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Handcrafted White Bronze Rubik’s Cube

A fully functional, reproduction of a Rubik’s Cube, hand cast in white bronze. It was cast in such a way as to have even shrinkage, but an unstable and rough surface.
After being cast in bronze, and assembled, it was treated by being buried in a mixture of dirt, various acids and salts, inside of a hand made birch box designed to keep the environment moist, but also to allow some passage of air and water, for about a year.
I completed this piece in college, in 1999. I just finally got around to properly photographing it. A long winded breakdown of its manufacture is on my website, here. (image from flickr)

Custom “Companion Cube” Rubik’s Cube (weee! Portal)

Behold, the Rubik’s Companion Cube!

I know the cube loves me because, no matter how I turn it, it’s always solved.

Knitted Companion Cube

This is a set of notes on how to knit and assemble your own knitted weighted companion cube. I have tried to write it in a straightforward way for experience and inexperienced knitters alike. My goal is for everyone reading to understand how the cube is knit and assembled, without necessarily having the exact techniques called for yet.

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The Enrichment Center reminds you that the weighted companion cube cannot speak. In the event that the weighted companion cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice.