new pages on my website!

http://www.cheapmeat.net/BorealSunsucker.html

http://www.cheapmeat.net/BlackMetalMayhem.html

http://www.cheapmeat.net/LickMyLEDs.html

and this update! http://www.cheapmeat.net/windcoilsoundflow.html

....meanwhile back at the lab....my kitchen

So with a little advice from Sandee(studio mate and homie), I cast my candy project molds with Smooth-On's Crystal Clear Liquid Plastic. This experiment was to see if I could make fake lollies look like the real ones for long term display. So far, looking good after two trials.

last update from Durham; they are on the way home!

Click on the pictures to get a larger view.

Lick My LEDS! update 2 from Durham

Update from Durham

As any SUV drivin Dad with a two year old knows, hard candy lollypops melt into a sticky gooey mess. When stuck to the carpet under the seat for several weeks before being discovered, not very welcoming. I'm not that Dad. I didn't think my candy installation would melt away as much as it did. And it looks amazing. The sticky flavored and colored sugar is slowly adding a whole new dimension to Lick My LEDs!
Philly Markowitz, at the Durham Art Gallery is kindly taking care of my installation during the exhibition. Her reports and photos have been a pleasure to receive as I fretted about it all from 2400 kms away. This week I made and shipped off a whole new batch of lollies to replace the melted ones. Two more weeks to go.

melting.....

Lick My LEDs!

Announcing Candy Computing version .01

Lectric Lollies

flavors; raspberry, lemon, peppermint, licorice(anise)

packaging design by Robert Pasternak

electronics, Basic Stamp 1, Light Emitting Diodes, LED driver

pulse circuit by Norman White

progress in Durham

Debugged my circuits and got everything going towards the final step, casting some new lollies and installing them. Lickin good!



The local folks have been very generous to us. Durham is a small town almost rural but just enough city to make us feel at home.

Candy Computing version .01 - Raspberry

The Lectric Lollies are coming together! The packaging arrived today from the Nakfactorium .

Common Pulse Residency progress

progress in Durham

I've got the basic circuit and programming working for my Candy Computing ver. .01 project.



And a new candy mold! It's made with Smooth-On products.



I'm already working on the Scrapyard Guitars , workshop gathering stuff to make one and two string guitars with. I hope lots of people show up.