Scott Weaver made this huge kinetic sculpture of San Francisco entirely from toothpicks. A ball travels through it, touring the elements of the city. I’d hate to be transporting this thing on a windy day! Via Laughing Squid.
Want to make an electric guitar from junk? Ranjit will teach you. There are still some spots left in his Electric Junk Guitar class Etsy labs in Brooklyn on The 30th (Wednesday). Sign up here! The electric guitar is a sophisticated and highly evolved instrument. But, you can make your own out of a few […]
The Idea Vending Machine gives you more than just ideas! For just 50¢ you get (1) idea, a map if travel is involved, (1) toy, (1) quarter, and (1) lucky penny. Sounds like a bargain to me! If you are wondering why you get a quarter back? Well, the vending machine will only work if […]
Here’s a nice litle roundup of stained glass works depicting subject unusual to the medium. Regarding the second photo above (not Link) – this huge piece is called ‘the electromagnetic spectrum in stained glass’ and can be found at the national air and space museum. according to the museum’s website it’s ‘a large stained-glass work […]
Tyler over at Oddstrument Collection did a wonderful interview with sculptor Bruce Gray. I really love this piece of his, it’s all jangly and clashy. BG: I think that any sculpture that is designed to produce at least one musical tone can be considered a musical sculpture. Many of my sculptures could also have multiple […]
Meggiecat points us to this tutorial on batiking with kids, using glue instead of hot wax. It looks like fun, and the results are pretty impressive.
Modofly points us to John Golden’s three-part tutorial on making resin jewelry. He pours the resin outside (covers the pieces to protect from dust and bugs) – it’s pretty nasty stuff and it’s important to have good ventilation. This technique uses a paper image as the decorative basis of the pieces – it’s neat, you […]
