Tinkering Toward Art
An organized collection of galleries of our art, posts on various topics, and sections called Our art of (slow travel, housebuilding, workshop;garden; and other topics as we see fit.
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This article from Senior Planet explains the techniques and what to do:
My take:
Meeting, sort of!
I met Jerry Andrus, illusionist, tinkerer, and magician, at the local DaVinci Day’s Art, Science and Technology festival sometime in the ’90s decade. My hands-on science exhibit for kids and Jerry ‘s much more elaborate and comprehensive exhibit of puzzles and illusions for kids of all ages were near each other.
Puzzles and Illusions
I occasionally walked over to his exhibit and tried to solve a puzzle or two, or stare at his spiral circle till everyone looked wavy, or get in line with the kids to stand in some sort of whirlygig which at this time I don’t remember what sensations, what illusions, it created. Continue reading