French artist Space Invader has a show up in London at Laz.inc, featuring in part “Bad Men II,” where he uses specially arranged Rubik’s cubes to create a pixelated image of pop culture villains. The use of a Rubik’s cube as a square of nine pixels is spectacular; Space Invader really found that sweet spot […]
Threadbanger forum member, Meander, posted a tutorial for making horns for Halloween. Most days I would not wear a pair of horns, but for Halloween I might make an exception – Link.
LuluB (aka Erika) on Craftster made this felt Police Public Call Box or is it a Public Police Call Box? I really have no idea what is or what it is for, but I like it – Link.
Phuong-Cac Nguyen at Cool Hunting writes about Paul Schmitt’s DIY skateboard program for kids: The skateboard industry veteran, who built a rep from his ’80s board company Schmitt Stix, launched the offshoot non-profit CreateASkate program few years ago, educating students in principles of math, art and–perhaps the most important of them all–hard work. Aspiring young […]
Jeremy Cox has created this functional scale replica of a ~250 BC ballista. His attention to detail is incredible, and so are his photos. Handmade Ballista Scale Replica – Link.
Kevin Kelly points us to these amazing pictures of chandeliers made from recycled plastic bottles in certain parks in St. Petersburg, Russia. No information is given about who made them. There are so many different styles, many of which are very elaborate. Recycled bottle Chandeliers in St. Petersburg – [via] Link.
Flickr user jere7my writes: My mom painted these Converse Chucks in the Attic red-figure technique as a gift for my fiancée, the classics prof. Each of the four sides displays a different scene from a different Greek vase — that’s Odysseus bound to the mast in the foreground there. (If it were really in the […]
