New Pieces Summer 2024

Inspired by the product design section of SFMOMA's Art of Noise exhibition, I decided to get a little funky with my amplifier design skills. Decent Vibrations (yes, a nod to the Beach Boys ; )) is a small portable Bluetooth amplifier with a large on/off switch and a giant lumpy volume knob because why not? The base is cast concrete, and the body is texture-painted 3D-printed PLA. The piece is rechargeable, lasting many hours, longer than an unedited drone-metal double album––way longer.
https://www.extrasleepy.com/tangent#/decent-vibrations/

Sometimes, you need to lump around and take in a little abstract art. And what if that abstract art was a little lumpy, too? Even better, what if it changed every six hours so you could contemplate a new maze of lines and shapes? Lumpstraction provides all that. A CNC-cut wood texture-painted sculpture with an embedded black and white e-ink display, this piece will delight your abstraction appetite without keeping you awake at night (Literally, there's no illumination).
https://www.extrasleepy.com/connected#/lumpstraction/

NEW PIECE: SWEET LOAF

2019

CNC-cut walnut, 3D printed lens, Acrylic, Arduino, Addressable LEDs, Rechargeable battery

Sweet Loaf is a small rechargeable freestanding light source. The lamp can operate plugged to a wall or untethered for about 5 hours per recharge. A micro switch and usb charging port are embedded in the side of the acrylic. All machining on the wood and acrylic was done on the Bantam Tools Mill.

Dimensions: 5”w x 3”h x 4”d

See more: http://www.extrasleepy.com/#/sweetloaf/

This image is from the internet. Photographer unknown.

I'm on The Edge ❤️

When I attended the School for Poetic Computation a few years back, I met this really interesting artist, engineer, and musician Zach Dunham. After some time at Kickstarter, these days he’s working at a CNC machine manufacturer Bantam Tools at which one of his projects is producing my recent podcast obsession: “The Edge”. If you’re interested in make-y machine-y design-y engineer-y stuff, this podcast is the best. When I found it I binged the entire first season in just a few hours.

Then, a few weeks ago, Zach contacts me and asks if I want to be part of an episode with Mohit Bohite–whose work I absolutely love. It’s pretty amazing to find something you love and then a few months later get asked to participate in it. So, the episode is out today!!!

https://www.bantamtools.com/blogs/theedge/season-2-episode-5-mohit-bhoite-giving-life-to-electronics

If you find this episode exciting, don’t stop there! There are so many good episodes.

NEW PIECE: Bright Donut

Bright Donut is a small LED-lit surface-ready lamp. Its CNC-cut wood body and translucent 3D-printed lens come together for a shape inspired by boutique Japanese donuts. The LED colors, which are always a gradient, are randomized and change every 15 minutes.

CNC-cut beechwood, 3D printed lens, Arduino, addressable LEDs, power supply

Dimensions: 8.5”w x 8.5”h x 3”d