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ArtFrame has onboard compute. Some artists require the direct control from a computer with our python API & CLI that allow custom control programs to be built in a familiar protocol. SVG Player enables the best of both worlds and brings the standalone awesomeness from ArtFrame to the NextDraw.

Bantam Tools NextDraw™ SVG Player The Bantam Tools NextDraw™ SVG Player is a standalone controller to operate your Bantam Tools NextDraw™ Plotter so you don’t have to tether your computer.

The new Bantam Tools NextDraw™ SVG Player is a standalone controller that frees your Bantam Tools NextDraw™ or AxiDraw Plotter from the computer. Just plug in a USB drive loaded with your SVGs and start plotting.

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Plot Something Special for Dad: A Father’s Day Coupon Book for Plotter Bantam Tools

Plot something personal this Father’s Day.  🖊️🦾 Grab our free plottable coupon book—made for creative dads who love to make—and don’t miss the secret discount code hidden inside.
#penplotter

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Introducing The Bantam Tools ArtFrame™ Panorama

a large-format, museum-scale pen plotter that empowers professional artists to create long-format, exhibition-grade physical artwork from digital designs using traditional materials and tools.

Get your orders in now!

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BIC ballpoint pen on A4 paper. #penplotter

seventy two #penplotter

72

coming soon

8"x8" plot.

@bantamtools.bsky.social AxiDraw V3/A3

@processing.org code

Rotring Isograph pen and ink

#plotterart #plotter #creativecoding #genart #generativeart

Plus, every writing & drawing machine ships with a free copy of Machine Arts Magazine!

Discount applied automatically—limited time only!

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To celebrate the launch of our updated site and the latest issue of Machine Arts Magazine, we’re kicking off a Sweet Summer Sale: Get 50% off the Magnetic Easel with any NextDraw or Refurbished AxiDraw V3.

Happening today at Peekskill Train Station! Catch Bantam Tools and 40+ other local vendors at the Mother’s YAY! Market from 11AM to 4PM at Station Square. Then head up to our Machine Arts Gallery right next to Peekskill Coffee to see Paul Rickards’ solo show, open 10AM to 6PM.

We’ve got a limited batch of professionally refurbished AxiDraw V3 machines—fully tested, updated, and ready to automate your drawing and handwriting projects.

Optional upgrades include factory installed coreless or brushless pen-lift servo.

Once they’re gone, they’re gone.
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A plotter-based artwork featuring a tunnel-like structure composed of dense, warped green linework. The tunnel curves and bends in an organic, fluid motion, with concentric oval portals distributed across its surface. Deep shading creates the illusion of depth, compression, and motion, suggesting a living, breathing architecture that warps space and perception.

Liminal Tunnel
Ink on Paper
#p5 #NextDraw

Influenced by pioneers of 1970s computer art, his work bridges digital logic and analog expression—code becomes craft as robots take pen to paper.

we are proud to present a solo exhibition by Paul Rickards, an artist and engineer who brings vintage pen plotters back to life. Using custom Python code and decades-old machines, Rickards creates algorithmic drawings that blend mechanical precision with the unpredictable beauty of ink on paper.

Paul Rickards Opening Party
@paulrickards.bsky.social 
this Saturday, May 3rd, 4-6pm
RSVP ⬇️
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#penplotter #penplotart #axidraw #nextdraw #artframe

RSVP to Paul Rickards | Bantam Tools Machine Arts Gallery Opening | Partiful Join us for the opening of a solo show by Paul Rickards, an artist and engineer who brings vintage pen plotters back to life. Using custom code and obsolete machines, Rickards creates algorithmic draw...

Excited to announce my #PenPlotter artwork will be on view at the @bantamtools.bsky.social Machine Arts Gallery in Peekskill, NY Friday-Sunday during the month of May! There's an opening on Saturday, May 3 from 4-6pm. If you're in the area, stop by and say hi!

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Introducing Machine Arts Magazine!

This new quarterly publication explores the rich intersection of creativity, code, and computer-controlled machines, highlighting the artists, ideas, and innovations shaping the future of machine-assisted expression.

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🎥 new behind the scenes mini-doc about Harold Cohen: AARON at Whitney Museum

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Go behind the scenes of the Bantam Tools ArtFrame™—developed for the landmark Harold Cohen exhibition at the Whitney. It's the solution for artists whose work belongs on the walls of serious collections.

Newest batch of plotted bookmarks using a T(40,80) Truchet tile design. Designed on part with Paragraphic #penplotter #plotterart #

Abstract generative art

Fungal droplet

White Gelly Roll on black cardstock

#penplotter #printmaking #art

Plotted my guy Jirachi ⭐👁️

#Pokemon #PenPlotterArt #FanArt

We tried the black liquitex ink with out any issue for over 2 weeks. But caveat it just in case, only use rOtring pen with rOtring ink. 😉

the liquitex in a rotring is very intriguing, be careful with your isographs tho.

Closeup of the artwork, showing the details.

A larger multi-tile design Truchet pattern, combining with image-guided algorithmic filling. I thought I'd do the logo for @bantamtools.bsky.social on the first design. Total piece is about 20x20 cm in size, 72.6 meters drawn, 1.5 hours on AxiDraw, red Pilot Precise V5. #plotterart #penplotter

The BUSY plots by James Merrill look incredible in person.

They’re like tiny, complex cityscapes nested as tightly as Rube Goldberg machines.

Shout out to @jamesmerrill.bsky.social @artblocks.bsky.social @bantamtools.bsky.social

Thanks to @bantamtools.bsky.socialfor letting me try out the ArtFrame. The largest print I’ve dont so far. And all I see are the tiny mistakes I made :). #penplotter #algorists #plotterart #printmaking #artframe

Truchet Tiling powered by a Cellular automaton at its final moments before heat death

#creativecoding #cellularautomaton #truchet

I realized that @bantamtools.bsky.social art machines are themselves works of art - with a crew dedicated to the craft and a genuine love for #algorithmicart.