Each face of “DodecaHedron of Dragons II” by California artist Scott Van Note is identically patterned, hand-carved on a pentagonal tiling designed by Scott himself. I had the pleasure of meeting Scott at BAMF 2011, where he was helping out at the Explorable Microscopy booth. We started talking, and he handed me this amazing object. I caught up with him, after the Faire, and got him to answer a few questions about it.
Frederick McSwain created DIE, a portrait made of dice in memory of his friend, Tobias Wong, an artist and designer who died last year. Frederick used 13,138 dice, one for each day Tobias lived: The idea of a die itself was appropriate—the randomness of life. It felt like [a medium] he would use. Because [Tobias] […]
Physalia‘s “Inductance” project was displayed at this year’s F5 “creativity festival”. It consists of an electromagnet levitating a bunch of plastic spheres, each of which has an electromagnet inside! So awesome.
There are so many lovely new on-line publications these days, and Anthology is a sweet new one. There are inspiring interiors aplenty in this one, but this entry on artist Christien Meindertsma caught my eye. I am all about big, chunky knits, and Christien brings this art form to another level. Using such large-scale pieces […]
ITP, a graduate program located in NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, explores “the imaginative use of communications technologies — how they might augment, improve, and bring delight and art into people’s lives.” ITP is running its second summer camp, a blending of an unconference and artist residency: Conferences like TED leave people energized, full […]
Over two days, the massive Colossus sculpture was erected on the midway at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. It reaches an impressive 70 feet into the sky and features three hanging boulders that rotate around the central support. We filmed this time-lapse to show you the impressive feats required to put together an installation of […]
From artist Idan Friedman’s portrait project. “All people featured in the project,” he writes, “are part of my everyday life, ranging from close friends to passers-by.” [via Dude Craft]
