Species of Space exhibition
| | |

The Amazing Visible City exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers

Byadmin

Species of Space : The Amazing Visible City

2 - 9 April 2016

Time: 10am - 6pm each day excluding the 3 and 4 of April

Price: Free

Laser cut paper art by Robert Powell

Robert Powell - Species of Space

In partnership with Edinburgh Science Festival, for one week only, exhibiting artist Robert Powell will take up residency in Gallery 2 of Edinburgh Printmakers during opening hours for a durational laser cutting demonstration.

Edinburgh Printmakers’ second gallery space will be converted into a temporary artist’s studio where Robert will work to complete his most recent artwork Species of Space. Throughout this event, the artist will be on-hand to demonstrate and discuss laser-cutting paper techniques, and answer any questions about the exhibition and his practice. Come along for a personal insight into this fantastic machinery and to find out more about the themes presented in the exhibition 'Species of Space'.

Robert will also be giving a talk on 1st April to discuss his inspiration and wider artistic practice.​

mekkit are proud to be supporting the exhibition through laser hire and guidance.

Species of Space exhibition

Robert Powell - Species of Space

Similar Posts

Family laser cutting event at Manchester Craft and Design Centre
| | | | |

Family laser cutting event at Manchester Craft and Design Centre

Byadmin

Over the weekend of 7th and 8th December, mekkit.com will be back hosting a fabulous design and laser cutting event in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.  Hosted at Manchester Craft and Design Centre, we will be giving you the opportunity to use a snowflake generator written by Simon Denvers (www.denvers.com), which you can then have made straight away…

3D printing
| |

3D printing

Byadmin

3D printed jewellery 3D printed bracelet 3D printed Epilog part   3D printed ring   Here are some 3D printed works produced on the FormLabs Form1.  We’re happy to quote if you can email us your .stl file.  If it’s particularly large (>10MB)  it may be better to share it through Dropbox, or your favourite cloud…

Cut Plywood Relief Sculptures Embedded with Mandalas and Geometric Patterns – Gabriel Schama
| | | |

Cut Plywood Relief Sculptures Embedded with Mandalas and Geometric Patterns – Gabriel Schama

Byadmin

Here’s a few recent works by Oakland artist Gabriel Schama (previously here and here) who designs elaborately layered wood relief sculptures with the help of a laser cutter. The pieces are cut from a variety of different plywoods which he layers to create varying images of the human form, architectural studies, and mandala-like patterns. You…

Scott Campbell: Cut Currency «
| | | |

Scott Campbell: Cut Currency «

Byadmin

Scott Campbell: Cut Currency «:   Originally from New Orleans, but now living and working in New York, Scott Campbell studies and chronicles working-class iconography commonly found in tattoo culture. His work highlights the irony within much of that imagery. In Campbell’s cut currency works, he sources uncut sheets of dollars directly from the U.S….