatives to Vancouver Hackspace after its community turned toxic, with makerspaces, meetups, and tool libraries.
Read postCNC Zen Garden - Vancouver Maker Faire 2016 Post Mortem
Post mortem of the CNC zen garden at Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2016: a RAMPS short, skipped steps, and the fixes that worked.
Read postDay 97 - Giant fox mask
A 1.5-metre coroplast version of the Wintercroft fox mask, built during a VHS giant fox head build night.
Read postDay 94 - Radiant acrylic fox mask
A laser-cut acrylic Wintercroft fox mask for Burning Man, ruined by Gorilla Glue foaming under the panels.
Read postDay 86 - Fox head mask
A low-poly Wintercroft fox head mask cut from coroplast, ready for mirrored acrylic panels.
Read postDay 15 - Arcade button panel
A test-cut Pocket Universe panel with arcade-button-sized holes, half of which may be swapped for LEDs.
Read postDay 8 - Moster mustache
A mustached monster vector traced from a picture book and laser-cut in acrylic at VHS.
Read postDay 7 - Moster dog
A monster dog vector traced from a picture book and laser-cut in acrylic at VHS.
Read postDay 6 - Moster lizard
A monster lizard vector traced from a picture book and laser-cut in acrylic at VHS.
Read postDay 5 - Moster frog
A monster frog vector traced from a picture book and laser-cut in acrylic at VHS.
Read postDay 4 - Untztrument trellis midi kit
An Adafruit Untztrument trellis MIDI kit in a laser-cut acrylic case, planned for wireless dome lighting control.
Read postLayered paper cut with spacers between each layer
An old layered red paper-cut design reworked with coroplast spacers between each layer, after seeing Charles Clary's work.
Read postA blue star sign
A glowing backlit star sign cut from coroplast with 12 RGB LEDs behind it.
Read postLaser cut layered Crystal skull
A clear acrylic crystal skull built from stacked laser-cut slices, threaded together with fishing line.
Read postAcrylic puzzle test 1
First test of laser-etched acrylic jigsaw puzzles, with silhouette animals and a paired laser-cut box.
Read postAcrylic Ornaments Batch 2
Batch two of acrylic snowflake ornaments, including 3D slot-together designs and Koch snowflake variants.
Read postAcrylic Ornaments - Design thoughts an research
Research notes on Koch snowflakes, Processing scripts, and slotted paper designs for the next ornament run.
Read postAcrylic Christmas Ornaments version 1
First cut of acrylic Christmas ornaments at VHS, with notes on letter counters and font choices to fix.
Read postDesigning Acrylic Christmas Ornaments
Designing acrylic Christmas ornaments in red, white, and black to cut on the VHS laser cutter.
Read postUpdated versions of VHS Lighting Talk Challenge coins
A revised VHS lightning-talk challenge coin design, with 30 cut for the next Super Happy Hacker House.
Read postVHS Lighting Talk Challenge coins - Super Happy Hacker House
Laser-cut acrylic challenge coins for VHS members who give a lightning talk at Super Happy Hacker House.
Read postSimple acrylic pendants
Quick laser-cut acrylic Hibiscus and ukulele pendants as gifts for family stops on a World Maker Faire trip.
Read postMore GeoCoins tests
Dialling in the laser settings on 25 test geocoins at VHS and logging them into the thing tracker.
Read postLook what I made - Compass table
A Vancouver Maker Faire build using a thrift store table, two sheets of acrylic, and 1000 ten-cent compasses from Alibaba.
Read postLook what I made - Acrylic chess set
An acrylic chess set cut on the new VHS laser cutter from a Thingiverse design, the first laser cutter project.
Read postMaking a Gear Heart
An eight-hour MakerBot print of a multi-gear heart for a friend's birthday, made at Vancouver Hackspace.
Read postVancouver floating dining room using plastic 2-Liter bottles
A floating dining room built on 1,672 plastic 2-liter bottles and reclaimed pine for the School of Fish Foundation.
Read postSpin Art - Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011
Rebuilt the giant spin art box with a belt drive and splash guard three days before Maker Faire, then ran out of paper by noon day two.
Read postMark Jenkins - Plastic babies
Mark Jenkins makes cheap plastic babies from plastic wrap and clear tape, with ideas for turning them into LED-lit sculptures.
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