MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw…
art
Floyd’s Functional Tattoo
Chitown artist and carpenter Floyd A. Davis IV of Artpentry not only makes the radically awesome Gentleman’s Boomboxes that we’ve blogged before, but he also has one of the best maker tattoos I’ve seen. Naturally, the lines of the notebook are normally blank, making his materials list always accessible. Tattoo by Jason Hoodrich, done at […]
Giant Steampunk Dragon Made from Salvage
Bangkok based Kreatworks makes steampunk-based sculptures, and this dragon is particularly striking. It’s composed of auto parts and other scrap material that were just lying around, and certainly casts an imposing figure. In order to prevent the creature from rusting, it’s covered in a protective lacquer.
Metallurgical Eye Candy
Metallography is a method of materials analysis used to characterize the microscopic structure of a metal sample. Generally, the process involves cutting a sample from some object of interest, polishing its surface to high smoothness, and etching it with a chemical agent to highlight grain boundaries, inclusions, and other microstructural features. The sample is then imaged using one of a number of types of microscopy. The resulting pictures are often strikingly (if incidentally) beautiful. That’s OK by me, personallyโincidental beauty is usually my favorite kind.
Key Ring Holder Inspired by Legend of Zelda
Etsy user GeekyandChic took a classic scene from the original Legend of Zelda series in which an old man offers Link a key, and turned it into an actual key holder. The illustration is impeccable, and the idea is novel. What’s not to love? Maybe a future iteration will include a spot to hold your secret potions.
Walls Made from Decaying Books
The bibliophile in me cringes at Rodney LaTourelle‘s and Theo Folkerts‘ art installation, but it’s indubitably cool: Walls, benches and carpets made of discarded books structure a series of rooms at once framing and dissolving into their environment. Invoking the mythic relation between knowledge and nature integral to the concept of ‘paradise’, we expose these […]
Massive 19′ Solar-Powered Fan
Attention-grabbing public art is a great way to raise awareness of critical issues. In this case, it’s the clean renewable resource known as solar power.
