San Precario,Patron Saint of Precarious Workers and Lives

Last night my dear friend Mona Caron handed me a small card with an image of a modern-looking man with his hands together in prayer,San Precario,with some words printed on the back. The words were in Spanish,but it didn’t take a translation to understand that what I was holding in my hand [...]

Slot Car Races at the SF Night Market

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Originally uploaded by Nick Winterhalter

I had a lot of fun being a track marshal last night for the first SF night Market. Five Ton Crane put together a fantastic 4-lane slot car racetrack in the back of a rented Box truck,and parked it at 24th St &Illinois in [...]

Tom Sepe:Portfolio

Here’s a preview of the print-on-demand book I just made of my art. It’s meant to be like a portfolio,but right now its really more like a coffee-table style retrospective of the last ten years. I’ll probably trim it down and go with a smaller format for use as an actual portfolio.

I designed [...]

My Raygun Rover on German TV

The Raygun Rover as well as the Raygun Gothic Rocketship and a bunch of other Bay Area art appears in this German TV Show:

YouTube –Portrait:Robotic Kunst Werkstatt Nimby –arte Tracks vom 24.06.2010.

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FLOCK Timelapse Video of Install at ArtOutside 2010

Here’s a quick timelapse video edit I just completed of the installation of this epic sculpture,FLOCK,by Michael Christian originally created in 2001 for the Burning Man Festival.

We’ve been here 4 days installing FLOCK by Michael Christian and the Art Outside Festival in Texas. Film and edit by Tom Sepe Music by Beats [...]

Get the Whirlygig to the Museum

Help me get the Whirlygig to the Museum! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1455561131/get-the-whirlygig-to-the-museum [...]

The Infinitarium –In Progress Timelapse

Here’s my latest:A timelapse video I just edited of The Infinitarium we are building at Big Art Studios in West Oakland. I’m one of six artists leads building 18 giant over-sized plants out of scrap metal. I’m in charge of building five giant willow trees –each tree will have over 1,200 feet of [...]

Raygun Rover @ Nasa Ames for Yuri’s Night

DSC_0232_330 Originally uploaded by jon sarriugarte

A Big hit hit with kids of all ages,the Raygun Rover rolled around the tarmac at Nasa Ames Research center April 10th,along with the Raygun Gothic Rocketship,Les Claypool,The Black Keys,Glitch Mob,Beats Antique and many more talented and amazing people!

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WORC- Rocket Video Tease

Wow I just got back from a fantastic weekend in Tahoe with the West Oakland Rocketry Club (WORC)

here’s a little video tease shot with a Casio EX-FS10 at 400 frames per second of my X-Patriot missile:

4 “D”motors. cardboard tube,foam-core fins,whiffle-ball nosecone,perfect paint job. no recovery method. Tahoe WORC trip [...]

Winterizing the Steampunk Treehouse (timelapse video)

The winter storms. Warehouses open their doors and close them again. The treehouse must move. Out of Treasure Island and into the badlands of East Oakland…NIMBY takes us in for a while as we make a list of that which needs fixing;Wiring,windows,holes in walls,a new roof.

In June the [...]