Laser Tracks Snail’s Path
Snail Trail by Philipp Artus tracks the journey of a snail, visualizing it using a phosphorescent glow. The results are a visual representation of the snail’s circuitous journey.
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Giant Lego Bridge
Street artist Megz transformed this overpass in Wuppertal Germany into a giant Lego bridge. With full cooperation from the city, the project took about four weeks and is now a local attraction.
Grow It Yourself – 3D Printing Living Structures
Pioneering bioartist Oron Catts will give a two-part workshop and lecture at Brooklyn’s Genspace later this month.
Lego Cheese Slope Mosaic Tutorial
In the Lego world, cheese slopes are 1×1 smooth plates with an angled top. Katie Walker (whose Lego mosaics have appeared on MAKE before) shows you how she assembles her creations in this Cheese Slope Mosaic Tutorial on MosaicBricks. [via The Brothers Brick]
This Sundial Spells Solstice
Four times a year, when our planet is in the appropriate alignment with the sun, the shadow this sundial casts onto the ground spells out either “solstice” or “equinoxe.”
Ceramic Techniques: 3D Printed Prototypes and Lithophanes
Artist Fonda Yoshimoto talks about two different ways of creating ceramic art: one modern — 3D modeling and printing a prototype in order to make a mold; and one old — etching very thin porcelain to take advantage of the translucency once fired.
The Pop Culture Paper Cuts of Olly Moss
Going through this online gallery of paper silhouettes and trying to identify all of the characters from movies, TV, and other pop culture media sources is really fun. Many of them are instantly recognizable, some of them take awhile for the “ah-ha” moment to hit. Some, for me anyway, remain a mystery. [via Blake Maloof’s […]