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Padcraftingpadcrafting@mastodon.art
2026-01-26

Heroes don’t aspire to be heroic. At the end of his life, Alex Pretti was simply caring for someone in need. He’s one of the best of us. Learn. #heroplot #penplotter #algorist #machinearts #bantamtools

d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-12-29

Plotting Mona

Mona plot in the making.
Audio from the exquisite MNMT#456 set by Efdemin

d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-12-27

Welcome to the purple room

We are here to guide you.

Mona plot in the making.
Audio from the exquisite MNMT#456 set by Efdemin

d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-10-10

RSTR CMY Pet Plot Detail

Mona up close...

RSTR CMY Pet Plot Detail
d17e (David Vandenbogaerde)d17e
2025-10-01

The pet plot challenge by @bantamtools was the perfect opportunity to take new CMY (WIP) version of [RSTR](rstr.d17e.dev) for a spin.

Kooikerhondje Mona pen plotted with RSTR CMY
WythDryden / Jonathan WendtWyth@mastodon.art
2025-09-21

Pt. 2, UV AHOY! I can never resist making art of my pibble, Topanga, so when I saw @bantamtools “Plot Your Pet” challenge I had to enter. I masked Topanga and her toys, processed each through noise fields, limited to 2–3 colors, and mixed inks to get just the right shades. My handwriting became UV-reactive hatch-filled text. Layers were drawn with a dip pen for an organic feel. The process ended up being iterative, painterly, and deeply satisfying. #PetPlot #MachineArts #BantamTools #MastoArt

The same artwork under a blacklight. The 'hidden' handwriting glows in bright cyan blue, surrounding the drawing with phrases like “Topanga!”, “Featuring: Big Duck, Nograd, and Shoggy,” and affectionate nicknames such as “The Perfect Little Old Baby Puppy Princess.” The effect makes the text feel like a secret layer of love revealed only in ultraviolet light.
WythDryden / Jonathan WendtWyth@mastodon.art
2025-09-21

I can never resist making art of my pibble, Topanga, so when I saw @bantamtools “Plot Your Pet” challenge I had to enter. I masked Topanga and her toys, processed each through noise fields, limited to 2–3 colors, and mixed inks to get just the right shades. My handwriting became UV-reactive hatch-filled text. Layers were drawn with a dip pen for an organic feel. The process ended up being iterative, painterly, and deeply satisfying. #PetPlot #MachineArts #BantamTools #Pibbles #MastoArt

A pen plotter artwork of a pit bull mix named Topanga lounging under a pile of stuffed toys. The drawing is intricate, built from thousands of small looping and wavy lines in different colors. Her head, ears, and front paw are drawn in fine brown and black ink lines, giving her a sharp, realistic presence. A large duck plush stretches across the top, while textured stuffed animals pile beneath it, creating a cozy heap. Scattered handwritten words are faintly visible in white ink around the edges, almost invisible unless you look very closely.
Padcraftingpadcrafting@mastodon.art
2025-09-15

This is Kiwi, my submission for @bantamtools #petplot challenge, a #parametricportrait using smith style Truchet tiles. #machinearts #bantamtools #penplotter #algorist #plotterart

Padcraftingpadcrafting@mastodon.art
2025-05-13

The final version of Truchet in the Sky submitted to @bantamtools for the Plot the Landscape Challenge #machinearts #plotthelandscape #bantamtools.

Andy Piperandypiper@andypiper.co.uk
2025-04-28

Our Forge & Craft “mini-masterpiece”1 for the Wimbledon Art Fair for spring 2025, is titled Heliocode.

Throughout the past year, we’ve been experimenting with the use of paint as an element of our pen plotter work. This is not to the same extent as some of our friends in the community, who have built complete systems to pick and apply colours individually2 – instead, we’re using 3D printed styli to draw through poured paints. We’ve found this to be an interesting combination, juxtaposing the organic and unpredictable movement of the paints with the precision of the drawn lines.

Our previous mini-masterpiece, New Horizons, was in the show sale last November; a behind-the-scenes image crept into my previous post about plotter work.

The new piece, Heliocode, is something that Heidi spent a lot of time on, largely while I was travelling in my new role! The line art design was my principal contribution – that may reappear in different form, in a future project; experimentation with paint, and creation of the final artwork, were all thanks to her efforts. The design was was not intended to be reminiscent of the previous work, at all (in fact, it was never created with the intent to be plotted) – although, viewed one after the other, I can see that there’s a coincidental similarity.

Heliocode

The artwork was created with a Bantam Tools NextDraw 1117, and again combines poured paint techniques with the more strict stylus dynamics of a coded SVG design. We chose a vibrant yellow medium, and a dark violet for the line art. A slight imperfection still found its way into the pattern, which is part of the charm of working with a mixture of digital and analog tools.

Feel free to take a look at the new work, on the Wimbledon Art Fair sale site – it is one of a kind, at an affordable price.

You can also come to visit us at the event itself – find us in Red Studios 273, between May 8th – May 11th 2025.

  1. The mini-masterpieces are made and donated by each of the artists taking part in the fair, as part of fundraising for the future of the show. ↩︎
  2. See Licia He’s Painting with Plotters course, as one example. ↩︎

https://andypiper.co.uk/2025/04/28/heliocode/

#100DaysToOffload #art #artwork #bantamTools #creativity #forgeAndCraft #generativeArt #nextdraw #paint #paintingWithPlotters #penPlotter #wimbledonArtFair #wimbledonArtStudios

Quantum EnterprisesQuantumEnterprises
2025-02-04

Skip the cheap imitations—buy American-made! The Bantam Tools NextDraw is a high-precision pen plotter built in NY, fully compatible with Quantum Enterprises' fonts & Scriptalizer software. Get top-quality results! 🖊️

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WythDryden / Jonathan WendtWyth@mastodon.art
2025-01-06

#Genuary6: Make a landscape using only primitive shapes. Another plot that I made during my artist residency at @bantamtools!
If you want this plot, it's a big 18" x 24" 1-of-1 that was made on an unreleased, prototype machine; so it's very special!
For sale @ Wendt.Art/product/btafr-the-to
#PenPlotter #MastoArt #Genuary #Genuary2025 #Tower #ArtResidency #BantamTools #MinimalismArt

A striking generative artwork in the form of a tall, shadowed tower silhouette rising against a golden semicircle backdrop. The architectural figure, rendered in bold black, cuts through the glowing, textured hues of the semicircle, evoking the mysterious interplay between structure and celestial light. The sharp contrast and balanced composition make this piece feel like a contemplative narrative about solitude and power, encapsulated in its towering form. Created using an unreleased prototype pen plotter, this piece is part of an exploration in generative art during an artist residency.A striking generative artwork in the form of a tall, shadowed tower silhouette rising against a golden semicircle backdrop. The architectural figure, rendered in bold black, cuts through the glowing, textured hues of the semicircle, evoking the mysterious interplay between structure and celestial light. The sharp contrast and balanced composition make this piece feel like a contemplative narrative about solitude and power, encapsulated in its towering form. Created using an unreleased prototype pen plotter, this piece is part of an exploration in generative art during an artist residency.A striking generative artwork in the form of a tall, shadowed tower silhouette rising against a golden semicircle backdrop. The architectural figure, rendered in bold black, cuts through the glowing, textured hues of the semicircle, evoking the mysterious interplay between structure and celestial light. The sharp contrast and balanced composition make this piece feel like a contemplative narrative about solitude and power, encapsulated in its towering form. Created using an unreleased prototype pen plotter, this piece is part of an exploration in generative art during an artist residency.A striking generative artwork in the form of a tall, shadowed tower silhouette rising against a golden semicircle backdrop. The architectural figure, rendered in bold black, cuts through the glowing, textured hues of the semicircle, evoking the mysterious interplay between structure and celestial light. The sharp contrast and balanced composition make this piece feel like a contemplative narrative about solitude and power, encapsulated in its towering form. Created using an unreleased prototype pen plotter, this piece is part of an exploration in generative art during an artist residency.
WythDryden / Jonathan WendtWyth@mastodon.art
2025-01-01

#Genuary1: Vertical or horizontal lines only. I actually made this plot during my artist residency at Bantam Tools last month! It's 18" x 24" and was made using one of their awesome new machines, the #ArtFrame! (I can't wait to get my hands back on one of those!)

If you want this plot, it's 1-of-1 made on an unreleased prototype machine, so it's very special!
wendt.art/product/btafr-the-ro
#PenPlotter #MastoArt #Genuary #Genuary2025 #BantamTools #LiminalSpaces

A black-and-white generative art piece titled 'BTAFR: The Room,' created entirely with vertical and horizontal lines. The artwork presents an infinite, surreal corridor flanked by geometric patterns that evoke a sense of mystery and introspection. The perspective pulls the viewer's gaze toward a vanishing point at the center, resembling a liminal space where time and reality blur. This plot is a 1-of-1 creation, crafted on a prototype Bantam Tools ArtFrame, adding a unique layer of innovation to its story.A black-and-white generative art piece titled 'BTAFR: The Room,' created entirely with vertical and horizontal lines. The artwork presents an infinite, surreal corridor flanked by geometric patterns that evoke a sense of mystery and introspection. The perspective pulls the viewer's gaze toward a vanishing point at the center, resembling a liminal space where time and reality blur. This plot is a 1-of-1 creation, crafted on a prototype Bantam Tools ArtFrame, adding a unique layer of innovation to its story.A black-and-white generative art piece titled 'BTAFR: The Room,' created entirely with vertical and horizontal lines. The artwork presents an infinite, surreal corridor flanked by geometric patterns that evoke a sense of mystery and introspection. The perspective pulls the viewer's gaze toward a vanishing point at the center, resembling a liminal space where time and reality blur. This plot is a 1-of-1 creation, crafted on a prototype Bantam Tools ArtFrame, adding a unique layer of innovation to its story.
andypiper's bookmarksandypiper@pipesmarks.glitch.me
2024-11-19

/ArtFrame – Bantam Tools

#penplotter #plotter #plotterart #cnc #drawing #axidraw #bantamtools #art

Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblogsomebitslinks@tech.lgbt
2024-11-19

Bantam Tools Artframe: New computer controlled plotter with a fully controllable z-axis so you can use paint, variable pressure on pens, etc
bantamtools.com/artframe
#bantamtools #plotterart #computers #plotter #emsl #+

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