April 23, 2006
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This work goes back to the very beginning of my exploration of digital manufacturing as an artistic process. Around 2005, there were no widely available commercial 3D printers, Make magazine had only just appeared, and the maker movement was still in its early stages. At the time, I was interested in finding ways to access […]

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August 25, 2012
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https://www.mikeberadino.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_1118.mov This is a short video of an old MakerBot printer. You’ll notice all the blue tape on the build plate, which was pretty standard for getting prints to stick back then. I think we paid around $3,000 for this machine when we bought it around 2012, and it stayed in service for maybe three […]

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February 20, 2014
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In 2014, when the Menil Collection was presenting work by the Swiss artist Jean Tinguely, I was brought on to build a simple control system for one of his kinetic sculptures. Because the sculpture was extremely fragile, the curators needed a way to activate it only briefly, with long pauses between runs and a strict […]

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