jarkman
@jarkman.bsky.social
Roboticist, maker, software engineer. Making giant joyful soft robots with Air Giants (https://www.airgiants.co.uk/). Also @jarkman@chaos.social
We have been having a delightful time in Osaka, showing Hothouse as part of Playable Cities. I will be sad to pack up at the end of today.
@playablecity @myworldcreates This showing of Hot House has been commissioned by Playable City a Watershed programme.
@playablecity @myworldcreates This showing of Hot House has been commissioned by Playable City a Watershed programme.
October 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
We have been having a delightful time in Osaka, showing Hothouse as part of Playable Cities. I will be sad to pack up at the end of today.
@playablecity @myworldcreates This showing of Hot House has been commissioned by Playable City a Watershed programme.
@playablecity @myworldcreates This showing of Hot House has been commissioned by Playable City a Watershed programme.
Well, I never expected to see this for an Innovate UK application. Thanks!
August 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Well, I never expected to see this for an Innovate UK application. Thanks!
Happy birthday! In the concrete of a petrol station:
April 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Happy birthday! In the concrete of a petrol station:
I made a thing. Mostly to experiment with using Lego as a fastener for fabric.
April 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I made a thing. Mostly to experiment with using Lego as a fastener for fabric.
Well, that was a fun day.
March 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Well, that was a fun day.
Turns out you can use Lego as a fabric closure.
These were glued with epoxy, after an earlier experiment with ABS pipe cement resulted in melty Lego.
These were glued with epoxy, after an earlier experiment with ABS pipe cement resulted in melty Lego.
March 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Turns out you can use Lego as a fabric closure.
These were glued with epoxy, after an earlier experiment with ABS pipe cement resulted in melty Lego.
These were glued with epoxy, after an earlier experiment with ABS pipe cement resulted in melty Lego.
Bristol friends - last chance to see!
Our new work, The Whilers, will be in the garden of St. Mary Redcliffe tonight and tomorrow, 5-10pm.
bristollightfestival.org/installation...
Our new work, The Whilers, will be in the garden of St. Mary Redcliffe tonight and tomorrow, 5-10pm.
bristollightfestival.org/installation...
February 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Bristol friends - last chance to see!
Our new work, The Whilers, will be in the garden of St. Mary Redcliffe tonight and tomorrow, 5-10pm.
bristollightfestival.org/installation...
Our new work, The Whilers, will be in the garden of St. Mary Redcliffe tonight and tomorrow, 5-10pm.
bristollightfestival.org/installation...
Our new creatures, The Whilers, are looking good. And they'd like to see you!
They are in the gardens of St Mary Redcliffe as part of Bristol Light Festival from 31/1/ to 9/2, 5pm to 10pm. Come along and be hooted at.
bristollightfestival.org/installation...
They are in the gardens of St Mary Redcliffe as part of Bristol Light Festival from 31/1/ to 9/2, 5pm to 10pm. Come along and be hooted at.
bristollightfestival.org/installation...
February 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Our new creatures, The Whilers, are looking good. And they'd like to see you!
They are in the gardens of St Mary Redcliffe as part of Bristol Light Festival from 31/1/ to 9/2, 5pm to 10pm. Come along and be hooted at.
bristollightfestival.org/installation...
They are in the gardens of St Mary Redcliffe as part of Bristol Light Festival from 31/1/ to 9/2, 5pm to 10pm. Come along and be hooted at.
bristollightfestival.org/installation...
And in December I began a foray into Eurorack modular synthesis, with thanks to my Bristol modular friends. It's been bleepy. I think good things will come of it in the end.
January 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
And in December I began a foray into Eurorack modular synthesis, with thanks to my Bristol modular friends. It's been bleepy. I think good things will come of it in the end.
November saw Earring Advent, an advent calendar of earrings. Turns out that it takes quite a while to make 48 earrings. But it seems to have been well received.
January 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
November saw Earring Advent, an advent calendar of earrings. Turns out that it takes quite a while to make 48 earrings. But it seems to have been well received.
And I ran Titanium Spork Workshop there, and had lifelong hero Tim Hunkin come along to make one.
January 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
And I ran Titanium Spork Workshop there, and had lifelong hero Tim Hunkin come along to make one.
Plus we did more work on giant tactile interactions (thanks, MyWorld and Amy Rose) and on integrating with dancers (thanks, BDFI, Neon Dance and Aoi Nakamura).
January 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Plus we did more work on giant tactile interactions (thanks, MyWorld and Amy Rose) and on integrating with dancers (thanks, BDFI, Neon Dance and Aoi Nakamura).
I was not expecting to see bees today.
December 24, 2024 at 1:35 PM
I was not expecting to see bees today.
Nice! I started on something less fancy. Actual one is in a box upstairs, I think, but here's a pic from the web.
November 20, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Nice! I started on something less fancy. Actual one is in a box upstairs, I think, but here's a pic from the web.