This one?

Your Tank (tankette?) looks like a late model (uniform panels and paint). An earlier model would probably have a mismatched turret design/color, missing armor and poorly assembled joints.

Overall a great design and a nice combination of mechanical/organic shapes. reminds me of the Vespa 150 TAP.

(In my opinion) experimental is jury-rigged with a higher budget. Lots of unpainted or mismatched surfaces, Repurposed and add-on objects or frankenstein combinations.

Experimental projects also evolve over time. The prototype is messy but gets more streamlined as it develops.

I am curious how you managed to bend the branches of the fir whisk, did you do it beforehand (trained the branches as they grew) or after? (bent them while the branches where fresh and left the wood to dry).

I like the texture of these objects, you can almost imagine the feel of them in your hands.
I often find that its hard to appreciate natural materials over the internet as they are better experienced through your other senses (touch, smell, sound) rather than visually.
Thank you for sharing.

(note that I only know this term because of reading about the video-game S.T.A.L.K.E.R)

I personally like this concept because it explains the shared patterns in behavior that appear in subjects relation to one another even though they belong to to different spheres. For example an ear-worm/catchy tune (Noosphere) behave similar to a virus (biosphere) in how it propagates.

Sounds a lot like Vladimir Vernadsky consept of the Noosphere (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere), a sort of bubble of infomation and ideas that surrounds our planet, in the same way it is surrounded by geosphere (inanimate matter) and the biosphere (biological life).

At first I thought the blue ink is too faint to be legible (to hard to read) but on second reading I realized it makes you read the text more quietly, like a whisper or a hidden inner thought (well fitting to the theme).

(I learned this the hard way while woodturning bowls made from golden chain wood (Laburnum) that contains Cytisine. Remember to ware a respirator folks 😷)

I like how the blade is named after the poison in red beans (it breaks down when cooked). In fact most plants in the legume family (Fabaceae) are poisonous, containing poisons such a Cytisine, Ricin, Abrin, Sparteine, Physostigmine & Wisterin.

In my experience, your work will always feel derivative after the fact, because YOU have already experienced or thought of it before. To me (and other people) your work looks original and cool.
So just focus on making something new to YOU, and don't be afraid to credit your sources.

In the (comic)book "understanding comics" by Scott McCloud, he covers the process (in his opinion) of how artist and their art develops from focusing on surface elements to a deeper understanding of the medium. imgur.com/a/mcclouds-s...

All art will always be derivative of something else, and even if you succeed in making something original, its popularity can make it derivative through later copies and imitations.

The Fact that you do any research at all puts you well ahead of many, doubly so if you research offline sources.