Demolition art
More of an un-make vs a make – check out these galleries of buildings demolished leaving cross-sections of what was once there… [via] – Link. Related: Medianeras – Link. The Unconscious Art Of Demolition – Link.
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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.
Painting pocoyo
MAKE Flickr photo pool member MiniOnion painted Pocoyo at the bottom of his pool, nice work! – Link. MAKE something? Have something to share? Post your photos in the MAKE Flickr photo pool, we’re almost up to 2,000 members – join in!
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 […]
Mail at 33 1/3 RPM: The Record Etch
I always wondered if you can 1. Laser etch a record and 2. Mail it as a postcard, turns out you can do both and the results are pretty neat… – Link.
ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show (photos)
I stopped by the Artbots opening in NYC and took some photos, definately something to check out if you’re in the NYC area… Jonah Brucker-Cohen’s “IPO madness” is a lot of fun. ArtBots is very happy to announce a regional NYC show as part of the science+art festival 2006 this fall. The show will feature […]
Wood clock that “tilts” the time
Here’s a great clock design that slowly “tilts” as the hours go by, pretty easy project to re-make with cheap clock parts and a weight inside an object… – ” We wanted to express the idea of “feeling the time”, not “measuring the time”. It can be shown from revolving slowly on its own axis […]