OUTERSIDE
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Beware Of The Alien Bird
Greetings, Earth visitor.
I Am A Bird From Outer Space. This Is My First (And, Of Course, Last) Life On This Planet.
I'm Extremely (Only A Little) Happy You Found This Place. I Don't Usually Show It To The Beings From This Planet.
...There's A Galler-Axy Of My Selected Creations Using Matter From Earth, A Shop For $$$ (If You Can Afford Them), A Junkyard For Unknown Space Junk, And A Portal For Further Bird Inspection.
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GALLER-AXY
[ Obj. 001 ] - Snapshot Of My Hometown
My Hometown Is About 1,500 Light-Years Away, Which Makes It Hard For Earth Photography To Capture.
So I Used An Earth Matter Called Acrylic, And Some Magic, To Make A Small Version Of My Planet. 99% Accurate.
The Humans At
Liked It, So It's Off On A
Business Trip To Small Favors 2026 Until Jan. 2027.
The Humans At
Liked it, so
it's off on a business trip to small favors 2026 until jan. 2027.
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[ Obj. 002 ] - C/2023 A3 Comet Pendant
This Is My Favorite Comet. I Caught A Ride On It Once, And It Turned Out To Be An Extremely Good Decision. Definitely Worth The Trip.
I Made A Small Record Of That Journey. I 3D-Modeled It In Rhino, Resin-Printed The Model, Made A Silicone Mold, Cast The Pendant In Metal, And Finally Drilled A Moon-Shaped Hole.
[ Obj. 003 ] - My Valuable Harvesting Knife
Collaboration With
This Project Started With A Material Sample We Saw During A Visit To The Penn Materials Library. I Was Fascinated By The Way Stacked, Laser-Cut Acrylic Could Catch And Reflect Light Along Its Edges, So I Started Experimenting With The Technique. Taylor Invited Me To Collaborate On A Project She Was Developing, Which Became My Valuable Harvesting Knife.
I Cut Acrylic Into Small Blocks, Turned Them 90 Degrees, Laser-Cut Into Their Edges, Sanded And Solvent-Welded Them Into A New Sheet, Then Put The Sheet Back Into The Laser To Cut The Final Blade. I Stacked It With Iridescent Acrylic And Assembled It With Taylor’s Resin-Printed Handle. Taylor Developed The Piece Around The Agricultural History Of Delaware, Particularly Its Lost Peach Industry And The Peach Blossom That Still Remains The State Flower.
I Really Like This Technique. It Is Fragile And Complicated, But This Is Probably Part Of Why I Like It. I Like Seeing A Familiar Material Become Something Different After Being Cut, Turned, Reassembled, And Cut Again. Some Objects In The Outer Shop Still Use Variations Of The Same Process.
[ Obj. 004 ] - First Things First
First Job. First Paycheck. First Telescope. First Camera. First Photograph Of The Moon.
So I Put All Of Those Firsts Into One Object. I Turned The Photograph Into A Bitmap, Etched It Onto Clear Acrylic, Spray-Painted It, And Built The Puzzle Into A Camera-Shaped Frame, With Removable Buttons.
A Few Years Later: First Project In Taylor’s Class At Penn.
There Are Only 37 Pieces Because I Am Not A Puzzle Person. However 37 Is Still Plenty...
[ Obj. 005 ] - Borrowed Colors
I Like Contrasting Colors And Asymmetrical Designs, So I Made This Pair. A Star And A Feather Borrow Each Other’s Colors.
Laser-Cut From Transparent Blue, Translucent White, And Clear Acrylic, Spray-Painted On The Back And Stacked A Tiny Acrylic Star.
Not For Sale. Not For Free. This One Is Mine.
