Pieter

Mural @Afsnee

I finished my mural today… It’s a commission by “Transform-Art”, a local initiative to enhance dull utility cabins with streetart, inspired by things that happened in the vicinity. The goal was to depict Afsnee & Sint-Denijs-Westrem, with all the points of interest, including all street-art sites.

I went for a fantasy vibe and choose to depict all involved street-art in miniature. see if you can find them :-). Getting rid of the E40, made a lot of room, just like it would in real life (albeit slightly less costly).

Pieter

Accessibility IR-remote

A friend of mine, who works with disabled people, contacted me to make an enclosure for a IR-remote. Het boyfriend had made the arduino sketch and sourced the parts, but they needed something to mount it.

It took 3 iterations to design this thing:

  • IR led had to be pointing exactly the right way
  • The device had to be attached to the radio (the client kept moving it)
  • Power button and volume knob of original radio had to be useable.

I had to add an attachment to the cassette deck, so the remotebox could be secured. It works like a charm. If a version 4 would be needed (currently not – client is happy), I would like to rewrite the arduino sketch and go for more big buttons (power knob, radio preset(s), …), although that slightly reeks like overengineering. 🙂

Pieter

AmAi KeyRING

Back in 2023 I made this on the olde Ender 3 pro, with no less than 3 pieces I had to glue together. I recently (nov 2024) redesigned them to be more durable, and to be multi-color printed on my Bambu Labs P1S. Quite the improvement!

You can buy your own AMAI keyring over at Bar Amai, in Ghent!

If you want me to design & print a keyring for me –> contact me.

Pieter

Amai Award (2023)

In Februari – March 2023 I designed an award for my friends @ Compagnie Amai. It’s an overly complex 3D-printed USB-powered night lamp, with the ability to insert a power bank in the bottom.

The moment they gave the award to the winner in one of the many imrov-comedy disciplines, the host flipped a switch to turn it on. Flip side was… there were too many categories – I had to make 12 of them.

All of these were printed on my trusty old Ender 3 pro – with quite number of mid-print failures.

Pieter

Realistic City Doll House

I built a doll house for a work event concerning climate change. It’s based on the typical small house as abundant in the city of Ghent. I used it during the event to promote green roofs. It actually proved invaluable to explain several concepts, like how it feels to have a green roof in your view instead of black EPDM.

I used leftover materials, wood glue, hot glue and brats (nails). No Playmobil® kitties were harmed.

Doll house green roof
Doll house green roof
Doll house green roof

Pieter

Book Safe (Secret Santa)

I made a book safe for my Secret Santa via Make in Belgium (Facebook group, also known from Koterij with Henk Rijckaert). It’s based on arduino. I did everything myself: programming, creating and printing case. I truly didn’t enjoy cutting in the book. It was a lot more work than anticipated.

Parts list:

  • chinese arduino
  • 2 buttons
  • 1* 4-digit 7-segment display
  • 1 relay board (to shut off after 30 seconds or so)
  • one matrix keyboard
  • 1 servo motor
  • 2 rubber bands
  • 1 book (sacrilege!)