Let Them Eat Art
Chocolate couch by Leandro Erlich for an art-exhibit appropriately named “Let Them Eat Art”.
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Typewriter Assemblage: Jeremy Mayer
Jeremy Mayer’s typewriter assemblages are sculptural pieces made purely from typewriter parts. In a process he calls “reassemblage”, Mayer fits the pieces together into likenesses of living creatures using no welds, glue, solder, or external parts. He taks about and shoe his work at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011.
Tom Banwell’s Elaborate Gas Masks
Northern California’s Tom Banwell makes fanciful masks out of laser-cut leather, among other materials. From the pages of MAKE Volume 27: His fantastic blog is a must-read for any costume designer or lover of steampunk. It’s filled with well-written, step-by-step explanations and interesting tips and tricks. (Be sure to search for “A Steamier Raygun Holster,” […]
Art Student’s Hand Illumination and Binding of Tolkien’s Silmarillion
A German art student hand-illuminates Tolkien’s bible of Middle Earth.
R2D2 Motorcycle Helmet
Philadelphia area maker Jenn Hall improved the visual quality of her motorcycle helmet by turning it into a R2D2 helmet. The process included scuffing up the existing paint job and adding consecutive coats of spray paint and laboriously cut masking tape. The whole thing is finished off with some PVC tubing, some blinking lights, and plenty of clear coat. What a great way to liven up an otherwise mundane safety apparatus.
Intricate Porcelain Skulls
Part of a series called “Predictive Dreams” by Japanese ceramicist Katsuyo Aoki. Like Paul Overton said: “Can’t wait until NoahScalin gets a look at these.”
Robotic Painting Machine Listens to Critics
Ben Grosser’s painting machine is an open source CNC that he adapted to create paintings. This machine uses artificial intelligence to paint its own body of work and to make its own decisions. While doing so, it listens to its environment and considers what it hears as input into the painting process. In the absence […]