My name is Rob Cockerham. I build stuff that isn't particularly valuable, except for in the lessons I learn while I'm building them.
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Paparazzi Costume #2

Molding photographers heads and a dozen flashing cameras

 

Solid Ice Beer Caddy

A beer-bottle holder or serving tray molded in ice.

 

Greg's Whiplash Costume

From Iron Man 2 movie

 

Lloyd Dobbler Costume

John Cusack's boombox-carrying character from Say Anything

 

The Best Costume Builds on the Net

The Best Costumes and Build logs on the Internet

 

The Money You Could be Saving with Gieco Costume

Stack of Money with eyes Costume Build

 

Scott's Tauntaun Costume Build

Luke Skywalker on a Tauntaun Costume

 

Urban Garden

Clearing soil and preparing an urban garden in discarded planter urns

 

Kindling Wooden Reading Device

A laser-cut wooden Kindle

 

DTV Converter Box

How to prepare your aluminum foil helmet to resist digital television signals

 

Fiber Optics from Household Items

An attempt to make fiber optic cables from fishing line and other items

 

The Fireworks Cyclone

Trying to make fireworks more enjoyable by placing them into a spinning column of air

 

Fire from a Coke Can

Trying to make fire from the polished bottom of a soda can.

 

Box of See's Candy Costume

Eight-foot See's Candy Halloween Costume

 

Dwight Shrute Bobblehead Costume

Giant Bobblehead Costume

 

The Light Sharpener

12 foot parabolic dish covered in 800 mirrors and pointed at the sun

 

American Idol Judges Costume

Randy, Paula and Simon judges costume

 

Sudoku Costume

Giant Sudoku Game Costume

 

Infinite Candelabra

Making an infinite field of tea candles with mirrors

 

 

Hospital Childbirth

Well, I helped a little.

 

Solar Parabola

Trying to boil water with an array of mirrors focusing the sun

 

Hero's Engine

Transforming heat to motion with the simplest mechanism possible.

 

Devo Hats

Making Devo Hats for Nick's Guitar Hero Party.

 

Fandango Paper Bag Hand Puppet Costume

Giant Paper Bag hand puppet costume.

 

Doctor Octopus Costume

Doctor Octopus and Spiderman costume

 

Jenga Costume

Jenga stacking game costume

 

Banana Skin Coat

Making a Coat from the skin of bananas

 

Paper Mache Alien Fisherman

A paper mache sculpture for an alien restaurant

 

Hypnodisk

Optical illusion for confounding free-throw shooters at basketball games.

 

State of California Costume

A California costume made of foam sheet.

 

Paper Mache Satan

six-foot satan statue

 

Spring Shoes

Adding bedsprings to shoes

 

Aluminum Foil Wings

Building a harness and wings from corragated plastic and aluminum foil

 

Fire From Two Sticks

Trying to make fire with two sticks

 

Paper Mache Hummingbird

Paper mache hummingbird statue

 

Paparazzi Costume

The costume that won the ILM halloween costume contest

 

Matchstick Cats

matchstick and newspaper cat sculptures for the fourth of July

 

Fish Head Costume

Giant expanding foam and hamster ball mask

 

Building the California State Fair

Backstage at the County Fair exhibits at the California State Fair

 

Ketchup Packet Bear

Shooting practice with a 12-foot bear covered in a thousand ketchup packets

 

Continent of Africa Costume

Cardboard Africa Costume

 

Push to Cross Sign

Painted traffic signal

 

Giant Paper Mache Globe

Easy sculpture with an excruciating paint job.

 

Paper Mache Alien

Extra large party decor

 

Cat Coffin

Wooden Coffin design for a beloved cat

 

Paper Mache Elvis

My first life-sized paper mache sculpture

 

Index of Costumes

A list of the costumes only

   

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