There’s some new photos up on flickr (and in the MAKE and CRAFT flickr pools) showing the building process of Institute for Figuring exhibit, “The Business Card Menger Sponge” by Dr. Jeannine Mosely which is now on display at Machine Project (1200 D North Alvarado) in Los Angeles from August 26 – September 24, 2006 […]
Ptolemy Elrington makes amazing sculptures from old shopping carts that litter our rivers and canals. See some of his amazing creations that also celebrate nature. Thanks Pekar! Link. More: Flickr photos from Birdfair 2006 in England – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member stingerthing and friends fixed up an old mower and added a nice flame paint job – Link.
The West Coast’s largest gathering of Art Cars will be happening soon in the next few weeks around the Bay Area from September 14-16. Check out the schedule to see exact location on dates. Link.
Here’s a ginormous gallery of old cassette tapes [via] – Link. Related: Cassette Jam ’05 (older post / link not active) – Link. Analog adio tape cassette nostalgia- Link.
Here’s a neat gallery of hand carved nickels, called “Hobo nickels” – from Wikipedia – “The hobo nickel is a sculptural art form involving the creative modification of small-denomination coins, essentially resulting in miniature bas reliefs. The nickel, because of its size, thickness, and relative softness, was a favored coin for this purpose. However, the […]
Edouard Martinet makes these amazing animal sculptures from scrap metal in junkyards – [via] – Link.
