Fresh Creations sent in this “automatic banana peeler” that has something to do with a BBQ. Seems like a fun art project with a political statement about Chiquita’s recent problems. In the category ‘Funny But Useless Inventions’ this is surely the winner: an amazingly slow semi-automatic banana peeler. It was invented by a Belgian guy […]
Artist Greg Brotherton makes incredible metal mythology statures – pictured here, “The rise of discord” – A mechanical representation of Eris, the Greek goddess of strife and discord. Constructed from a framework of steel rods around a functioning mechanical skeleton. Skinned with hammer formed steel panels that are welded for a riveted look and coated […]
British artist Benedict Radcliffe created this amazing, full-scale sculpture of a Subaru Impreza. It looks like a computer model overlayed on a street photo, but it’s real, complete with Yokohama wire frame tires. Apparently local traffic cops weren’t pleased that the art was parked outside of the gallery on the street, as over the course […]
Here’s another Gummy Bear creation from Ya Ya Chou that I found pretty clever. “Simon” is a 32×30 inch rug made from Gummy Bears and what appear to be press-on nails for claws –Link. Related: Gummy Bear chandelier How to: Make a giant 13-pound Gummy Bear
Apparently there was a giant electronic hanging plant called bigprotochoice @ Ricky’s flower market Union Square Somerville, MA – Modular sound/light sculpture which computes a lifetime of decisions. Designed to enliven union square during the coldest winter month. In more detail, bigprotochoice is an organic volumetric interactive light/sound sculpture in the form of a hanging […]
Oscar writes – Robert creates art and animation using Processing (http://processing.org/), a java-based language created for that purpose. So when his mother asked him for a quilt pattern he did the obvious. I think the results are gorgeous. all manner of distractions » Blog Archive » Magnetoquilt! Quiltosphere! – Link.
Peter writes – At the installation “Weather Explorer Umbrella” s user can walk with a umbrella over a big worldmap – hear, see and feel the weather of a certain place of the world. The umbrella contains a small speaker, different color-leds and a handfan. A camera-tracking recognize the position of the umbrella with a […]
