BAMBOO RAYGUN PROTOTYPE
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Raygun
This is my first project with PONOKO. It’s a laser cut, bamboo or cardboard, flat-pack, raygun kit. I’m really happy with how this first prototype has come out and went together.
Important Indicators
Driving south on 101 at approximately 9:00am, the freeway reflectors in the rear-view mirror shine bright blood red. These are designed so if at night a person gets confused and goes driving against the right of way these reflectors act as warnings. I love seeing these because it gives me hope that, in life, if I’m about to really f**k up there might be some indication before everything goes really really bad. And not seeing any signs, at the moment, that maybe things are okay and maybe I’m heading in a safe direction, but maybe I just don’t know what to be looking for.
Phrases I intentionally mutilate.
“In for a nickel…may as well go swimming.”
“Like shooting ducks in a bucket.”
“He’s got a mind like a rubber trap.”
“He’s got his thumb on the pulse of the situation.”
“It’s not fun until someone gets an eye out!”
Pipe cleaner drawing
Candy Shoppe
My favorite finds during a first-of-many-but-all-too-brief-visit to Powell’s Sweet Shoppe (San Luis Obispo):
Wax Lips
Watermelon Blow Pop
Wax Bottle (Nik-L-Nips)
Horehound Candy Sticks
Yoda Shot Class
Inflatable Turkey from Accoutrements
Some great (continuing) childhood memories.
Googly eye “drawing” in the works.
Babe Bunyan
Babe Bunyan
Created by Scrappers and seriously improved by ARNE. Each one of these bad boys are made of hollow rotocast hard plastic and hand painted by Scrappers (and friends). With total 360 degree turning capability at the hips and a removable axe, your lumberjack mythology needs will be 101% satisfied.
Bill Patternmaker
Bill Patternmaker
This articulated plastic figure is hollow cast in a homemade rotocasting gimbal. ARNE sculpts the original form in plasticine then casts a rigid master from that. ARNE sands and paints the master and engineers the joints and then molds all the individual parts. ARNE casts each part and assembles each “little Bill”.
Tools of Bill Patternmaker
Bill's Tools
1. Dividers: scribe arcs and divide lengths
2. Dial Calipers: measure in thousandths of a inch
3. Pencil: mark, write, draw
4. Chisel: flat, remove wood
5. Gouge: curved, remove wood
6. Patternmaker’s Hammer: for hammering tacks
7. Combination Square 45º/ 90º: measure, mark angles
8. Engineer’s Square: measure, mark 90º
9. Large Calipers: measure large interiors or exteriors
10. Spilled Coffee: very sad
11. Wood Mallet: hammering chisels etc.