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The NeoLucida is the First Portable Camera Lucida to be Manufactured in...
Years before the first photographic print and two centuries before Google Glass, was the Camera Lucida, a clever optical device designed by Sir William Hyde Wollaston that utilized a prism to project...
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Crank Out Infinite Geometric Designs With The Wooden Cycloid Drawing Machine
Cycloid Drawing Machine, all images provided by LEAFpdx Looking more like a vintage turn table than drawing device, the Cycloid Drawing Machine is inspired by drawing machines from the late 19th and...
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Draw Infinite Geometric Designs With the DuoGraph, a Compact New Drawing...
The DuoGraph is the latest drawing machine from inventor and designer Joe Freedman whose Cycloid Drawing Machine took the internet by storm a few months ago. His elaborate devices are capable of...
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A Life-Size Graphite Skeleton that Vibrates to Draw Itself into Nothingness
All images by Luke Abiol Unlike the human body which is composed of only 18% carbon, Agelio Batle‘s latest project is produced from 100% of the semimetal material. The work, titled Ash Dancer, is a...
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The New ‘NeoLucida XL’ Camera Lucida Makes it Easier to Trace What You See
Artist and SAIC professor Pablo Garcia (previously) has added an update to his previous take on the two century old Camera Lucida, an optical device that allows you to trace images and scenes directly...
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Complex Moiré Patterns Created by Mechanical Drawings Machines by James Nolan...
A post shared by James Nolan Gandy (@gandyworks) on Feb 7, 2018 at 6:34pm PST Artist and metalworker James Nolan Gandy creates elaborate drawing machines that easily put your childhood spirograph to...
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A Gigantic Helium-Filled and Charcoal-Studded Sphere Covers Rooms with...
Polish-German artist Karina Smigla-Bobinski gives buoyancy to the act of drawing with ADA, a large inflatable drawing tool. Filled with helium, ADA floats freely, making lines with its charcoal spikes...
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Scribit: the Programmable Robot that Draws on Walls (on Purpose)
Invented by MIT Professor Carlo Ratti, the Scribit is a new robot drawing machine that creates text and images using erasable inks. The project’s creators bill it as a useful tool in work...
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Metal and Wood Drawing Machines by James Nolan Gandy Form Mesmerizing...
James Nolan Gandy (previously) uses his metalworking knowledge to create drawing machines that produce finely tuned, yet expressive works. The machines are purely mechanical, yet their result is...
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A Drawing Machine Linked to A Synthesizer Audiates Geometric Illustrations by...
Beyond the scratch of the pen on paper, drawing as a practice isn’t thought to be particularly rhythmic or melodic. An inventive machine by musician Lamond Campbell, though, adds a musical component...
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