If you’re always eying the glass containers from candles that are running low, thinking that you could *definitely* make something with that, Aunt Peaches can help. Check out her tutorial for removing hardened candle wax from glass containers, then craft on!
Artist Miina Äkkijyrkkä created these bovine sculptures using body parts from junked cars. She’s made enough of them for a veritable automotive animal farm.
Chinese artist Wang Yuyang constructed his own Artificial Moon using thousands of differently shaped fluorescent lights.
His work conveys the consumption of energy, the awe of looking at the moon, and an ancient Chinese fable.
I am attracted to things that are capable of transcending their own banality and materiality to become something else, something more. I like the way that videotape is simultaneously delicate and durable, since it’s meant to last. I can rip it easily with my hands because it’s so thin, but I can also stretch it. Videotape is made to present the world in color, but it appears purely black.
Ah, floppy drives! No need to stack them in landfills when you can hack them to make sweet, sweet music, like the Imperial March and Daft Punk’s “Derezzed”. The latest, another hot track from MrSolidSnake745, is taking me straight back to 1984. Check out his drives belt out the Ghostbusters theme song. (Thanks Trish!)
Turn an old maxi dress into a mini teepee that’s perfect for playrooms or pets with this easy peasy tot teepee tutorial from Sheri at Awesome Sauce and Asshattery! More: How-To: Build a Cardboard Cat Rocket @Craftzine.com blog Princess Playhouse @Craftzine.com blog HOW TO – Make a Cardboard Playhouse @Craftzine.com blog
Artist Carlos Bonil creates surprisingly realistic sculptures of skeletons, like this monumental fish skeleton called “Fish and Pail,” from plastic utensils that have been fused together. [via Alec Shao]
