Folk Craft in Motion
Class 2 by Adam Zapotok, 2023. Photo by Malcolm Brook from Pixabay.
In this workshop, participants will create small, robot-powered artworks inspired by traditional folk toys, blending digital fabrication tools with classic handcraft techniques using microcontrollers, servos, laser cutters, 3D printers, and plenty of hands-on making. This workshop invites a sense of whimsy and playful movement while teaching how to transform drawings into digital linework, design in 3D, and edit simple code for motion. Exclusive for beginners.
Adam Zapotok (he/him) is a kinetic artist, educator, qualitative researcher, and digital fabricator working under the alias Okiest Dokiest. He serves as Director of the Digital Fabrication Labs at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where he merges emerging technologies with experiential, hands-on learning. His current public artwork—a 9-foot pencil mounted atop a 1996 Ford Ranger—engages themes of scale, joy, and Jean Baudrillard’s concept of GARAP. He is also the founder of the Macaroni Cult, a playful exploration of community-building and creative ritual.