We're Building a Giant Pop-Up Book Out of Steel

A project in Escondido, CA by Colin
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Our Own Devices is a 12-foot, kinetic sculpture bound for Burning Man 2026
Sculpture
Backers: 61
Average Daily Pledges: $184
Average Pledge Per Backer: $87

Funding: $5,325 of $5,000
Dates: Mar 22nd -> Apr 19th (28 days)
Project By: Colin
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Latest News

Something Everybody Needs

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
We've been getting a lot of spam lately about our crowdfunding campaign.  You probably know the kind. Generic, clearly automated, with one sentence thrown in to make it sound personal. Recently, one of them opened with: "What I really love about... (Read More)

Prototyping Our Own Devices

April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
So how do you make a pop-up book out of steel? You start with paper! We’ve made a half dozen pop-up books in paper, and learned something from each of them. We watched YouTube videos, read books on pop-up engineering, and studied existing books for... (Read More)

Where the Money Goes

March 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We've found a weird rule of thumb: large-scale interactive art costs about $10 a pound. That's not including rent or labor, just materials and consumables and getting it to the desert. Steel and plywood are cheap per pound, but lighting and... (Read More)

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