Making a Map… with String
This is a cute way of making some “map art” with just a map and colored strings.
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How-To: Make Your Own Paint Brushes
This looks so fun: make your own paint brushes with the help of this guide by missannie. The best tools are the ones you make yourself!
A Waltzing Textile Plant
Misbehaving technology got you down? Here’s a pretty video to relax to. Titled Valsa das Máquinas (Machine´s Waltz), it features equipment from a Brazilian textile factory set to a waltz. Throw in a spinning jenny or two, and we’ll have a full party! [via Kottke]
Incredible Raku-ware Howl’s Moving Castle
Ceramics maker Liz created this ceramic rendition of Diana Wynne Jones’/Miyazaki’s famous moving castle and glazed it with the exciting Raku process. Don’t miss the video of the red-hot Howl’s Moving Castle, and congrats to Liz for winning first place in the Oregon State Fair Art Competition.
Motorcycles Made From Watch Parts
These are from deviantART user dkart71. Back in 2007, we covered similar work from a Brazilian artist who goes by Blancosur. [via Boing Boing]
Working Miniature Crossbow
Check out this fully functional miniature crossbow from the same mind that created the Mini Brass Cannon featured a few months back.
Book Review: Drawing Nature – A Journal By Jill Bliss
Psst! I’m going to tell you a secret. I am very intimidated by a blank sketchbooks. That’s why I love the new art journal called Drawing Nature by Jill Bliss. Today is the first stop on her blog tour and I am so excited to share with you this great book. The beautiful journal is […]
