"ICEFORMS, NIAGARA FALLS", Ontario, Canada, acrylics,30x60inches. This is the "Ice" we'd like to see, not the ICE , Gestapo like, masked goons that DT has set upon his own citizens , because they didn't vote for him in three straight elections
Young European storm petrel in the hand
Older European storm petrel chick in the hand
Young European storm petrel chick in a silicone muffin tin, weighing exactly 7g.
An older European storm petrel chick in the same silicone muffin tin (mostly obscured) weighing 38.50g.
One of the challenges of working with European #stormpetrels on the #FaroeIslands is that they don't really synchronise anything... These two chicks were weighed 5 minutes apart! @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @trevormaclaurin.bsky.social
Seems like our ScienceBricks to monitor attendance of burrow nesting seabirds should help with at least some of these challenges! @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @robthomasbirds.bsky.social
We are well supervised by the local sheep while weighing our cupcake chicks! #SeabirdSeptember @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @robthomasbirds.bsky.social
Although most breeding #seabird fieldwork in the North Atlantic has come to an end, we're still in the thick of it with 12/56 eggs hatched! #SeabirdSeptember @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @trevormaclaurin.bsky.social @felixazurawska.bsky.social @bardseyben.bsky.social
We've got some strong legged #stormpetrel chicks this year! Photo by @jasonwalczak.bsky.social. @bardseyben.bsky.social @trevormaclaurin.bsky.social
Our not-a- #stormpetrel chick is getting suspicious of us. #puffin @jasonwalczak.bsky.social @trevormaclaurin.bsky.social @bardseyben.bsky.social
Extra hands (and stomachs) are always welcome! It's hard work, but it's incredibly rewarding!
He's helping! The dryer definitely needs an inspection 👍
Stupidly far-fetched animation of an orbital ring around the earth in the future. Dumb but fun.
#Blender #scifi #SciArt
More space hardware, in the form of an orbital ring. I posted this before but that was when I had like ten followers, so what the hell.
These structures are entirely allowed by physics. We just lack the will and money, preferring to waste it instead on hate and war.
#blender #sciart #scifi
It is a #mushroom! Probably a one-off experiment, but definitely a token of appreciation for the mushroom farmer that has been providing us with delicious varieties during our time in #Halifax
#handmade #copper #sculpture
Beautiful work!
It came together faster than I thought it would. Almost there! It isn't a tree this time...
#handmade #copper #sculpture
Twisted copper wire branches form a circle around the central bundle.
All the wires made into twisted branches are now being woven together at their ends, forming an arc.
I've been so busy with the bird nest monitor project that I haven't made anything copper related in a while. So, I started a mini trial/test project! Can you guess what it will be?👀
#handmade #copper #sculpture
Sketchy landscape 63
I heard you like rings
#landscape #art #painting #planet #space #illustration
I realized I wasn't making a thread with these updates up until a few posts ago 😅 They are for a bird nest monitoring device! Here is the original post by my partner: bsky.app/profile/anne...
Internal electronics are all done! Just need to attach the break beam sensors to the wiring harness, and the first unit is done!
@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social
@anneausems.bsky.social
#tinkering #arduino #electronics
The waterproof* enclosure I ordered arrived. It is IP68 since it will be sitting on a grassy hillside under a rock year round. Battery holders are epoxied in, hole drilled for sensors and connectors!
@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @anneausems.bsky.social #tinkering
A circuit board laying on a laptop for scale
The final circuit board all soldered together! I've also started working on the external sensor wiring harness! The enclosure should arrive next week for the final assembly of prototype 1! Then, I have to build a 2nd one 😂 #arduino #electronics @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @anneausems.bsky.social
A series of large and small grey dishes arranged in a pattern
Everything is finally dry! Total: 10 10cm dishes, 6 25cm dishes. I'm very nervous about having them fired, as I won't be able to make any more for a long while. Still, a step towards my final vision for my craft!
#handmade #pottery #bowl #porcelain
A circuit breadboard with various components on and hanging off of it, held infront of my laptop with the code on screen
Testing, tweaking, and testing again. Work continues on our nest box monitor prototype. Currently working on sleeping the processor between readings.
@anneausems.bsky.social
#arduino #code #tinkering
Organized chaos of components and tools on my desk while I tinker with the nest box monitor prototype
#Tinkering
@anneausems.bsky.social
@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social
10 small, grey, 10cm dishes drying on my bamboo work surface
10 10cm dishes drying. I finished the remainder of my clay a couple of weeks ago and packed up my temporary setup. I'm excited to one day have my own equipment!
I'm also excited to fill these dishes with new tree designs in the (hopefully) near future!
#handmade #pottery #bowl #porcelain
Very exciting! Today was just some component discovery, trying to get these IR sensors to run on the lowest current possible. I got them down to lower than my multimeter can read, so thats good news for the battery life!
#electronics #tinkering #arduino
A few months ago, @jasonwalczak.bsky.social and I received a Research Grant from @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social to develop two automatic nest box monitor prototypes for the #stormpetrels on #Nólsoy, #FaroeIslands, together with @robthomasbirds.bsky.social! Parts are in, and work has begun! #arduino
A small copper wire sculpture of the Wanaka Tree set in a dsrk grey dish with blue Apatite and white Quartz.
#newzealand has been on my travel bucket list for a while. A small piece of that interest is being able to see the Wanaka tree, the most photographed tree in the world!
#handmade #copper #sculpture #fineart
A crack in the centre of a fored porcelain plate
Well, that wasn't supposed to happen. I fired my first batch of plates and learned from the results. This was the worst of it, a crack, the other 2 warped. I was worried about these issues before they were fired, I made adjustments to the others I threw.
#handmade #pottery #wheelthrownpottery #fail
These are so cool! Absolutely beautiful work!
The profile of a large flat bowl/plate that is still rough from the throwing stage
The profile of a trimmed flat bowl/plate, smooth and refined.
Trimming is a very satisfying process. Watching ribbons of semi-dry clay come off, revealing your vision underneath.
#handmade #wheelthrownpottery #pottery #trimming #porcelain
