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'A Secret Club' Mini-Residency in Freiburg
'A Secret Club' Mini-Residency in Freiburg
Ryan JenkinsFebruary 21, 2024a secret club, residency, artist residency, erasmus+, aarhus, freiburg, carnival, fasnet, instruments, time, claus schneidereit, kinetic scupltures, workshop, prototyping, atelier, spielmobil, mundenhof, Jean Tinguely, Tinguely Museum, Otto Piene, inflatables, light play
The Power of Junk
The Power of Junk
Ryan JenkinsJanuary 23, 2024tinkertank, hackathon, ludwigsburg, games, junk, dissection, tinkering, explorations
Making Kaleidoscopes More Collaborative
Making Kaleidoscopes More Collaborative
Ryan JenkinsJanuary 19, 2024kaleidoscopes, collaboration, tinkering inventive playsets, TIPs, LEGO playful museum learning network, tinkering studio, projector, raspberry pi, social scaffolding, webcam, toys, junk, remix, tinkertank, duck into a kaleidoscope, prototyping, activity design, activity development
Visit to the German Clock Museum
Visit to the German Clock Museum
Ryan JenkinsJanuary 8, 2024Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, German Clock Museum, black forest, tinkering, mechanisms, cuckoo clocks, clocks, models, music machines, bellows, lithography, press, printing, printing press, kitchen table lithography, studio lula, DIY cuckoo clock kit
2023 Year in Review
2023 Year in Review
Ryan JenkinsJanuary 4, 2024year in review, 2023, workshops, conferences, washington DC, bremen, aarhus, freiburg, treadmills, circuit city, kaleidoscopes, tinkering book, photoshoot
Get Started Tinkering with Mirrors
Get Started Tinkering with Mirrors
Ryan JenkinsDecember 19, 2023tinkering inventive playset, TIPs, kaleidoscopes, art and science, mirrors, LEGO, LEGO playful museum learning network, hinged mirror, exhibit walk, turntable, shadow kaleidoscope
OctoStudio Kaleidoscope Experiments
OctoStudio Kaleidoscope Experiments
Ryan JenkinsDecember 7, 2023kaleidoscopes, mirrors, TIPs, tinkering inventive playset, Tinkering Studio, LEGO playful museum learning network, PMLN, OctoStudio, Lifelong Kindergarten, MIT media lab, crafting with code, code to cardboard, digital tinkering, computational tinkering, selfie, programming, prototype, city walk, scavenger hunt, 4 ps
Going Deeper with Cardboard Kaleidoscopes
Going Deeper with Cardboard Kaleidoscopes
Ryan JenkinsNovember 24, 2023kaleidoscopes, mirrors, kaleidoscope, cardboard, motors, LEGO, simple kaleidoscopes, Gary Newlin, Octo Studio, Magna-tiles, lights, flashlights, experiments, prototypes
Making and Tinkering Exhibitions at Universum
Making and Tinkering Exhibitions at Universum
Ryan JenkinsNovember 20, 2023Universum, Bremen, kaleidoscope, forts, rainbow lightbox, rollers, ramps and rollers, wolkenkuckucksheim, milchstrasse, cloud cuckoo land, trees, construction, cardboard houses, cabinet of curiousities, nooks
Lanterne Basteln for St. Martin's Day
Lanterne Basteln for St. Martin's Day
Ryan JenkinsNovember 10, 2023st martins day, freiburg, tinkering, basteln, lanterns, lanternelaufen, bubble wrap, solar panel LED, garden lights, dichroic vinyl, parade, solar energy, plastic fusing, DIY Laternen, Martinstag
Lights and Rollers at Universum
Lights and Rollers at Universum
Ryan JenkinsNovember 6, 2023universum, bremen, workshop, pd workshop, tinkering, light play, ramps, ramps and rollers, flashlights
Ten Tinkering Inspirations for Summer 2023
Ten Tinkering Inspirations for Summer 2023
Ryan JenkinsAugust 31, 2023tinkering, inspirations, automata, AI, pen plotter, music machines, cardboard costumes, biotinkering, scratch, maker faire Comment
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