The Euromap project is the brainchild of Bruno Kurth and Tobias Reichling. Vanessa Graf, Tanja Kusserow-Kurth, and Torsten Scheer helped them actually build the thing. The map itself, without the monuments, uses 53,500 Lego elements, and is 12.5 ft (480 studs) on a side. [via Microbricks]
Our My Paper Heart theme this month has me revisiting some real paper-infused gems from the pages of CRAFT magazine. Back in CRAFT Volume 05, Susan Brackney introduced us to an idea that is far from conventional when she tiled her faulty living room floor with paper and glue to gorgeous result. Way to take […]
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Linoleum asphalt mosaics, also called Toynbee Tiles, are artworks permanently embedded in pavement. In this video I’ll show you how to construct your own from inexpensive materials. You can get real linoleum (don’t use vinyl flooring) for this project by ordering free samples online. By cutting out a mosaic design in the linoleum and sandwiching it between layers of paper, wood glue, and asphalt crack filler, you can affix the mosaic very permanently to an asphalt surface, such as your driveway. You may choose to use a heat gun to make the linoleum easier to cut, or even a laser cutter. The earliest examples of these tiles were found in the 70s and 80s on streets in Philadelphia, all bearing the same (or very similar) message: “Toynbee idea / in Kubrick’s 2001 / resurrect dead / on planet Jupiter.” They are speculated to have been created by the same person until they began to gain a following. There’s an active message board on the topic which shares sightings and other information. If you make one, please share your pictures in the CRAFT Flickr pool!
In this video I used this cc-licensed photo by Flickr user mojunk. The music is “Regurgitation Pumping Station” from the World of Goo soundtrack by Kyle Gabler; used with permission.
Mad Maxine sent in this amazing Rubik’s Cube puzzle, for the truly dedicated cube solver. You could glue it together if you wanted a permanent installation for an art piece or tabletop.
Ari Krupnik makes physical versions of digital images, representing each pixel with common objects such as matchsticks and dice – I’m a software engineer by trade. My work mainly involves transforming bits that represent one abstraction into bits that represent another. In the immortal words of Fred Brooks, “the programmer, like the poet, works only […]
Mosaic Art Supply has a tutorial on how to create your own indoor mosaic art piece. They also have a cool mosaic calculator that you can use to figure out your piece sizes. Link.
