Uploads from littleBitsElectronics

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:16:15 -0700

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:09:31 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Early stages of assembling the wheel sculpture - front

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:09:31 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Wheel sculpture - back

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:32:01 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Two giant littleBits batteries made from cardboard with vinyl lettering.

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:32:01 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Cardboard parts of the kinetic wheel sculpture.

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:31:59 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Finished characters and paint supplies at Labour studios.

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:31:58 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Finished characters

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:31:58 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Shark - side view

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:31:57 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Shark - front view

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:31:56 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

A little splash of color is added to the sharks face by glueing on colored paper.

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:31:55 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

The finished puppet stands almost 4ft tall. In between his joints are plastic strings that will allow him to easily collapse and rise up again.

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:31:55 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Painting the giant wheel that will spin to create an optical illusion.

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:49:49 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Sheets of colored paper are glued onto the body and head of this 4ft tall puppet made of bristol board to give it depth.

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:49:48 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Ryan, from Labour, glues together a giant littleBits battery.

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:49:47 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Paint will warp the thin bristol paper. So instead, sheets of colored paper are carefully glued to the puppet with rubber cement.

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:49:47 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

The giant hands are carefully folded out of bristol board, and prepped to have color placed on them.

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:49:46 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Hands and Bit connectors await their finishing touches at Labour studios.

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:49:44 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

The color scheme for each individual character next to the partially painted pieces.

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:49:44 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Sections of the characters are taped off in order to paint them different colors.

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nobody@flickr.com (littleBitsElectronics) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:49:43 -0700

littleBitsElectronics posted a photo:

Wyeth, from Labour, inspects the sharks head before any color is applied.