andypiper, 17 days ago to random

Day 3 of #WimbledonArtFair was lovely, and some folks liked my recent #PlotterArt piece “The Château” produced using DrawingBotV3 and the Roland DXY-1100, which made me very happy 😊 one more day of the show - and then, I’m heading to California for a week! ✈️

andypiper, 20 days ago to random

Framing and hanging art involves far more mathematics than I like 🤔

In other news, #WimbledonArtFair opens this afternoon at 2pm and @forgeandcraft has an open studio Thursday-Sunday!

andypiper, 28 days ago to random

Our maker studio is taking part in #WimbledonArtFair from May 9-12 and our mini-masterpiece #PenPlotter art piece is now up in the pre-sale which helps fund the studios (we are under Forge & Craft at the link below) https://www.wimbledonartfair.com/mini-masterpiece-sale-may24

andypiper, 6 months ago to random

I wrote down some of the lessons learned in "real world" usage of my Picoplot project #WimbledonArtFair #penplotter https://hackaday.io/project/193338-minimal-pico-vertical-plotter/log/225285-real-world-lessons-and-adjustments

andypiper, 6 months ago to random

Busy day pen plotting, wrangling a nightmarish sublimation printer firmware update procedure #IHatePrinters - and chatting to visitors at #WimbledonArtFair

We changed up the studio layout so that I wasn't tucked behind the door, and I felt a lot more energetic interacting with folks, as a result! Also, made my first small sale of a pen plotted piece 💚

andypiper, 6 months ago to random

Ready for the show! Come visit if you are nearby - the event runs through Sunday. @forgeandcraft
#PlotterArt #WimbledonArtFair #FediArt #AxiDraw

A range of plotted artworks on the wall of an art studio corridor. There are 4 square abstract images on the left, and 4 images of lighthouses plotted from photographs on the right.
Two pen plotted art pieces on a white wall. They are both square, on white paper in grey mounts, showing black pen plots called "Frequency 1" and "Frequency 2"
The inside of an art studio with a variety of pen plotted art works on a wall, with a card stand holding prints and greetings cards. There is an AxiDraw plotter on a table in the foreground, and a vertical hanging pen plotter on the wall.

andypiper, 6 months ago to genart

So this is happening… hanging ready for the show next week! #plotterart #WimbledonArtFair #axidraw #GenerativeArt #ArtForSale #FediArt #penplotter

A black and white framed piece of plotted art work in a black frame on a white wall. Alongside it is a framed quotation from a text book: “When printing a digital image, the pixels become ink droplets or toner, but a red dot translated from a red pixel is materially consistent regardless of the history of that pixel. But when drawing with ink, time and material are consequential. Even though the volume of ink is almost never enough to provide measurable depth, the behavior of the material ink as it interacts with the material paper participates in cuing and undermining depth. Ink affects paper and paper affects ink. [...] Ironically, pen-plotters, machines that move a physical pen in two axes across paper, were marketed as output devices for architectural and engineering technical drawings. Now, almost all have been re-appropriated by artists, designers, and architects who cherish them for the very qualities that made them obsolete. — Carl Lostritto, Computational Drawing, 2023”

andypiper, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

A peek into the studio

Glimpses of some art pieces in progress, using an AxiDraw pen plotter.

#axidraw #plotterart #penplotter #WimbledonArtFair

http://andypiper.co.uk/2023/10/26/a-peek-into-the-studio/

andypiper, 1 year ago to random

We have officially exhibited our makes and crafts in an art show (and even made a few small sales) - fantastic time explaining #3Dprinting, Python, etc; and also seeing some friends who popped in to explore. Meeting other artists and starting to talk about collaborative opportunities/ commissions was also amazing. #wimbledonartfair @forgeandcraft

andypiper, 1 year ago to random

👋🏻 so you may have read (and I’m excited to share!) that I’ll be helping @Gargron and the team with the developer community and #MastodonAPI space.

Finishing up a busy weekend showing completely-unrelated things at #WimbledonArtFair - but I’ll have more to post about this soon… 😊

andypiper, 1 year ago to random

Today and tomorrow are “daytime” opening at #WimbledonArtFair 11-6 (yesterday and Thursday were evenings). Come visit, if you’re in the London area. I’m discovering many of our neighbours at the studios for the first time, the art and creativity is 🤯👌🏻

andypiper, 1 year ago to random

Fun second day at #WimbledonArtFair, talking accessible electronics, and #3dPrinting, with visitors to our @forgeandcraft studio

A white door with a glass window, behind the window is a cork sign with a blue Forge and Craft logo.

andypiper, 1 year ago to random

The #WimbledonArtFair is now open at Wimbledon Art Studios - I'll be here for the next 4 days, talking #brachiograph and #3dprinting and all kinds of other stuff!

forgeandcraft, 1 year ago to random

Visit us during #wimbledonartfair May 11-14 2023, at Wimbledon Art Studios. We'd love to talk to you about our makes, and hear what you are interested in seeing more of or learning about.

The back of the leaflet about Wimbledon Art Fair, with details of transport links and timings.

andypiper, 1 year ago to random

Quick promo for the #WimbledonArtFair next weekend - @forgeandcraft will have an open studio showing off what we work on. If you’re in London or the surrounding area, it is free to come along and visit the 150+ artists in the venue. There are some phenomenal painters, sculptors and other creators to check out. Thu & Fri evening, Sat & Sun daytime. I’ll be doing some #3dPrinting and demoing some electronics / robotics projects.