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My first Trash Automata

February 15, 2017

I thought I'd try something new this time, I have lots of plastic and metal bits and pieces, all things that were about to be thrown away that I saved. I love automaton and thought I'd try making one! thought I'd choose something simple... so of course I go and make a creature with articulating wings!

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In The Tinker Process, Making Projects, playing with trash Tags automata, reuse, scrap, trash, angel, fly, wings, articulating wings
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What's Inside My Pocket Camera?

August 3, 2016

My last Tinker object was a pocket camera Called Palm Clix. My brother bought this years ago, he doesn’t even remember if it worked or not, or if he ever even tried it! I don’t know why anyone would buy this to be honest.

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In Tinker Thoughts Tags stop motion, egypt, cairo, Camera, product, design, ewaste, reuse, repurposed
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What's inside My Sony PS3 Controller?

July 20, 2016

Last week I opened the playstation3 controller as per most requests. It’s by far my most viewed and liked video ever on Instagram! Eveer! I can’t believe that more than 60k viewed the video

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In How It Works Tags sony, playstation, product, fix, ewaste, stopmotion, egypt, cairo, animation, upcycle, repurposed, reuse, creative
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What's Inside My Cassette Tape?

May 27, 2016

I choose a cassette tape last week because I’ve been piling up with side projects that I wanted to do and wanted something simple to animate that week, or so I thought! Knitting on its own is very time-consuming, let alone stop motion-ing it!

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In The Tinker Process Tags Tinker Friday, Stop motion, waste, plastic, upcycled, reuse, repurposed, animation, cairo, egypt, cassette, tape, knitting, instagram
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Tinker Friday

On this blog i'll share all things I do, from offline meet ups to talks and workshops. I'll show you my 'tinker' process; the things I learn about all the products I take apart and what goes on in my brains when I look at the pieces.


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