Showing Off My Students' Work -- More USB Madness

My students always produce a good variety of work in the studio (which is one of the things I revel in as an instructor--creativity always gets me giddy). So, I occasionally like to show off what they've done, which is the point of today's posting. One of my recent posts was on creating an RTV mold and then using casting resin to mold around a USB flash drive to make a functional, redesigned USB drive. The purpose of that posting was partially to give my students a digital reference to work from as they were crafting results for their resin casting assignment with that same USB encapsulation requirement. The results of their assignment were all over the board, but I picked a few of my personal flavorful favorites to share with everybody in interweb land. An overview of my faves look like this: 

Louis Meyer decided to take the option of casting over his drive and then embellishing the cast piece with a variety of pseudo mechanical parts to create a unique steam-punk USB drive (as shown in this shot with views of both the top and bottom of the drive). Some of the components actually move, which is a nice little touch.

Chris White created a "stitch-punk" USB drive by first creating a pattern made from burlap, and then forming an RTV mold over it. The resulting cast parts had the same rough texture as the burlap, but additional painting and finishing gave it the illusion of the real stuff. When you touch it, it's suddenly evident that it's actually solid plastic rather than scratchy fabric. The button on this drive lights up when the USB is in use...super nifty.

Erin Larwick created a classic Army soldier USB...one that looks like he's aiming a big USB brick at an enemy (or at a data port?). Reminds me of childhood afternoons in the backyard creating little battle scenes in the grass...but with a little bit of USB love mixed in.

Jake Fling went for the retro-style of the ol' tape cassette...straight from the era when I first got addicted to 80's hair bands. His "rasta" color scheme really gives the drive some flavor.

Brad Gould decided to make a simple little person out of his drive...which ended up reminding me of a little kid looking up at you ready to ask the classic "Whatcha' doin'?" question. This one ranks pretty high on the "cute" meter.

It's always cool to see what other folks can come up with. Creativity kicks my trash...which is one reason why I teach.
Peace out.