Matthew Baranauskas

The Collage Roller Prototype - How Might a Collage Be Made Differently? The Collage Roller is a brayer (or small paint-roller) about 3 inches wide that can scan and capture data when you roll over an image, pattern or texture. The data is stored within the roller where it stays until the artist decides to print the image, pattern or texture out by rolling it across another surface (i.e. A piece of paper, fabric or canvas). More info at: curiositycan.com

Building / The Collage Roller Prototype - How It Works & Why It Was Made The programming for the Collage Roller was developed using processing. The scanning of imagery is supported by a web-cam attached to the roller, and the printing experience is created through the use of a infrared tracking and projected print surface (as a final product the roller might print ink directly on the paper). More info at: curiositycan.com

Output / The Collage Roller Prototype - It's important to note that this type of prototype was developed because I felt it was important to immerse each artist in a work-able experience where they can actually create a work of art. One example of the kind of results that can be produced by the Collage Roller. The Images here were copied by the roller from a toy catalog and then re-printed using the roller. Note the distortion that has taken place. More info at: curiositycan.com

Trial-Runs / 1 / The Collage Roller Prototype - More info at: curiositycan.com

Trial-Runs / 2 / The Collage Roller Prototype - More info at: curiositycan.com