Thread Lightly
Fastidious, intricate, and dreamy, the woven thread installation of French artist Sébastien Preschoux is one web I’d like to be caught in.
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Paper Sculptures by Matt Shlian
Teacher, paper engineer, and artist Matt Shlian created these stunning sculptures from paper. Reminds me of a single-color Jen Stark! [via Cool Hunting]
Packing Tape Torus
We saw a small sample of “tapecraft” artist Matthew Buckley’s work in yesterday’s Flickr pool round-up. You can see more of Matthew’s stuff in his Flickr set. Shown here are two views and a plan of Matthew’s entry in Scotch’s Off The Roll Tape Sculpture Contest, which John Baichtal blogged about back in November. Entries are now closed, but the gallery of entrants is open for viewing, and for voting until the end of the month. Good luck, Matthew!
Giant Knitted Squid
Plarchie is an 8-meter squid knitted from plastic shopping bags.
HVAC Music Box
The HVAC Music Box is a sound sculpture that uses the idea of an HVAC unit as a resonator to circulate the sound of music boxes that are activated by viewers. The composition in the music box is an original piece that is on a continuous loop that is only advanced by turning the knobs. […]
Nail Self-Portrait
This project is done on a sheet of heavy 3/4? plywood, 48? (four feet) square, with a grid of a half dozen different kinds of nails and screws spaced roughly 5/16? apart (and some wire to do the lines in my signature). That means that there are well over 20,000 pixels in the project, and […]
The Plant Whisperer
Jeff Schmidt wrote in to share his latest project, which is called the Plant Whisperer. Somewhat similar to (but a complete opposite) to our Robot Plant build, Jeff’s version turns a regular plant into a robotic one that can remind him to water it. I love the custom circuit board art and fun robot voices! […]
