“For over half a century the automobile has brought death, injury and the most inestimable sorrow and deprivation to millions of people.” — Ralph Nader,  Unsafe at Any Speed Here I'm welding a mast onto the Sun Pony solar tandem tricycle. This is Part Five of a five-part series about the Ithaca Generator to accompany the Generating Joy show at the Cherry Gallery from 1/23/26 to 3/8/26. I began my professional career as a mild-mannered web designer way back in 1996 when creat

Sparky at Burning Man in 2019. This is part four of a five-part series about the Ithaca Generator to accompany the Generating Joy  show at the Cherry Gallery from 1/23/26 to 3/8/26. After the success of bringing our Man Alive 30-foot tall bamboo puppet mounted on a 12’ x 12’ quadracycle electric fat bike to Burning Man in 2018, Karl, Doug and I needed to come up with something even more spectacular for 2019. Karl and Doug came up with the idea of building a giant rideable uni

by Laurence Clarkberg This is part three of a five-part series about the Ithaca Generator to accompany the Generating Joy  show at the Cherry Gallery from 1/23/26 to 3/8/26. Ithaca Generator membership meeting November 2017. This photo was probably taken by Allison Usavage. This is the true story of my involvement with the Ithaca Generator, a small-town makerspace, and Beyond, an innovative artists collective that the Generator gave birth to in 2020. Origin of the Ithaca Gene

by Laurence Clarkberg This is part two of a five-part series about the Ithaca Generator to accompany the Generating Joy  show at the Cherry Gallery from 1/23/26 to 3/8/26. A happy medical professional wearing a 3D printed face mask made by Ithaca Generator volunteers. These are days that shake the world. Heady times that test our ideals. WYD? My girlfriend Judy and I have been weathering the pandemic by watching apocalyptic movies. First we watched the one in which Bruce Will

by Laurence Clarkberg This is Part One of a five-part series about the Ithaca Generator to accompany the Generating Joy show at the Cherry Gallery from 1/23/26 to 3/8/26. Karin test rides a handmade broom at Caleb Harrington's Nothing Nowhere pop-up crafts store. It all began in the fall of 2015. It was a few weeks before Halloween and my bike shop intern Gabe Gaydos and I were trying to come up with marketing ideas for Press Bay Alley. Press Bay Alley is a collection of coo