Class 01:
- What are Automata
- What are we making
- Single Creature Parts & Mechanism
- Multi Creature Parts & Mechanism
- Tools and Materials
Class 02:
- Designing Mechanisms
- Base sizes and parameters
- Calculating offset and lift
- Calculating frequency or speed
Class 03:
- Creating the Creatures
- Butterfly
- Dragonfly
- Quail
- Hummingbird
- Bee
- Making your own critter
Class 04:
- Mechanics of Flight
- Round tube and MDF base – Band saw
- Miter saw & box
- Square Base
- Drilling holes
- Making the Gears – 2 methods
- Lift wires and Supports – 2 methods
Class 05:
- Assembling the Tube
- Drill Top Holes
- Gear Placement
- Assembly
- Quail
- Butterfly
- Wrapping the tube & outside decoration
Class 06:
- Assembling the Box
- Drilling top holes
- Placement of gears
- Multiple creatures with and without support wires
- Quail family
- Bees and Flower
Class 07:
- Multiple gears/multiple creature
- Adding a second axle
- Multiple creatures
- Mixing up the motion
- Butterfly swarm
Class 08:
- Wrapping it up
- Pretty details
- Problem solving
Class 09:
- Marketing, Packaging, Pricing
BONUS CLASS!
- Dancing skeletons
- Glueing jig for adding wires to creatures
BONUS ITEMS:
- Materials List
- Butterfly Patterns
- Dragonfly pattern
- Quail pattern
- Bee pattern
- Hummingbird pattern
- Mechanism plans and diagrams
- Enclosure Plans and diagrams
- Firing schedule
- Unrolling bottles PDF
Open Facebook Group to students of this course:
Curious Mondo: Glass Kinetic Butterflies
Time table:
9 hours
Level:
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced
Target market:
Glass artists, fused glass artists, anyone who loves glass, playing with a kiln, or want to start a new hobby or career
Main objective:
Learn how to build the mechanism to add motion to your glass art.
Prerequisite:
None
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