National Nuclear Museum -- Live Printmaking

Karl pulled 8"x8" prints live -- at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque on April 12, 2024, as part of the QUELAB group.

The event was "Discovery After Dark," an Adult Stem Night, from 6 - 9 PM:

Discovery After Dark

at the National Nuclear Museum

View towards the Sandia Mountains

from the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History

in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Apparently over 750 people showed up for the event that night:

AI ART

Karl's theme was AI ART -- including Augmented Reality and Holograms -- but mostly live printing AI ART images that had been engraved on the laser cutter at Quelab.  He gave free prints to visitors (only charging "forgiveness" if the print came out badly):

Happy visitors

receive a free print

made of an AI ART image

AI PRINTS

The printmaking table set-up

Shelly made the first print,

before she went to man her event table

* BARBENHEIMER *

Since Oppenheimer was filmed in New Mexico, and the movies Oppenheimer and Barbie were big hits in the previous summer -- Karl laser engraved round AI images of both Barbie and Oppenheimer to print on the adjustable Tortilla Press:

November 21, 2022

The AI images of Barbie and Oppenheimer,

generated in Midjourney,

and laser engraved into 4" diameter linoleum circles

Printing with a Tortilla Press

Live printmaking

AI HOLOGRAMS

Hologram portrait screen

by Looking Glass Portrait,

showed off AI image holograms

AI image

displayed as a hologram

AI AUGMENTED REALITY

Visitors could also view AI ART images in Augmented Reality by going to THIS WEBSITE.  They only had to follow the QR Code -- or tap the NFC card with their smartphones-- to experience WebAR.  However with so many people inside the museum, the Internet connections were weak, and did not always bring up the AR (Augmented Reality):

This QR Code

went to THESE Augmented Reality experiences

The whole AI ART set-up table at the National Nuclear Museum:

The AI ART table set-up

at the Nuclear Museum

QUELAB

QUELAB members operated other tables during the "Discovery After Dark" event at the Nuclear Museum:

Adam (sitting) shows off stickers made from AI ART,

while Robert designed the Quelab banner behind them

Darell helping a visitor

use the foot powered lathe

Mitchell and Daniel in the back

showing off parts of the airplane that they are building

Rebecca and the sewing machine

Rebecca also gave me the good pictures below:

Shelley and her ceramic painting table,

before she got slammed all night

The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History

in Albuquerque, New Mexico

LAST YEAR

2023

Last year 2023, we also participated in the "Discovery After Dark" event at the National Nuclear Museum in Albuquerque, and Karl showed framed 8"x8" prints with QUELAB:

Showing small prints in 2023

at the National Nuclear Museum

in Albuquerque