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The Pop Culture Paper Cuts of Olly Moss

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 […]

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Art Student’s Hand Illumination and Binding of Tolkien’s Silmarillion

Art Student’s Hand Illumination and Binding of Tolkien’s Silmarillion

A German art student hand-illuminates Tolkien’s bible of Middle Earth.

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Building your own rocketship

I know we’ve done a lot of coverage of the Raygun Gothic Rocketship, but it really is an astounding piece and we were thrilled to have it as the centerpiece of the Faire. And, as this mini-documentary shows, it’s really an amazing maker story, about a large community of some 60 people coming together to […]

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Breathtaking papercraft castle

Breathtaking papercraft castle

By way of fellow papercraft enthusiast Cory Doctorow comes images of this incredible castle, posted on Tokyobling. Tokyobling explains: I had the immense opportunity to see this wonderful paper craft art installation by a genius of the name of Wataru Itou, a young student of a major art university here in Tokyo. The installation is […]

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