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Life-size boat model kit sprue

Life-size boat model kit sprue

Swedish artist Michael Johansson made this life-size dinghy “model kit” from a real boat and related equipment. The pieces of “TOYS’R’US,” as it’s called, are fastened together by a welded tubular frame and painted a uniform gray. Michael has done several of these 1:1 “model” kits made from life-size original objects. [via Dude Craft]

LED kimono

Apparently it’s Soft Circuit Monday here at MAKE (coindidentally), so here’s another one: the LED kimono is by composer and performance artist Miya Masaoka and has 444 LEDs on the kimono sleeve which display animations. [via Fashioning Technology]

Theo Jansen papercraft walker

It’s amazing how much the work of Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen continues to inspired people. Here’s one of his “Strandbeest” walking mechanisms done in paper. More: Theo Jansen-inspired Arduino walker Interview with Theo Jansen… Reader mail: Theo Jansen signs MAKE! Desktop “Strandbeest” walker