Art with toothpicks
There’s something about toothpicks lately… here’s a pretty nice collection of (more) toothpick art… – [via] Link. Related: Toothpick engineering – Link.
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I am not a bomb – talking solar lamps tell you they’re not bombs
R. Stern writes – Inspired by the January Boston ATHF bomb scare, Rees Shad and I have created some publicly-installed solar lamps that proclaim, “I am not a bomb” in one of 12 languages. They are on view in the Kingston, NY Peace Park through October as part of their sculpture biennial. These Declarative Lamps […]
Ceramic electronics
Gallery of Ma Jun’s amazing porcelain works – [via] Link.
R2-S2 (Steam R2-D2) gets props on Star Wars Blog
Make pal I-Wei Huang, a.k.a. Crabfu, the steambots guru, was interviewed by Bonnie Burton for the Official Star Wars Blog… How do your skills as an animator help when you make these cool creations? Being an animator, you tend to see things in a different way, and can’t help but notice subtle details of how […]
Inside-out teddy bears
I really like these turned-inside-out teddy bears from artist Kent Rogowski – [via] Link. Related: Kent Rogowski: Bears. June 21 – August 10 – Link. Bears (the book) – Link.
Railroad landscape rings
Jewelry artist Sarah Hood makes this really nice rings from miniature railroad materials.. – [via] Link.
HOW TO – Make bike gear windchimes
Offspringin writes – Make your own unique windchime out of bike gears. Of course you can use any bike parts you want but the varying sizes of the gears produce different ringing sounds in the wind. You can use your imagination and come up with whatever you want. Paint, no paint, change the size, change […]
