Sand Manipulation Machine « CLOUD Reassembly RPI

Sand Manipulation Machine

MACHINE VII is a collaboration of ATWOOD-A with Alex Robinson.

MACHINE VII is a sand deposition, extraction and manipulation machine. It makes renewable piles of sand.

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