http://lepidodgera.com A project by the young, insane and organized Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:59:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The butterfly will be returning to the desert in 2010.  Prepare to be blown away. http://lepidodgera.com/?p=70 Check out the Linden Street Brewery too! http://lepidodgera.com/?p=66 Burning Man was a brilliant success this year for the Lepidodgera. Many thanks to all who helped us: Evil Chris, Gordon and Diane, Joey, Sonny, Borris, Alaska, Jeremy, Camilo, Mark, Muhammed, Adam, Aimee, Jess, Jim, Larkin, Rachael, Jake and Camp DeMaTerial. The story of our journey to the ... http://lepidodgera.com/?p=62 We have finished our wing coverings and color changing halogen night lights.  Check out how cool they look at night as they move from one color to the next.  We now begin work on the van itself, causing the rusty old thing to metamorphosize into a shiny green chrysalis. http://lepidodgera.com/?p=53 We made it to the Maker Faire... and back! After two days of nearly non-stop question-answering and wing-flapping, our confidence in the hydraulic system has risen to 100% and our explanation of gasifiers has become far clearer. The van made the trek like the champ it is without ... http://lepidodgera.com/?p=47 http://lepidodgera.com/?p=43 Thanks to Lira's super-bad-ass container-equipping prowess we have a container that is inviting to be in and ready for anything. Mike bought half of the Harbor Freight store and a new Lincoln 140 welder. We appropriated a cabinet and welded it up so it wouldn't fall ... http://lepidodgera.com/?p=36 The old project is prepared for work to begin! Lira and I spent Sunday clipping zip-ties, hauling rusty steel and pushing dust and sludge around.  Result: a butterfly carcass you can really get into.  We now have the finest damn double-wide container in the yard with insulation, wiring, windows and an ... http://lepidodgera.com/?p=23 This is the new Lepidodgera website.  Lepidodgera is an expansive kinetic artpiece that interacts with participants through sound, light, kinematic motion, tactile sensation and heat.  A 37-foot-tall butterfly, Lepidodgera draws you in with intriguing sounds and colorful patterns washed across its 1200 square feet of wing.  It then engages you ... http://lepidodgera.com/?p=6