Kate Jenkins ‘Fishy Friday Project’
Every week Kate Jenkins crochets a little fish that makes a visual pun.
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Fish Sculpture from Salvaged Skateboard Decks
Materials for making amazing sculptures are all around us, as Lonac’s installation from salvaged skateboards called “Big Fish” clearly illustrates.
Deep Sea Fishing from the Comfort of Your Living Room
I would like to share a fun way to bond and fish with family while staying warm and cosy in the living room. Plus, no water or worms are necessary to catch these unique fish. With inexpensive and simple materials such as scrap cardboard, duct tape, spray paint and dollar store magnet sheets, Velcro and toy fishing rods, a portable ‘deep sea’ fishing game can be made with ease.
How-To: Gumball Machine Fish Tank
Instructables user aloew has put together this great tutorial for turning a gumball machine into a fish tank, if that’s the sort of thing that strikes your fancy.
Letting Goldfish Play Glasses
Watch as goldfish play wine glasses from an aquarium beneath.
Bringing Xiphactinus Back to Life
While developing the second phase of their Cretaceous Sea Exhibition, The Hastings Museum in Hastings, NE commissioned a life-size model of a Xiphactinus from Gary Staab, a paleo artist based in Kearney, MO. The Xiphactinus was a large predator fish that lived in the Western Interior Sea during the late Cretaceous Period and skeletal remains […]
Robotic Fish Uses only One Servo
At the Center for Biorobotics in Estonia, Eszter Ozsvald built a mechanical fish named A.riel that can model the movements of actual fish surprisingly well, and using only one servo inside a carefully made silicon-based mold. It took many iterations before the final product, but found that in the end she could develop the same vortex patterns as actual fish. Her site has extensive documentation on the build process and is definitely worth a look for the mold-making processes alone.
