Amazing hula-hoop sculpture held together with zip ties… @ design boom via Beyond the Beyond. last fall, mass studies architecture studio created a temporary installation for the 25th anniversary of storefront for art and architecture gallery in new york city. the installation was created from about a thousand hula-hoops zip-tied together to form a massive […]
12 start to finish photos of a egg tempera with gold and palladium leaf painting – start to finish… from Fred Wessel.
Here’s a how to on building a “Starbug” (as designed by Alan “Rocky” Marshall) from the television show “Red Dwarf”. Pretty nice details on the link below to make this scary looking spaceship. Scratchbuilding Starbug from Red Dwarf
Philip Lowndes makes some incredible automata. What makes them truly unique is the mechanisms he uses. Overall they have a very organic feel and are beautifully carved and painted. Check out Philip Lowndes Automata and especially his anatomy of automaton. Related: Design your own Automata kit, available in the MAKE store.
Chris Vecchio spoke at this past Sunday’s Make: Philly event. He’s an artist doing some though-provoking, frequently funny, work centered around the human relationship with technology. Here are some objects from his Meterboxes series. Evolution of Desire Walnut veneer, meter, custom circuitry. The indicator goes quickly off the scale in the “passion” direction and then […]
Alex Schlegel made this papier-mâché sculpture of a yard sprinkler and situated it in the mostly dry bed of the Salt River in Tempe, Arizona, where water (or the lack thereof) is a major lifestyle issue. Lots of people have lush lawns (and golf courses) thanks to the wonders of the different irrigation and policy […]
Matt Gilbert’s speech synthesizer let’s you recreate vocalsounds via touch interface – Rather than typing or otherwise encoding text, the way you control speech with this synth is by imitating the shape made by a throat when speaking. When you lay your hand onto the controller, the tips of your fingers correspond to your mouth […]
