[Children's Science May 2022] Kodomonokagaku Factory

"Action Painting"

This time, it's a desktop action painting device.
Continuing from last time, an impractical motif.

From the beginning, I would like to make an excuse.
Personally, I don't fantasize about art or artists enjoying dramatic or magical mysteries.
(I don't intend to give it a glittery blur finish or make it smell good)
I think that people who are sincere in contemporary art will be offended if they use words like coincidence or unexpectedness.

Well, what is published in this magazine is this. (You can create a development drawing by enlarging it by 200%.)
Why is the outer cover only half paper?
At first, it was all made of transparent PVC, but since this magazine is monochrome, I thought it would be difficult to understand if it was transparent.
If you want to enjoy shooting, it might be a good idea to make it out of paper.

The next picture is the transparent prototype.
Everything except the wheel, knob, and washer is made of transparent PVC board.
The paint tray is wrapped in aluminum foil to test for paint leakage.
(If you expand the development view of this magazine to 400%, you can make it in this size)

Putting paint into the paint tray.


I set the outer cover.
The outer cover is set in the gap between the bottom cover and the paint tray.


It looks floating, but...
The height of the paint tray is adjusted by laying cardboard.

I turned it around.


When you open the top lid, it looks like this.
Enjoy the safe brutality of this device.

[bonus]
idea sketch. Wraps, trays, paper positions are different.
I feel like it's quite a knife edge for people in the editorial department to see this and give the go-ahead.

See you next time.

The article and development map are published in the May 2022 issue of Children's Science, so please buy it.