Bloom

 

year: 2022

Project was created during 2022 Tough Art Residency at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

tags: wildflowers, ecology, native ecosystems, seeds, flowers, kinetic art, seed dispenser, interactive installation

 

Native ecosystems are much better for the environment than grass lawns. This installation encourages visitors to plant native wildflowers in their home environments.

Visitors place an envelope under the dispenser and select the flowers they'd like to grow. BLOOM dispenses a custom wildflower seed mix to take home. Colorful kinetic flowers bloom as they collect seeds.

 
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tools and techniques

3D printing, CNC Machining, Laser cutting, Paper craft, woodworking, PCB design(easyEDA), PCB assembly, Arduino, Processing, CAD modeling(Fusion360), Adobe Illustrator, sketching, observation of nature, nature walks