Rotary Edition

Maker Faire: Riverside Convention Center 2019

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Smallish 7 ft x 10 ft.

Use more white space or repeat pattern eastward.

—with help of front light and deep fabric

Let’s make more. No one is counting .

Reels plan

18 feet tall

throw-back all of it

rewind all media

Shapes on black fabric. Foreground stacked VHS: Unique visual device: Arm’s length view.

Other-worldly

Whoville

floating shapes

—- Pollock-esque

Living in a plastic age has never been so magnificent. Deal-out an expanse of reels from abandoned VHS tapes.

One of the most common styles of reels

Orange center: less common

6 ft -modular; though open arrangement here

Comprised of 1,188 gutted and reconstructed VHS cases

7,555 original screws

M is for Middle Room

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One of two cherry-pickers

The movie E.T. —-though other copies of E.T. did not have colored reels.

The movie E.T. —-though other copies of E.T. did not have colored reels.

When interlocked almost 8 ft across.

—- is circular at its core. Bare building materials featuring decadently defunct cogs are responsible for a most profound aesthetic. Fast-forward from the brutalist era to arrive at existential brutalism; dotting a sustainable existence with the bounty of our plastic past. Recovering resources: Make it a revolution.

—when housing obsession

Interstitial parts

Dog house made ONLY of VHS materials: cases and screws.

VHS screws require pilot holes with a 1/16” drill bit.

Throne adorned with 10.5 audio reel fascia.

An interpretation of Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother.

Shelter made with VHS reels and cases.

Physical Media Forever —is a circular revolution. VHS reels harvested from VHS tapes are an available design resource that have been encased for 40 years or more. Each reel is a gem much like a pearl. In a man-against-environment future, co-exist.

Without wide-angle

VHS reels heart is comprised of Tetris-inspired patterns using 72 VHS and 23 Mini DV reels.

4 ft. by 4 ft.

Now part of the Elizabeth Gallery at Artisan Works, 585 Blossom Rd., Rochester, NY.

Quantity 4. VHS Reels on White background. SOLD

Quantity 4. VHS Reel on Navy background. SOLD

Panels before frames and hinges with handsome model. Too cute to delete.

Cubicle wall with VHS reels--qty 100. 4-ft. by 6-ft. (1 of 3)

Now part of the Elizabeth Gallery at Artisan Works, Rochester, NY.

Now part of the Elizabeth Gallery at Artisan Works, 585 Blossom Rd., Rochester, NY.

Modular 8-panel room divider dotted with uniquely-cut plastic reels harvested from VHS tapes—145 reels in total. A singular design conception, framed and hinged with reels securely arranged on 2-panel structures. These circular gems serve a design function while keeping physical media forever.

The work of a jump-fetcher.

—-humbly, thank you-—

470 reels; 9.5 x 13.5 ft.

Part of the Elizabeth Gallery at Artisan Works, Rochester, NY.

Massive: 10 ft. by 15 ft.; 15 pieces (3.33 ft. x 3 ft. each)

770 VHS reels, 2 Kodak film reels etched 1911

—-fitting for Rochester NY once named “The Image City”

6 ft by 24 ft (per 3 repeat) (12 panels)

Part of the Elizabeth Gallery at Artisan Works, 565 Blossom Rd., Rochester, NY. Twin Cranes room.

4-panel with hinges flexing 180 degrees; not seen these days.

5 ft. 8 in. x 5 ft.9 in.

Part of the Elizabeth Gallery at Artisan Works, 565 Blossom Rd., Rochester, NY.

Part of the Elizabeth Gallery at Artisan Works, 565 Blossom Rd., Rochester, NY.