Butterfly modification art
Artist Marta de Menezes uses a hot needle to cauterize designs and patterns in the wings of butterflies as they develop in the cocoon – Link.
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USB Party pup
Machineproject writes “I was preparing to teach the usb workshop we’re doing with Make on Sunday at Machine, and I remembered this funny usb powered sculpture that I made a couple years ago. The best part about it was that the motor spinning the mirror ball made the whole thing tremble, so it did a […]
Treetents – Tents in trees
Artist Dré Wapenaar’s TREETENTS – “The story of my tents as they relate to campsites, however, started with the TREETENTS which were originally designed for the ROAD ALERT GROUP in ENGLAND. This group of activists fight against the excessive constructing of highways through forests. During their protest they cover themselves and hide and live in […]
Flexigrid – Bendable LED display
James Clar’s Flexigrid – ” Bendable LED display – Created for the Milan Triennial 2005 with New York architecture company Hariri+Hariri. Embedded into a suit, this interactive display would allow for users to talk to the clothing, having it react in different ways depending on how you talked to it. This would give the clothing […]
Art from above
Here’s some art, best viewed from above… Raijin (God of Thunder) made from different varieties of rice [via] – Link. Here’s a 32-acre “Star Trek” maze on a farm in northern England. Last but not least, “rake art” – drawings made with rakes and photographed with a kite (like our previous weekend project) [via] – […]
PingPongPixel – Display made from ping pong balls
Displaying images using ping pong balls as pixels – “The whole installation exsists out of 2 units. The first is the display-unit, the other one is the cabinet where we store, sort and dispense the balls. The Display-unit is about 2 by 3 meters, The produced picture is aprox. 2,40 mtrs by 1,80! One pixel […]
“Singin-in-the-rain” utensil sculpture
Papafork posted up more of his utensil creations in the MAKE CRAFT pool – [via] – Link. Previous: Utensil sculptures – Link.
