Vertebrae necklace
A beautiful piece of glass-filled nylon jewelry, which I think was a senior design project, from Molly Epstein of Temple University. [via Boing Boing]
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Standard Time is a giant human-powered clock
Here’s another human-powered clock, called Standard Time. Artist Mark Formanek and a team of helpers kept this clock running for 24 hours, updating the display by hand every minute
Bronze Rubik’s cube
Artist Marshall Astor created this working Rubik’s cube in cast bronze. There’s tons of detail on the creation process at his personal website. [via Neatorama]
Haute tech fur phones and flash drives
Furry Objects is a series by Danish artist Magnhild Disington that mixes scraps of fur with cell phones and flash drives. [via Core77]
Disembodied mechanical hand looks unamused …
Nick Ramage’s ‘Fingers‘ exude a certain type of surrealist creepiness … all the while, tapping away out of what seems to be sheer boredom. Makes for an odd sort of tension, no? Those with an extra $730 around can purchase their own from the limited edition over @ Laikingland [via Adafruit]
Plotter Drawings from 1960s
Gorgeous! DAM :: Exhibitions :: early plotterdrawings from the 1960s via Waxy.
Life-size boat model kit sprue
Swedish artist Michael Johansson made this life-size dinghy “model kit” from a real boat and related equipment. The pieces of “TOYS’R’US,” as it’s called, are fastened together by a welded tubular frame and painted a uniform gray. Michael has done several of these 1:1 “model” kits made from life-size original objects. [via Dude Craft]