Greetings, folks!
I am joining, having been introduced at Burnout in Portland, Oregon last weekend.
I consider myself a light artist. Using my hobbies in sewing, welding, and electronics, I make lighted clothing and sculptures.
For those of you who were at Burnout, the lighted bicycle wiht all of the silverware sculpture is one of my creations.
I have an artistic journal on line (I don't sell anything) that you can look at at www.allyn.com
I am looking to meet other artists, especially those who love to play with LED's and other forms of light as part of their art!
Truly,
Mark Allyn
Portland, Oregon :?
Greetings from Mark Allyn
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www.allyn.com is me.
I have been posting my work on www.allyn.com ever since I got that domain back in 1995, before the internet exploded, then imploded in the .bust and exploded again.
My hands on hobbies started with electronics. I ran my own TV repair shop when in the fifth grade in school back in Winchester, Massachusetts in the 1960's (I am 55 years old now). I would go to the town dump, pick up old TV's; fix them, and sell them to friends.
I had a short term hobby in locksmiting; having made my own master key to my high school, Boston's North Station (a train terminal) and Boston's Logan Airport. I decided latter that this was not very polite and gave that hobby up and continued on with electronics, making that my college education (Worcester Polytechnic Institute class of 1976 Electrical Engineering)
For the eighth grade science fair, I made an oscilloscope. The judges thought it was too much for an eighth grader to make and did not believe I made it.
Later on in life, to show off my fashion fetish in clear plastic, I registered the www.clearplastic.com domain (which is still my domain, but tied into www.allyncom).
I have been making creative clothing sinc about 1994. It all started because I have a fashion fetish in clear plastic and could not buy anything that satisfies my needs.
I decided that that would be a good excuse to start a hands on dexterity based hobby; sewing.
I bought a good machine in 1994, leared on my own on the hardest material to sew (heavy crystal clear vinyl) to make raincoats. It took about 8 raincoats before I made one that I was willing to wear in public in the rain.
After tha, the rest was history. Leather, fabric, and everything else was far easier than clear vinyl.
The sewing led to woodworking. That did not last long because of the heavy machinery and the fact that there is very little in woodworking (cabinetmaking) that I can wear on the street. I gave that hobby up after donating about $10,000 worth of tools to a local school.
That led to fused glass and a kiln. I did that for about three years, however Portland has a glut of fused glass because both Bullseye and Uroboros glass are here. It was very hard to stand out in fused glass in this town.
Then I started to stand out by putting lights in clear plastic raincoats and wearing them in public (both with and without wearing something underneath).
That's when I decided to go to a welding shop, plup down about $3000 for a decent tig welding rid (Miller Dynasty) and start at it. It took me about two months of playing with that toy before I made something that I was willing to wear in public, along with my artistic clothing & lighted raincoat.
My first projects were belt buckles for my belted raincoat. Then came the pendants you see on the website.
My current passion is lighted clear plastic clothing and lighted pendants, along with my art bike.
Respectfully,
Cleara
(Mark Allyn)
My hands on hobbies started with electronics. I ran my own TV repair shop when in the fifth grade in school back in Winchester, Massachusetts in the 1960's (I am 55 years old now). I would go to the town dump, pick up old TV's; fix them, and sell them to friends.
I had a short term hobby in locksmiting; having made my own master key to my high school, Boston's North Station (a train terminal) and Boston's Logan Airport. I decided latter that this was not very polite and gave that hobby up and continued on with electronics, making that my college education (Worcester Polytechnic Institute class of 1976 Electrical Engineering)
For the eighth grade science fair, I made an oscilloscope. The judges thought it was too much for an eighth grader to make and did not believe I made it.
Later on in life, to show off my fashion fetish in clear plastic, I registered the www.clearplastic.com domain (which is still my domain, but tied into www.allyncom).
I have been making creative clothing sinc about 1994. It all started because I have a fashion fetish in clear plastic and could not buy anything that satisfies my needs.
I decided that that would be a good excuse to start a hands on dexterity based hobby; sewing.
I bought a good machine in 1994, leared on my own on the hardest material to sew (heavy crystal clear vinyl) to make raincoats. It took about 8 raincoats before I made one that I was willing to wear in public in the rain.
After tha, the rest was history. Leather, fabric, and everything else was far easier than clear vinyl.
The sewing led to woodworking. That did not last long because of the heavy machinery and the fact that there is very little in woodworking (cabinetmaking) that I can wear on the street. I gave that hobby up after donating about $10,000 worth of tools to a local school.
That led to fused glass and a kiln. I did that for about three years, however Portland has a glut of fused glass because both Bullseye and Uroboros glass are here. It was very hard to stand out in fused glass in this town.
Then I started to stand out by putting lights in clear plastic raincoats and wearing them in public (both with and without wearing something underneath).
That's when I decided to go to a welding shop, plup down about $3000 for a decent tig welding rid (Miller Dynasty) and start at it. It took me about two months of playing with that toy before I made something that I was willing to wear in public, along with my artistic clothing & lighted raincoat.
My first projects were belt buckles for my belted raincoat. Then came the pendants you see on the website.
My current passion is lighted clear plastic clothing and lighted pendants, along with my art bike.
Respectfully,
Cleara
(Mark Allyn)
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A light artist and a damn cool one at that! Welcome to the eplaya Mark and thanks for posting those links! Inspirational is an understatement! (of course anything to do with light gets my attention like nothing else)!
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Way cool stuff Mark, truly playa material. Bring it on Man 
And welcome to eplaya, just keep the electronics away from jkisha, he's liable to short out something
And welcome to eplaya, just keep the electronics away from jkisha, he's liable to short out something
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Re: www.allyn.com is me.
I belong to that subset of people who listens to dump stories with longing. I've only ever been to the landfill.allyn wrote: My hands on hobbies started with electronics. I ran my own TV repair shop when in the fifth grade in school back in Winchester, Massachusetts in the 1960's (I am 55 years old now). I would go to the town dump, pick up old TV's; fix them, and sell them to friends.
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"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri