This week's projects...

Oh yes, I have some still life photos for you today. Here are a couple of recent things I've happened upon:

When B and I came home from his gymnastics class Monday night, it was to find D's project du jour in progress. He had been home from his own drumming class for a half hour and in that time had designed the following projector for use in a silhouette show he and B were going to perform later that evening.

This masterpiece consists of a traffic cone on a rolling dolly, connected to a tube with an LED flashlight inside. The rear is mounted on the wheel assembly of an old vaccuum cleaner and weighted with a unit block:

And here, a closeup of the projector and the projected:

So, that was Monday.

Tuesday, I went into my kitchen to make dinner and found the following hanging from my countertop:

You can see B in the corner, trying to get a closer look. Here D has turned a battery, a galvanized nail, some tape, aluminum foil, and a length of wire into an electromagnet. He then raided my stapler for staples to demonstrate the success of his enterprise.

This one is from a little while ago. For D, it's not enough to make music; he has to make musical instruments. This is one he calls a "Echo Box String":

It's like living in an ever changing art exhibit, you know? And it's only Wednesday.

This little sculpture is courtesy of B:

He says this is called "The Water Machine". Thank goodness my hand weights are of some use to somebody!!