Giant Knitted Squid
Plarchie is an 8-meter squid knitted from plastic shopping bags.
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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! […]
How-To: Valentine’s Day Matchbook Card
When I think of Valentine’s Day I think of cards and candy boxes. I decided to combine a card with a box type element and came up with this matchbook card! As you’ll see this special card also happens to double as wall art.
Double Lego rainbow!
That above, from Brickshelf user Chris Behrens, inspired by that below, from Danish enthusiast Niels Bugge. Double Lego rainbow! What does it Lego mean?!?
Business cards made from designers desk
Designer Andrew Byrom made these literal business cards out of his old writing desk. Great pun! [via Steve Hoefer]