5/5/12: Clay, a late night, white coats, pancakes and inspiration - what more would you expect from a Mad Scientist Workshop?

At 5 a.m. last Saturday morning in downtown Burlington, John Brickels' Pine Street studio was alive with mad energy and creativity. Lab coat-wearing participants were hard at work bringing their mounds of clay to life under the tutelage of Dr. Brickelstein, who's held 13 of these workshops.

You can see some of Brickels' imaginative work in the upcoming show, "Time Machines: Robots, Rockets and Steampunks" opening June 16th at the Shelburne Museum.

Music: Matt Mazur and the Caring Babies, The Noisebelt, "Hyperventilate," "Tweaklepuss"

This episode of Stuck in Vermont was brought to you by Cabot Creamery Cooperative.