Experiments

Photochromic Pigment Experiments

I've been sharing a series of experiments with photochromic pigment online recently and many have asked about what materials I'm using...

Drawing Data with micro:bit and an Automata Tinkering Kit

This experiment emerged as I was co-facilitating an automata tinkering workshop with Cabaret Mechanical Theatre and builds on on the...

DIY oil stamps for lantern- making

I learned a DIY stamp making technique from a printmaking workshop at at the Gonzales branch of the Denver Public Library ideaLABs — you...

Dance Training Anklet - A Wearable Tech Experiment

Visit the Miro board below to step through my process as I create a prototype for an anklet that might be able to help you learn dance...

Shape-Changing Paper Earrings

I created these shape-changing paper earrings to experiment with using pop-up book mechanisms outside of books. The idea was to go from a...

Chibitronics Guest Blog Post - How to Make a Light Up Nicho

This year I finally got around to making my own nichos (shadow boxes, or mini shrines). I shared my process, which includes resources...

Tinkering Sketchnotes

Visual notes and documentation from three tinkerers and artists: Documentation of a Shadow Remix workshop with the Tinkering Studio...

Hack-o-Lantern - Automata Pumpkin

Each year the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium invites people to join in the process of making "hack-o-lanterns" where you are...

Book Weaving & Woven Circuits

While following along with a weaving-focused class taught by Laura Devendorf (check out the Unstable Design Lab!) one of the first things...

DIY Pepper's Ghost Illusion

With Halloween coming up soon, now is the perfect time to try creating your own spooky illusion like the one above. All you need is a...

Paper Circuits 5 Different Ways

1. Remote controlled paper circuits with micro:bit I made these paper circuit postcards for a space exploration-themed activity at a...

DIY Mini Greenhouse

Check out the Instructable for this project: https://www.instructables.com/Design-and-Build-a-Customizable-Tabletop-Greenhous/ Related...

Bring an Imaginary Creature to Life Using Craft and Code

This project evolved from a project designed to introduce students to computation and electronics as tools for personal expression....

Painting with electricity

When you combine an electrolyte solution with different voltages, you can create a rainbow of colors on titanium metal. Here, I'm using a...

Origami in Nature

Explore folding patterns in nature through origami and paper folding! Visit the activity guide here: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1...

Foldable Paper Circuit Battery Holder

In the past couple months I've been exploring paper circuits in depth from making paper circuit lanterns with families to experimenting...

Digital Painting Gallery + Tips & Resources

Digital painting is a skill I first learned during my training as a scientific illustrator. As I transitioned away from being a "SciViz"...

Edible Code

*Check out the Instructables post for this project: https://www.instructables.com/Code-You-Can-Eat/ * Recently I've been obsessed with...

3D Printing on Fabric

3D printing and fabric are two materials that I had never considered combining until I saw this tutorial from Make Magazine. 3D printed...

Recreating the Foot of a Wooly Mammoth for Outreach Education

A few years ago a farmer in Iowa discovered the skeletal remains of a wooly mammoth on his property! Local students and archaeologists...