Drawing Machines

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for ages 9 – 12

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2022 Summer Program

Sometimes, the simplest of things can create the most complex outcomes.

Take a week to play with a series of custom drawing machines, mechanical creations that use simple movements to create intricate and beautiful patterns. Discover how small tweaks can have huge importance. Explore the seemingly never-ending complexity of harmonics. Make shapes that no human has ever seen before.

Drawing Machine Summer 2022

Drawing Machine Summer 2022

Pintograph

Pintograph

Spirograph

Spirograph


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