Rook Skull 1
Finally got back to carving and came up with a first attempt at creating a skull. A rook skull became the object of re-creation as I found a baby one which had fallen from the rookery in the local Church … Continued
Message in a Bottle found on beach in Whitby Harbour !
It was only to be expected, as the tide turned at Staithes the bottle floated out to sea and has found it’s way down the coast to Whitby Harbour. The party of visiting school children in their yellow jackets have … Continued
Message in a Bottle found in Staithes Harbour !
This image was inspired by a piece of Sculpture which has had a Gallery of Modern Art, MIMA, erected by it’s side. The sculpture is called ‘Bottle of Notes’ and was created in 1993 by Claes Oldenburg and … Continued
Redcar vertical Pier One & Other
Having just moved to border country on the North East Coast, that is the border between North Yorkshire and what lies beyond, the couldn’t be missed opportunity to create yet another, One & Other, presented itself when I saw … Continued
The ‘ WILDCARD ‘ Gro-Bot Organeec 1
Found myself looking for a new Readymade Art project, and came across this, TED talk, by Caleb Harper, http://www.ted.com/talks/caleb_harper_this_computer_will_grow_your_food_in_the_future. Just what was needed, but having checked through the OPEN AGriculture site, http://openag.media.mit.edu/ , Forum, Wiki and Blog it was obvious … Continued
Gro-Bot organeec 2 : Cleaned and painted ready for internal re-fit.
Good clean with bleach, then coated in white anti-rust paint = good as new ! ( except for the lack of cooling power. ) The freezer compartment door is air tight so the idea at the moment is to … Continued
Gro-Bot Organeec 3 : Sensors and Actuators
In order to control how a closed system works you need to sense chosen changes in the system and modify those changes to your requirements. Sensors and actuators provide that control coupled with computer applications connecting the two together … Continued
Gro-Bot Organeec 4 : Getting a fan
Finally decided that it would be OK to put the circulation fan in the door of the Freezer compartment. As you will notice this required slicing a chunk off the shelf that is part of the door to allow the … Continued
Gro-Bot Organeec 5 : Extra Arduino bit
Above is a pic of several Grove connectors. As I have decided to create my own expansion board using veroboard I will need to bend the outer two pins in order to solder the Grove connectors to the board as … Continued
Gro-Bot Organeec 6 : Heat and Sight
I decided to go for this 1200W, two setting, £5.00 hair dryer, from UK WalMart / Asda, to act as the air heater for the Gro-Bot it comes with a thermal cutout so it should cut out before melting. It’s … Continued