Category Archives: Art
The Steampunk Pinball Machine
The Steampunk Pinball Machine…Officially known as ”Commander Skybeard’s Fantastickal Pinballistic Warzeppelin” the Columbus Idea Foundry’s Steampunk Pinball Machine was created for the 2011 Columbus Arts Festival.
Making A Mechanical Iris
Making A Mechanical Iris This post will use the building of a prototype of a Mechanical Iris to walk you through the steps involved in prepping data, material, etc. needed to use the laser cutter to make some parts for … Continue reading
CIF Armillary
CIF Armillary CIF member and resident welding instructor/metal sculptor, Allison Meade, shed blood and sweat creating our illuminated, articulated armillary sphere sign. This is modeled on our logo, and we’re absolutely delighted with how well it turned out. It has … Continue reading
Samuel L. Jackson
Electronic Samuel Jackson One of the first projects built at the CIF was a talking bust of the actor Samuel Jackson, commissioned by the NBA Star, US Olympic MVP and Ohio State University graduate Michael Redd. Mr. Redd has a … Continue reading
Steampunk Trophy Clock
Steampunk Trophy Clock The Columbus Idea Foundry was commissioned by the 2009 Ohio Linux Fest to build the trophy for that year’s “Good Geek Award” recipient, Dr. Doug McIlroy. Dr. McIlroy wrote the “pipe” command ( | ) in Unix, … Continue reading