A beating heart – The art of Billy Chasen
A beating heart – The art of Billy Chasen via NOTCOT.
Made On Earth
African toys
Pictures from Kenya and Ghana of toys made from scrap metal, tins, wire, and pieces of leather via Boing Boing Gadgets.
Internet meme paintings by Jeremiah Palecek
I really like these internet meme paintings by Jeremiah Palecek in particular, techno viking. Related: Password painting.
Superficielle – forest mirrors
Via Notcot, Michel de Broin’s – Superficielle – mirrors in the forest have an alien-like effect… Mirror, glue, cement / Vosges, Alsace, France – Upon invitation to reflect on the notion of transparency, that led me into the forest to envelop the contour of a large stone with fragments of mirror. The large stone, tucked […]
Sewing machine jigsaw The Tico-tico Singer
Very cool – a sewing machine jigsaw! Thanks Xenu!
Cathedral of Junk
Once a bible school teacher, now a full time maker Vince Hanneman is the owner and creator of the Cathedral of Junk in Austin Texas (in the lo-co area, also called lower congress). Tons of “junk” are donated to this 3 story pile of worship, he estimates there are over 700 bicycles part of the […]
Amazing orrery
My friend Chris commission a custom made orrery from Fayetteville, Arkansas based artist and craftsman Eugene Sargent, it’s stunning. Chris writes – It was several months in the making, but the waiting was worth it. The Orrery has arrived and it is absolutely stunning. Eugene did an amazing job, and I think he had fun […]