STEAM | Celeste's VirtualLab

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...

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...

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...

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...

Mycelium as a Toy-Making Material

When I stumbled upon Corinne Takara and her team of amazing biotinkering teens (whom you can learn more about here:...