Tag Archives: Circuits

Insects Built from Old Computer and Video Game Machine Parts

April 18th, 2015 | Robot

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Julie Alice Chappell, hailing from Portsmouth, UK, creates these intricate insect sculptures from re-purposed computers and video game machines. The parts often come from local dumps, many friends, and organizations that support her work.

Via the artist:

“Whilst watching a nature programme about bio-diversity, one eye on the box of circuit boards, one on the TV, and worrying about my looming major project, I was reminded of the ants in the cupboard and my Eureka moment arrived.

I proceeded to create a museum style entomologist’s cabinet of dioramas, drawers and trays filled with pinned bugs and butterflies. The collection has continued to grow in size and complexity and is constantly evolving as new inspiration is triggered by new finds.”

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If you are interested, she sells her work online via Etsy (usually ranging between $100 and $200).

-RSB

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The Clock by Gislain Benoit

February 27th, 2015 | Robot

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“The Clock” is the culmination of a 3-year project by Gislain Benoit. It’s made up of 1,916 hand-soldered components and weighs about 14 lbs. Of course, the end result is something that can be accomplished by a $10 digital watch found at your local convenient store, but the beauty is in the details. The clock looks like it could be some sort of mini hadron collider.

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How it Works:

“The clock reference, in other words the heart beat of this clock comes from the AC outlet. Here in North America, the outlets supply 120 Volts, in 60 cycles per second, called 60 Hertz. This 60 Hertz signal is taken by the clock and is divided by sixty to produce a pulse of 1 hertz, which is one pulse per second. The same circuit which does this division is also used to animate the ring of LED lights around the clock digits. The 1 Hertz pulse is then taken to the seconds counter, then to the tens of seconds counter, then to the minutes, and so on, till the tens of the hours.”

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I wonder if he was inspired by Leonardo Ulian?

For more, check out Gislain’s site.

-RSB

Circuit Mandala by Leonardo Ulian

October 3rd, 2012 | Robot

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Leonardo Ulian

Leonardo Ulian

Leonardo Ulian

Leonardo Ulian

Leonardo Ulian, from Gorizia, Italy, is responsible for this intricate Circuit Mandala.  The OCD portion of my brain really appreciates the symmetry he achieved with this piece.  I get the impression that he started with the middle microchip and just worked his way outward.  This thing is about 4ft x 4ft, so it must have taken him quite some time.  This thing really is a masterpiece… The final product appears reminiscent of a spider web.
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It’d really be fantastic if the circuit was functional…

…And I guess Leonardo Ulian addresses that here:

“With the Technological Mandala series I combined the suggestive and spiritual meaning of the Indian Mandalas with something that has been perceived as far from that sphere of influence, technology. The search of perfection as necessity within the electronics industry has stimulated my curiosity to produce this series of pieces in order to evocate that specific need. I wanted to show what has been hidden from the eyes of the consumer, representing electronic circuits as extraordinary objects where the perfection of the design can becomes almost something ethereal.
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The shapes and colors of the single components intrigued me for pure aesthetic reasons with the consequent loss of the actual functionality of the component itself. My circuits/ Mandalas do not activate lights or do other complicated function, but they simply function as stimulus to produce simple questions like: what will happen if a real electric current flows through the Circuit/Mandala?”

Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure nothing good would come out of this circuit.  However, it would be a nice artistic progression for Ulian to design an aesthetically beautiful circuit that also functions.
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-RSB

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