Detail of new work in progress concerning birds and electricity, 2019
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Bird layout /
Bird layout in progress. Details of new work inspired by electricity in nature (and the nature of electricity). March, 2019
Pretty bird /
A sculptural bird circuit that sings “pretty bird” when the ambient light conditions are favorable. The exterior is folded Mylar and the interior is an analog electronic chirp generator soldered freeform. This part is part of a larger work in progress.
Above: images of the freeform chirping circuit (stabilized to Mylar using glue) prior to insertion into the bird’s body.
Female Northern Cardinal /
Chickadee and sparrow /
I continue to model and assemble paper birds for a large sculptural rendition of my winter feeder. Here’s a chickadee and sparrow. The birds
modeled bluejay /
Bluejay for a work in progress, February 2019. Papercraft.
making nature from paper /
Details of work in progress, February 2019. I modeled the objects in CAD software, unfolded the mesh, print patterns on paper, and reassembled them. This is all an exercise to go from nature into my computer and back out again. My conclusion thus far: it is very hard to make nature with a computer.
cardinal with modeling /
Male Northern Cardinal with partial modeling, 2019
Technology infiltrates nature meanwhile humans inhabit progressively virtual realities. Like this one.