I took a trip to Eugene Oregon about a month ago to design an experimental new yo-yo with One Drop. We made a documentary about that trip and I’ve already shared part one here.
Well, part two is finished and I hope you enjoy it!
The yo-yo is called The Weekender and I’m hoping to launch it on Kickstarter on December 10th. No promises though. Fingers crossed I can launch it soon. In the meantime, please enjoy this video.
Last month I hopped on a train from San Francisco to Eugene, OR in order to spend a weekend with the One Drop crew. The goal was to design a brand new (and somewhat atypical) yo-yo. We ended up calling this the 48 Hour Yo-Yo Project and plan on making it an annual thing.
Thanks to the support of my backers on Patreon, I was able to hire my buddy Clifton B. to document this project along the way. I’m happy to share part one of The 48 Hour Yo-Yo Project:
IF you enjoy these videos, you can help support me on Patreon. This month I’ll be giving away one of the 48 Hr Yo-Yo prototypes to one of my Patreon backers, so don’t delay.
I reached a new goal on my Patreon project, which helps me create my monthly PopCast yo-yo videos, so I decided to say thanks by sharing a few mini-episodes featuring some well known players.
And, in case you missed it, here’s this month’s PopCast video, which features a TON of responsive yo-yo tricks performed in a new way.
I was asked to create some GIFs for a new gorilla art project called The Hard G Project. The organizers gave me a couple of tablets to display the gifs on and I got to decide when, where, and how the art was hung. The idea was that we’d leave the tablets up, with my art animating, and they stay up until they are stolen or the batteries die.
I hung one of my pieces on Clarion Alley and stuck around to watch a few people interact with it. When I came back 4 or 5 hours later, I was surprised at what I found… the iPad had been switched to camera mode and a bunch of people took selfies from this odd little iPad hanging in an Alley.
That feeling when people like taking selfies more than they like your art. Sigh…
