Invisible boxes
Clever trompe-l’Å“il street art, and photographs thereof, from US artist Cayetano Ferrer. [via Gizmodo]
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Lori Nix’s diorama photography
When I was a kid, I had a copy of dog-eared copy of Shep Paine’s How to Build Dioramas that I carried almost everywhere and spent countless blissful hours poring over and dreaming about.
Auto Art Show & Smash-up Derby
Bethany Shorb, a Detroit maker of hand-silkscreened neckties at Cyberoptix, is showing new auto-inspired creations in a show at the Public Pool Artspace in Hamtramck, MI. This show opens Saturday as a kind of counterpoint to the North American Auto Show, which runs from January 15-23 in Detroit. On opening night, Apetechnology will present a […]
Museum of the Moving Image in NYC — Signal to Noise
Opening TONIGHT! If you happen to find yourself in the greater NYC area, I highly recommend a visit to the grand re-opening of the Museum of the Moving Image. One of the hidden gems of NYC, this museum calls Astoria, Queens home and re-opens this weekend after nearly two years of renovations. I especially recommend […]
Cake models geological strata
Flickr user Khol made a geological layers cake, inspired by Tim Babb’s “Geology” design on Threadless. It makes me think of the song “Dirt Made My Lunch.”
Guitar Hero-controlled fire organ
Chris Marion (Andover, NJ) is an amazing teenage maker I found out about through element14’s website. I love his “About” statement: If you look up “Chris Marion” on Google, you will find a folk singer and a professional photographer. What you won’t find is a high school student routinely doing incredible projects on his own […]
Life-size Spitfire model kit
Yesterday’s post about artist Wayne Chisnall’s life-size model kit of his own body actually marks the second time I have posted about a life-size plastic model kit version of something, and the second time a commenter has responded by mentioning James May’s life-size Airfix Spitfire model from the first episode of his 2009 BBC series Toy Stories. Which means it’s time for a proper post. Unfortunately May’s model doesn’t have a very robust web presence. The BBC hosts a streaming teaser video for the episode, and this page has a brief review. If anybody’s got a better link, your comment would be appreciated.