
How can computation become something we can hold, see, and set in motion? These six projects from Introduction to Fabrication at NYU ITP explore materials and making, from a wooden box and shuttlecock to laser-engraved trees, an APack stamp, cellular structures, and marble-driven mechanisms. The later experiments give computational forms and processes a tangible presence.
A small wooden box with a pivoting lid, made to hold a watch. An introduction to cutting, shaping, and working with shop tools. Read the blog post ↗

Five identical wooden feathers come together as a shuttlecock. An exercise in repetition, curved cuts on the band saw, and drilling the base. Read the blog post ↗

A tree generated from a name becomes a laser-engraved wooden panel, with two simple feet that let it stand on its own. Read the blog post ↗

A wooden stamp turns an APack name glyph into a physical object, paired with a square wooden holder. Read the blog post ↗

A branching structure assembled from wooden blocks, bringing a computational exploration of cellular architecture into physical form. Read the blog post ↗

Two prototypes made from discarded wood explore how marbles and rockers can represent states and perform computation, toward a ternary marble adding machine inspired by Matthias Wandel. Read the blog post ↗
