Learning through making.
- Building tools- Developing processes
- Retrofitting existing tools
- Creatively misusing tools and processes
- Iteratively learning from each object and project
- Embracing flaws and trying to make them the focal point
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61263b9de648e907fa7d5945faa8ebf10a63e0e263b69de4726d59841669c9ef/CodyNorman_Robot.jpg)
Photo^^^ - Kameron Herndon for Walker Art Center
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Photo^^^ - Robin Carlson Dong for Chicago Botanic Garden
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Photo^^^ - Nathan Keay