# FerroOrganic | Rich Martin

*nature meets metal, falls in love*

Custom prototyping, embedded systems, and large-scale fabrication. From initial concept through production-ready hardware and installed environments.

Seattle, Washington — [ferroorganic@gmail.com](mailto:ferroorganic@gmail.com)

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## Services

### Rapid Prototyping
Concept through working prototype. PCB design, 3D modeling, mechanical engineering, iterative refinement.

### Custom Electronics Design
Schematic capture, PCB layout, bring-up, and production. From one-off prototypes to driver boards and control systems designed for manufacturability.

### Embedded Systems
Teensy, ESP32, custom boards. Real-time control, DMX/RDM protocols, distributed networks.

### Lighting & Control
Professional entertainment systems. ARTEMIS platform, LED drivers, show control integration.

### Custom Fabrication
CNC, plasma cutting, steel and aluminum. Computational geometry pipeline for complex assemblies on compressed timelines.

### Immersive Environments & Event Installations
Large-scale environments for music festivals, trade shows, and public art installations.

### Architectural Fabrication
Spec construction and custom architectural metalwork.

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## Recent Work

### PDXWLF 2026 — Portland Winter Light Festival
*February 2026*
"Facets & Small Matters" — NaCell LED columns, volumetric Nebula display, and mycelial root network terrain installation. Juried public exhibition, Portland, Oregon.

### VERGE.
Large-scale Corten steel letterform installation. Fabricated and installed in under two weeks. Permanent installation.

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## Selected Projects

### Opulent Temple
Co-founder, Fabrication Team Lead, and Main Stage Designer. Designed the main stage twice across the run. Burning Man 2003–2011. Peak nightly attendance 20,000.

### White Ocean / A3 Production Towers
Main stage design and fabrication, Burning Man 2014. Designed, fabricated, and installed in a single night. Cover of the Wall Street Journal.

### ARTEMIS Platform
Distributed DMX/RDM lighting control system. Teensy 4.1 + ESP32 dual-core architecture. Production-grade real-time operation.

### Digital Grass
Fiber-optic diffused LED installation with custom mRGB driver boards.

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## Press

- **Wall Street Journal** — Cover feature, Burning Man 2014
- **San Francisco Chronicle** — Cover feature, Burning Man 2008

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## Capabilities

- **Microcontrollers:** Teensy, ESP32, STM32
- **Protocols:** DMX512, RDM, sACN, Art-Net, custom UDP
- **PCB Design:** KiCAD, Eagle
- **3D / CAD:** Blender, SolidWorks, computational geometry (proprietary pipeline)
- **Visualization:** Blender, TouchDesigner, Unreal Engine
- **Fabrication:** Plasma cutting, press brake, MIG/TIG welding (AWS certified), powder coating, plating, patina/pickling, anodizing
- **3D Printing:** FDM and MSLA

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## Contact

[rich@ferroorganic.com](mailto:rich@ferroorganic.com)
Seattle, Washington
[https://ferroorganic.com](https://ferroorganic.com)