Will Krause » aliens http://willkrause.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:43:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Creature in a Jar – Silent Library http://willkrause.com/2011/04/27/creature-in-a-jar-silent-library/ http://willkrause.com/2011/04/27/creature-in-a-jar-silent-library/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:00:43 +0000 willkrause http://willkrause.com/?p=623 This one was a challenge! I made this creature out of all sorts of materials: lobster claws, doll parts, shells from the beach, latex gloves, ping-pong balls, dust masks, shark jaws, lots of latex, and a toy octopus… a real potpourri of stuff.

Katie Akana thought of the pneumatic mechanism to suddenly open the creatures’ eyes, and Courtland Premo wired up a remote control device which used CO2 cartridge tire inflators and servos to operate the pneumatics.

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