‘Nube de Oro’, a Golden Cloud’ shines and rises with an Agave plant, honoring it’s conception of time and energy, assisting to express it. The work is based on artistic research on Agave / Maguey in collaboration with glass artist Christian Thornton and his xaquixe.com art glass studio-colleagues. See also Experiments with glass for Maguey. 2011>2013
“Nube de Oro” is part of “Fiesta de Maguey”, ‘FoAM Brussels’ contribution to the “Euroaxacan Inititative of Transformative Cultures (EITC)
Kinetic leaf plotter
Custom hibiscus pigment-based solar cell, sensing light that is expressed by a hibiscus solar cell powered ´leaf writer´ (piccolo.cc)
Hibiscus pigment solar cell (top L; R) – @ FoAM studio Brussels Sept. 2013 and gold coated bottom part of solar cell – Xaquxe glass studio, Sept. 2012.
Agave inspired organic solar cells experiments by C. Thornton and Bartaku
Post-agave-collapse – Sept. 2013
Solar controlled CNC Agave leaf writing on Agave leaf – Etnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca, Sept. 2013
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