Maker Faire @ IDF Party

Twenty Seven Gears

I create interactive kinetic sculptures that explore human experience and the senses. Often playful and sometimes absurd, my machines offer viewers a physical experience designed to pose questions about our place within the world around us.

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About the Maker(s)

Benjamin Cowden

Benjamin Cowden

- Twenty Seven Gears

Benjamin Cowden began working with metal during an undergraduate anthropology project in Cameroon in 1997. He later worked as a blacksmith, creating utilitarian objects and furniture. Fascinated with mechanical movement, Benjamin began making interactive sculpture in 2003. After receiving his MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Mr. Cowden moved to Oakland California, where he currently lives and works.

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