I always begin with the lightest colors first, and generally end in black.
I then take a look at the image and decide how many color layers I’ll be needing for the plot and add those to the project, naming them sequentially followed by the color I use for the layer (for example: 1 – Yellow, or 5 – Black). The slightly more tedious answer is that it starts with an image (generally something off the web, or that has some significance to me), then I import that image onto my 3200px X 850px template in Inkscape and position it where I want it on the egg/ball. The short answer is that it’s all done line by line in Inkscape. When asked in the Egg-Bot user list how he created them, he posted: He has also been posting great pictures of them to flickr. He has created some of the neatest non-geometric work anybody has done on the Egg-Bot. Recently, he uploaded a number of his designs to thingiverse, which means you can try them out, too. We’ve been watching the work of RoboGenius for quite some time. Thank you to Fran for sharing your pictures and projects! The interlocking circles shown on two of the ostrich eggs above were also used to make the egg ornament at the top. The Eggbot is particularly useful in evenly distributing a repeating pattern around the egg-something that can be difficult to do by hand. Carving is generally done by hand using a lightweight air powered drill (such as the Turbo Carver).Īs with any specialized group of enthusiasts, they have regional shows to display and sell their creations, and to buy and sell the tools of the trade. Fran uses her Eggbot both for marking eggs for her own projects, and for marking eggs to sell at shows for others to finish. One of their enterprising members, Fran, has been creating patterns for use with the Eggbot and sharing them through the Eggers Eggbot Group on Facebook or on Thingiverse.Ī pattern, after being marked with the Eggbot using a pencil or marker, can be carved, painted, or decorated in a variety of ways.
They affectionately call themselves “eggers” and are, more likely than not, members of the International Egg Art Guild. One such group is (not surprisingly) egg artists. One of our favorite things about the Eggbot is that we get to connect to the communities that embrace it and find new uses for it.
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