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Toothpick art

Toothpick art

Here’s a gallery of artist Steven J. Backman’s toothpick art, pictured here, a yacht made from over 10,000 toothpicks and weighing in at 14lbs. It was two motors and is remote controlled – it took over 6 months to construct… [via] – Link. Related: Toothpick engineering – Link.

Oliver Herring’s sculptures

Oliver Herring’s sculptures

Darren writes – “After seeing Gwon Osang’s photo collage sculptures [on MAKE], his work reminded me of an artist who visited my university last year. Oliver Herring, who has been featured on the PBS art documentary, Art:21 has also make sculptures from photographing his subjects. On top of that, he has some very large knitting […]