Men Make 2 - Presented by STEAMpop for Sydney Craft Week

Men make 2

A two-hour workshop aimed at, but not exclusively for, men and boys. Men bring a mate, son, partner. Women bring a man-bag. This two-part workshop involves playing around with maths and paper engineering. Fantastic conceptual making with mathematics. 

Part one: Hungry Birds. Focusing on folding hyperbolic paraboloids (the shape of pringles and theoretically the universe), then fixing them to a mechatronic device we call the ‘mini nest’. Operating on an ultrasonic sensor, the nest reveals a squawking illuminated surprise when activated by movement. Is it a bird or is it a robot? You find out.

Part 2: Bucky’s Circus. Here, we explore Buckminster Fuller’s* Cuboctahedron by folding paper units that connect together to make a spherical form reminiscent of Bucky’s ‘vector equilibrium’. Big words. Small balls. Tons of fun. 

*Richard Buckminster Fuller was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist best known for his Geodesic Domes.

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