The Infernal Device - Huge Mechanical Sculpture and Painting
A project in Grand Rapids, MI by Myke Amend000days
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EnginArtists Myke Amend, Steve Brook, and Todd Cahill are building a massive wind, steam, and solar powered mechanical sculpture.
Backers: 349
Average Pledge Per Backer: $35
Funded: $12,267 of $9,450
Dates: Apr 7th -> May 23rd (46 days)
Project By: Myke Amend
Backers: 349
Average Pledge Per Backer: $35
Funded: $12,267 of $9,450
Dates: Apr 7th -> May 23rd (46 days)
Project By: Myke Amend
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Last Updated: August 15 @ 07:40 -0400 GMT
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Latest News
Updates, Milestones, Answers
January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
When the project began, I spent my days doodling out designs, searching for resources, parts, looking into alternative power sources, technologies, tutorials on building this or that... some good, some bad, some less than feasible... I spent my... (Read More)
Yep, still here
November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
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Home
October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
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Artprize Recap
September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
(photo: Rex Larsen | The Grand Rapids Press) It has been a crazy six months, and all is finally calming down a little bit. Artprize isn't over, but we now know we aren't in the top 10, and can finally relax a little bit. We didn't win the... (Read More)
Brief Update
September 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Tomorrow is the first day of Artprize in Grand Rapids. I've been painting in 35 hour shifts, pretty much back to back, with short naps in between, I am exhausted, my left arm decided it was done with me, and has been asleep for three days now; I... (Read More)
Infernal in the News, again
September 5th - via: kickstarter.com
This is our fourth time being on the television news, and we've been posted about in Zouch magazine as well - which is a good sign for us, I thought I would share that link (below the rest of this post). There is video and a writeup. We've also... (Read More)
Warehouse
August 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
We met a lot of nice people at the cookout yesterday, then I went to the workshop and stayed there till 1AM working on the last of the wooden disks; I am going back there again in a few minutes to build the spindle and do a pre-assemble on the drum.... (Read More)
Status
August 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We're now less than one month from completion date on the project itself, and working like crazy to get the project itself done on time for its first unload from Van's Delivery Service to its setup on September 17th at the Gerald R Ford Presidential... (Read More)
Pictures
July 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We've posted a lot of pictures to the InfernalDevice facebook profile this week, but we're incredibly busy gearing up for Maker Faire this coming weekend, So I haven't had the chance to upload these images someplace where I can actually share them... (Read More)
Updates and pictures
July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Nan and David Braun of Cogbots have been working hard at acquiring parts for the main structure; They now have the posts, and are making good progress on securing parts for the platform and roof of the structure. Dave has also been drafting designs... (Read More)
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