Romeo
Romeo was our most beloved cat. He died last year. Last spring we adopted a new kitten, who was lost in the middle of the Karst, where we live. We gave him the name of Romeo, again, because of its...
View Article“Blue Marble: Next Generation”. Twelve Earth Globes (Christmas Edition)
… In 1972, from a distance of about 45,000 km (28,000 mi), the crew of Apollo 17 took one of the most famous photographs ever made of the Earth. This original Blue Marble inspired later images of the...
View ArticleGiant RRC in Cleveland
Christopher Busta-Peck at the Langston Hughes branch of Cleveland Public Library built this giant version of my Rolling Reels Circus “for the enjoyment of children and adults alike“. Video by Ron...
View ArticleFabergé paper Egg
Note: texture modified from the original by 3DTaxi A Fabergé egg (Russian: Яйца Фаберже́; yaytsa faberzhe) is one of a limited number of jeweled eggs created by Peter Carl Fabergé and his company...
View ArticleFunctioning ‘mechanical gears’ seen in nature for the first time
Previously believed to be only man-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has been discovered in a common insect – showing that evolution developed interlocking cogs long before we...
View Article“Remaking the Heavens” /2. Scan, prototype, and the North Pole
Almost two years already passed since I published my first (and last) post on “Remaking the Heavens”. Well, I worked on it, but not enough… The first thing I did was to scan the pages of the “Libro dei...
View ArticleCassini’s Celestial Globe on AstroMedia
I’m proud to announce that my project of Cassini’s Celestial Globe (Christmas Ball version) has just been published in a nice hard copy version by AstroMedia, specialized in cardboard kits of...
View ArticleCoronelli’s Celestial paper Globe (Christmas Ornament version)
Vincenzo Coronelli (August 16, 1650 – December 9, 1718) was a Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, publisher, and encyclopedist known in particular for his atlases and globes. He spent most of...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Opening from 7,600 Moleskine Paper Pieces
Direction/Set Design/Animation/Post Production DADOMANI Studio Director of Photography: Patrizio Saccò Graphics: Dadomani, Carlo Gazzi Set Building: Dadomani, Linda Vallone Music: Ramin Djawadi Sound...
View ArticleLooking for a Castle?
Do you need a castle to be 3D printed or, much better, to be printed on paper, cutout, and assembled? No matter how many towers, walls, crenellated ramparts you need: with Grand Castle Generator, you...
View ArticleThe Facebookuette Cube
Dear friends, I think now more than ever it is important to practice our greatest attention and use extreme caution before joining, participating, discussing on various social, especially on facebook....
View ArticleLandscape #1
Experimenting layering technique with various types of cardstock. Infinite shades can be obtained from high quality printing of white or colored cards. A world to discover… ____
View ArticleWAP with motorized propeller…
Nice improving of my automaton WAP by José Carpio: rotating propeller and fishes jumping in the sea. Nice job, José _
View ArticlePaper layering bathymetry of South Adriatic
It’s time for experiments… … Paper layering bathymetry of South Adriatic, the deepest sub-basin (1250 m) in the Adriatic Sea. … Medium: Folia Bringmann 300 g/sqm painted with Epson Stylus Photo R2000...
View Articler/v OGS EXPLORA
OGS Explora is an oceanic research vessel owned by the Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS. The ship offers the national and international scientific community a wide...
View ArticlePonte di Leonardo / Leonardo’s Bridge
Di tutti i progetti di ponti di Leonardo, il ponte autoportante è certamente il più geniale nella semplicità della sua struttura e costruzione. Non sappiamo se questo ponte sia mai stato messo in...
View ArticleLeonardo da Vinci’s 500th anniversary: my little tribute to the Genius
The HAMMER The ANEMOMETER The BRIDGE
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