Category: Art

  • Hi, my name is Craig Kaplan.  I’m a Computer Science professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada. I’m using my blog as a convenient place to put out a call to comic artists for test images that we could use in our research. My PhD student Matthew Thorne is working on software that could improve state of the…

  • Modular origami halftoning

    Fold a square of origami paper in half, unfold, fold it in half the other way, and unfold. Now fold the corners to the centre. Turn it over and repeat. You may be reminded of folding what’s often called a cootie catcher or fortune teller. You end up with the leftmost module in the picture above: a half-size…

  • Moon Shot Espresso Cup

    I designed an espresso cup mapped with a bas-relief lunar surface. When I discovered that it couldn’t be 3D printed directly in ceramic, I designed to cast it by hand.

  • Laser-cut Islamic marquetry

    While in London in 2014, I had access to a laser cutter. I created a few small pieces of wooden marquetry based on Islamic geometric patterns.

  • The Little Dipper

    The Little Dipper

    Inspired by the archetypal British Chocolate Biscuit, I designed a cup specifically for dipping.

  • Minus Comics

    Minus Comics

    An in-depth exploration of the minusing of a number of comics, inspired by Garfield Minus Garfield.