kick starter – H.G. Bells

My husband’s latest Kickstarter just went live, and I wanted to share it with you. He had great success with his first project, Wild Gears, and now he’s delving into the world of poker.

He plays in a regular game with some friends, and as the game goes on, they cut low value chips out of the pool, and are left with only the large chips.

But he found that sliding huge stacks to bet was cumbersome and inelegant. He searched around and found that the thing he was looking for already existed; you have seen them too, in Casino Royale. Like, how cool are these?!

But the only ones he could find were not nearly so cool as that. They were light and made of cheap plastic. So, my husband being my husband, the only logical thing to do was to design and make his own.

He spent a long time designing graphics to put on them, using the four card suits as inspiration, and came up with some pretty slick designs.

The plaques will be stamped metal, like a coin, with the designs in enamel on them.

Each one will weigh about 50 grams; that is a heavy plaque.

He got a render done that shows what he’s going for, though I imaging that the real product will be far cooler, due to the weight and the feel of them being made of frickin’ metal.

And naturally, if he was bumping up against this problem, other dedicated poker players must also have had these ideas too. So he has made a Kickstarter, and if anyone else is tired of lame piddly chips, and want to instead make serious bets like a pro, they can get in on it too.

If you are so inclined, the Kickstarter is here: Supreme Poker Plaques.

I’ll be sure to post photos when we get prototypes; these are going to be sweet.

Here are a few of the designs up close:

So there’s that! If we see something that should exist but doesn’t, we can’t really help ourselves but try and get it made. 😉

Cheers dear readers.

Heidi out.

My husband, Aaron, has been working hard at making an exciting new project. “Wild Gears” is a laser cut spirograph set that he designed himself, and it’s awesome. He’s been testing prototypes and experimenting with art made with the circles and gears.

I wanted to share some of it with you, because it’s beautiful! Our apartment is rapidly becoming filled with this stuff though, so uh, be careful, it’s addictive.

Anyway, here’s some art from Wild Gears! And a link to the Kickstarter page, in case you want in on it! Also… a link to the video in case you just want to watch that!

The actual clear acrylic, laser cut gears! You’re seeing right- pentagonal, square, and triangular gears. He put a of work into getting these perfect, and they’re amazing.

Gears within gears! Everything works with everything else. He’s brilliant.

Weird, right? He’s developed some new technology that allows for the creation of some pretty wonky designs.

And when he uses colour- ah my eyes! Haha, it’s a fine line between mathematical beauty and crying tears of geometry.

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR ARE THOSE PARALLEL LINES

You’re darn tootin’ right they are. This is perhaps the most amazing thing he’s developed- the ability to create parallel lines with a spirograph. It makes for some really interesting pieces.

Another one with parallel lines.

So that’s “Wild Gears!” Thanks for checking it out. The album on Imgur has even more photos, and some descriptions. His video on the Kickstarter Page has even more stuff too!

Cheers.

Heidi out.

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