ART TEC - Guy Marsden's home page

Guy Marsden HOME	SERVICES:	ENGINEERING PROTOTYPES	ENGINEERING ARTWORKS			CONTACT ME SITE MAP
	PRODUCTS:	LEVITATION KIT	FURNITURE	ELECTRONIC ARTWORK	THERMAL WINDOWS
	SOLAR INFO:	SUSTAINABLE LIVING	SOLAR HEATING	SOLAR HOT WATER	SOLAR MOWER
	RESOURCES:	ABOUT ME	IN THE MEDIA	BUILDING A CANOE	LINKS


SOLAR POWERED DIFFERENTIAL TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER MOVED TO NEW SITE


9/17/08	Improving insulation of exposed concrete wall of our basement
9/16/08	My new light sculpture: "Entropy 1"
9/16/08	Engineering Rebecca Schwarz's artwork "Tower of Power"
8/31/08	Upgrading my solar domestic water heating system
8/25/08	Building a quadraphonic audio mixer
8/24/08	Insulating the frost wall of my workshop
7/30/08	Building window insulation panels to cut heating bills
6/8/08	My solar lawnmower conversion featured in Popular Science Magazine
5/9/08	Purchased a 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid SUV (around 30 MPG average!)

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Greetings! I live with my wife Rebekah in rural Maine where I work out of my solar heated barn workshop. My web site is designed to showcase all of my products and services and makes me look really busy, actually I'm pretty laid back. I started this web site in 1997 and just add to it when I have new things to share. I update the site frequently, so there's often something new to see.
*There are now approximately 214 pages on my site.* *Average 13,000 page views per week. Last updated: Wednesday September 17, 2008*

This view of my workshop is updated hourly during my working hours. You might catch me building something interesting! Click image for larger view.	Welcome!	This view of my home from my office window is updated every hour during daylight hours. Click the image to see a time-lapse movie.

ENGINEERING
ELECTRONIC PROTOTYPES
FOR INVENTORS ETC.
Since the mid 1980's I have worked with inventors and product designers to build custom electronic prototypes of all kinds.

Here you will find my background, rates and a
detailed example of my design process.


Clock and room occupancy appliance controller prototypes

ENGINEERING
ARTWORKS
I work with fellow artists to design electronic controls for their light, kinetic, video, audio and multi-media work. Here you will find an extensive gallery documenting many projects large and small.

Recent projects

Quadraphonic mixer built for Richard Mariconda	Rebecca Schwarz's "Tower of Power"

HOW I BUILT A
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM
FOR MY WORKSHOP
In 2001 I designed and built a solar heating system for the
radiant floor in my workshop.


Web log details construction and continuing improvements

HOW I INSTALLED A
SOLAR WATER HEATER

In July 2006 I purchased a complete kit from
Butler Sun Solutions and installed
it with some help from my friends.


Installing solar collectors	Inside plumbing

DIFFERENTIAL TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER
For solar heating systems


Purchase direct from ART TEC Solar

HOW I BUILT MY SOLAR
CHARGED LAWN MOWER
In July 2005 I converted a gas lawn mower to 12 Volt electric that
charges from solar electric panels. I have detailed every step
of the process so that others can build their own.

my green machine

mowing with
free energy!

WOOD FURNITURE

My furnishings have exhibited in craft shows and galleries across the country since 1997. Here you will find a catalog of my designs, information about how I work and where to find my work.


Coffee Table	Me at work	Desk

HOW I BUILT MY CANOE
Detailed blog of the construction of a 12 foot stitched
lapstrake canoe, made from plans in a book.


under construction	paddling "Sawdust"

MY ELECTRONIC ARTWORKS
I have been making electronic and kinetic art since the mid 1980s and have exhibited widely in America and abroad.

My most recent artwork:
"Entropy 1" Completed September 15, 2008

MAGNETIC LEVITATION KIT

Float small objects in space!
Order parts kits and assembled units

Levitating a small wood doll using
assembled kit shown above

IN THE MEDIA
Articles by, or about me in the press

	Inventors Digest: My article about electronic product development that emphasizes keeping it simple
	Home Power Magazine: My article about improving my solar heating system "Solar Heat Upgrade" June/July 2007

WEB SITE DESIGN
In addition to my own site I designed and maintain other sites
Can I design a site for you?

LINKS
Kinetic artists / robotics / surplus resources / engineering

ABOUT ME
A brief pictorial personal history

"Do or do not. There is no try."
Yoda

"We make war with such certainty, yet we are befuddled how to create peace. This paradox requires reflection if we are to survive. Making and endorsing war requires a secret love of death, and a fearful desire to embrace annihilation. Creating peace requires compassion, putting ourselves in the other person's place, and all of their suffering and all of their hopes and to act from our heart's capacity to love, not fear." Dennis Kucinich

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