Subway vent sea monster
Along the same lines as the subway vent animals we saw a few weeks ago, Joshua Allen Harris made this air gust-filled sea monster that comes to life when the train passes by. Related: Plastic bag animals
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Solar Powered Robotic Mobiles
Mark Malmberg makes these really nice solar powered mobiles. He has a few of them posted on his website, so make sure to click around to view more of his work. The mobiles convert sunlight into electricity to animate themselves in improvisational ways. Wireless communication (Bluetooth) is a feature of my latest works-in-progress, allowing the […]
Waste disposal loves art
The green keeps on coming today – this San Francisco disposal company has its own sculpture park featuring work constructed from their main area of business – The Sculpture Garden at SF Recycling & Disposal is — as far as we know — the only art park located at a garbage company. The garden is […]
POV jewelry
Waldemeyer (one of my favorite and prolific makers in the world) has a stunning POV project… I just returned from the Milano Salone del Mobile which was very unusual for me: no large and complicated show pieces this year. Instead a small but significant project, a piece of jewelry for Flos to mark the start […]
Tim Hunkin’s giant automaton clock for the London Zoo
Mechanical artist and Renaissance Man, Tim Hunkin, has created a giant automaton clock for the London Zoo. This complex kinetic sculpture is base on the theme of Victorian Era attitudes towards the animal kingdom – london zoo clock & making of via The Automata. More: The Secret life of Machines – videos.
Pixellated water helps conserve real water for Earth Day
This pixellated water was spotted somewhere on NYC’s Lower East Side, but it didn’t quite evaporate so it’s probably still around there somewhere. This type of art is a pretty nice way to re-imagine the city as if it were a video game, a technique that many different artists have been using lately. [via]
Recycled wood makes great art
This, and a lot of other great works of art, was made from bits and pieces of discarded wood. Diederick Kraaijeveld scavenges around dumpsters looking for wood for his next creation. They range from classic cars to a really cool pair of All Stars. Think about that next time you throw out your scraps. Check […]