X-ray art
I’m really enjoying Nick Veasey’s X-Ray photography portfolio at the moment…
art
Tool explosion
Damián Ortega’s “Controller of the Universe” uses a variety of hand tools suspended as if frozen in mid-explosion. Evoking the human response to – DUCK! – Damián Ortega @ White Cube – Will the Revolution Be Museumized? @ NYTimes
Cycle generates power to light itself and more
This installation called “Delight’s Cycle” is a large LED POV machine that spins and generates electrcity while you spin it with a rotating lever. Check out the video for a demostration. The project was installed in Yokohama, Japan along with a few other kinetic art projects as part of the Electrica Fantasista event there this […]
Automaton: Sisyphus in Training
I love automatons, and this one is no exception. Check out the worm gear at 0:17, not bad for a first attempt at automata. Don’t miss the link to the flickr photo set of the build. The concept illustrations are great! This is my first humble attempt at an automata, constructed mostly from a piece […]
Rock balancing with Bill Dan
SF artist Bill Dan displays his awesome balancing abilities. Determining the correct position seems an instinctual process, requiring much patience. You can see Bill smoothing a bit of stone at the end of the above vid, perhaps a technique for making the corners a bit easier to work with. See more of his work @ […]
Russian town smiles @ Google Earth
People from the Russian town of Chelyabinsk got together to form a massive smiley face just in time for Google Earth’s photo-taking satellite to pass by. – Smile to Quickbird [via Slashdot]
Stencilano – font for a laser cutter
Michael writes – I have been using the laser cutter to cut words out for gifts. The font I used is Zapfino, with canals removed from the font to support the counters. That was done in Illustrator. Now, I’m using free font development software to make a proper font with that technique: Stencilano. Right now, […]