AmosLightnin

Kids playing together with the butterflies they made.

At the end of the breakdancing caterpillars show and tell. https://playingwiththesun.org

This flipping motion is always funny and surprising to learners, I think because the chassis unexpectedly takes on the role of wheel or lever as it flips around.

I often see children investigating how to translate movement of the motor to movement of the whole machine, as these two were.

This spinning caterpillar moves because the paper acts like a sail, an idea worth exploring further.

Children take pride in creating these"butterflies," but as a play designer I'd like to see more solution diversity.

The kids in this show and tell described it as a breakdancing session.

Kids building in Verdensrum with https://playingwiththesun.org

Hand crank powered caterpillar by a 12 year old workshop participant.

The yo yo yo writer.

"By aesthetic, I mean responsive to the pattern which connects." - Gregory Bateson.
"This machine draws apple trees." - A 5 year old girl playing with the sun at Maker Fair Aarhus.

A family-built solar drawing machines from Maker Faire.

Conversations about Reggio inspired Documentation in the library, in a workshop led by Ben Mardell.

A variety of cables crawlers at Maker Faire.

A very elegant drawing machines made by two young adults. It has a lovely sway to it.

Pics from Maker Faire in Aarhus, where we ran cable crawlers and drawing machines, two https://PlayingwiththeSun.org activities.

@MaxDamage It's beautiful! You probably don't have a high res version, but it's the kind of thing id like to print out and hang on my wall.

Putting Obsidian through a stress test, of generating and then graphing 4387 NPCs.

Looks cool!

That number is from generating 2 settlements, a town and a city.

#DnD #ttrpg #Obsidian #graph #art

At long last, the glorious T-Type push rivet of my dreams.

To distract the finch who constantly battles his reflection in our window.

Preparing workshop site for Maker Faire.

Prepping for Maker Faire.

Quasi solar handcranked creature.

Quasi solar handcranked

@mark I know! I tried to find the right switch too. Me and Henrik were playing with sticking wood on it and bonking the end but not enough leverage. I think we need a lever with pivot about 2 cm below switch, slot for switch to fit in, extending way out past top at an angle to give enough leverage to throw it.