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Yearly Archives: 2010
more art from Rivka’s awesome class at QMA
I biked out to the Queens Museum of Art where Rivka’s class was hard at work making signs and decorations for Maker Faire e
Thursday, Sept. 16, noon – 2:35
Subjects were observed to be too busy to take pictures with me… : ( Subject: Lindsay / Mood: Pensive / Work: Hurting Subject: Jacquie / Mood: Picturesque / Work: Pruning Subject: Jeanie / Mood: Subversive / Work: Trying to get me to do her work for her – Nice Try! Subject: Lindsay […]
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Tagged bike carousel, gaylen, Jacquie, jeanie, Lindsay, voo doo lilly
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Surgery at Mada!
Hackett cut himself. Bad. He was attacked by a piece a metal. A sharp piece of metal. A sharp and mean piece of metal. Gaylen can now add “surgeon” to his resume. Coming soon: new class! Gaylen teaches DIY Surgery!
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Chariot
Max runs off with the chariot.
Banner Test
Rivka and I tested the banners for the chariots. They are looking good!
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Monday, Sept. 13, 10am
Subject was observed being very badass.
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Tagged 2010, 360 swing, archive, big bike, bike, bike carousel, brooklyn, carousel, clean up, Lindsay, maker faire, nobodycareswhatyouthink, open photo, seige, shop, shop hours, sparks, steel, test, voo doo lilly, voodoo lilly
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Friday, Sept. 10 3pm-4pm
Subjects were observed to be doing real work on fake idears. Seems improbable but the pictures don’t lie. More latr.
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Tagged bike, bike carousel, Boris, charriots, Hans, Jacquie, Jhosef, Lindsay, madagascar, maker faire, Rivka, shop, voo doo lilly, voodoo lilly
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2 more classes: Molding and Knot Tying
———————— Knot Tying (w/ Lindsay) ———————– Learn basic knot tying skills from the Bowline to Trucker’s Hitch. Impress your friends with knowing how to tie a knot and when to use it.One of the single most useful skills, and the best way to fake all-encompassing competence- step up out the background and tie a clever […]
playing with scale
Here’s some pics of the signage that my Queens Museum english class has produced so far:
Work on Voo-Doo Lilly
Lindsay and I spent a quiet afternoon developing new poisons and dangerous contrivances for the delight and enlightenment of the children.
VooDoo Lily Progress
“In the mid-1800s, the story of a man-eating tree captured widespread attention. In a report he wrote for the South Australian Register, Carl Liche, a German explorer, claimed that while exploring Madagascar, he’d witnessed a woman climb the trunk of a large plant and drink its nectar. When the plant sensed her presence, it captured […]
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Upcoming MIG Welding classes
This month and next, Madagascar Institute is offering 3 welding classes with 3 Artstars. The class that made Madagascar Institute famous. Impress your friends, your older brother, and that cute bartender with your tough new skill. This 3-hour introductory welding class will teach you the very basics of MIG welding and familiarize you with the […]
signs/banners/backdrops update
So, we had a lovely day arting in tents outside the Queens Museum… Here’s an update and some images of what we did, we’ll be continuing to work next week Sunday from 1pm-5pm and it would be most awesome if any of you joined. Banners (posters) Jet Ponies – underway Voodoo Lily – underway 360 […]
today was a day of motors
Jhosef and I started off taking apart the tiny carb for the go-ped little mini scooter, that had a former life serving Erok as his playa ride. We got the thing apart into lots of tiny little pieces and pulled all the mystery bits of red rubber out, and re-assembled it back on to the […]
Voodoo Lily
The VooDoo Lily is well under way thanks to our fabulous crew. We have many parts cut out and the shop is starting to crawl with snake like flaming buds and biting venus fly traps. Jacquie, Townsend, and Nina were the first to jump in and make things happen. The photos don’t live up to […]
