I believe Los Angeles artist Jeff Cook’s medium is correctly described as marquetry (“the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns, designs or pictures”) rather than parquetry (“very similar in technique to marquetry: in parquetry the pieces of veneer are of simple repeating geometric shapes, forming tiling patterns”). But it’s an interesting question…
If these little student desks conjure up images of exams, sustained silent reading, and learning fractions, take a look at Pete Mills’ SpinArt Desk, which puts an artistic “spin” on these boring mini workstations. Pete found the desk for $10 at a local ReUse Center and added a box fan motor to make a piece […]
Andy Paiko does some amazing things with glass. Paiko has painstakingly re-created intricate antique machines almost exclusively out of glass, including a seismograph, a spinning wheel, weight scales, and even a large-scale Ben Franklin-esque glass armonica — and yes, they all work. Read more about them in MAKE Volume 26! Don’t have it? Here are […]
Although I must admit having had my fill of awkward “origami” portmanteaux, there is no denying that balloon artist Larry Moss and his team of talented “Airigami” designers and sculptors are producing some pretty amazing work.
Fire artist and trombone enthusiast, “Scott”, from Jackson, Missouri built this crazy flamethrower trombone from compressed air parts and a propane torch. [via LikeCool] It took about two weeks and a couple of weekends to complete. It has a 21 foot range with the fireball, and a concussion wave of 150 feet. It can be […]
I sure hope Valentin Ruhry took advantage of his electronic component distributor’s volume discount to create Hello World, a site-specific installation made of 4,750 (by my calculation) illuminating rocker switches. The piece is currently on display as part of an exhibition called Fünf Räume at The Austrian Cultural Forum in New York City until September […]
Thingiverse user EverydayInventors provides this worthy addition to the amusing warning label genre, for those “when you know it’s not a good idea, but you’ve gotta do it anyway” situations.
