This is Kirigami, a variation on Origami in which you cut as well as fold the paper.



This is a 3-d puzzle made of cut wood. I don't know if all the detail rwally shows in the picture, but there was a lot of detail.

Kids preparing for a career in a Dickensian workhouse - I mean, learning how to use a loom.

Blacksmithing demonstration

This is an extremely complex um, thing. . . I don't know what t call it, but it's all powered by turning a handcrank. I have a short video clip which really shows how impressive it is, but Ihave to figure out how to upload it from my phone.

Kids learning how to weave.

The "un-lazy boy," a recumbent bike made out of a recliner.


Which of course made me think of this:
Speaking of bikes, these are art bikes made by kids. There's a great story about the basketball hoop bike, remind me to tell you the basketball bike story.


This one has a catapult mounted to the handlebars.


These are personal human-powered submarines. The wooden one in the foreground swims like a stingray and goes about 2 mph. The fiberglass one in the background has a tail that moves back and forth propelling it forward like a fish at about 5mph. They are both powered by foot pedals.

I forget the official name for this but it is essentially a fire oscilloscope. The play music into the tube and somehow the flames show the sound wave patterns.

This is a working hovercraft powered by a leaf blower.

Racing homemade go-karts

This guy makes woodcuts, inks them and prints them on to T-shirts.

This is from a Georgia Tech program aimed at getting kids interested in robotics.

This is a different program. Kids are building Lego robots.

Glass blowers

Blown glass.


More blacksmithery.
