Life size plastic man-model
And When I’m a Man is an unassembled, life-size, 12-piece plastic model kit version of its creator, artist Wayne Chisnall. [via Geekosystem]
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Handmade steel umbilic torus
calculus-book-cover.jpgMy buddy Trent Johnson, who works for AMD here in Austin, made this beautiful object. I was standing awkwardly in the corner at his birthday party last weekend, trying to remember how to interact with flesh-and-blood people on a face-to-face basis, when I looked down and saw it leaning against the wall next to me. And I immediately recognized it from the cover of my college calculus text, from the flyleaf of which I now quote:
Brad Litwin’s MechaniCards
One of my favorite exhibitors at World Maker Faire was Brad Litwin, who does exquisitely-crafted, whimsical kinetic sculptures. I gave him one of my Editor’s Choice Blue Ribbons. Now, Brad is selling these wonderful crank-powered “MechaniCards.” What a nifty gift. They sell for $45 assembled, $35 for a kit. [Via Boing Boing] MechaniCards More: Brad […]
Giant fluid dynamics sculpture made of robot-glued plastic balls
Um, wow. Geometric death frequency-141, as its called, was created by Czech artist Federico DÃaz. It consists of 420,000 plastic spheres, each of which appears to be about 1.5″ in diameter, glued together by industrial robot arms. The subject is a simulated liquid splashing inside an imaginary 50x20x20 foot box. Reportedly, DÃaz wrote the software to perform the simulation himself, and the software to drive the assembly process, as well. More details over at designboom. [via Gizmodo]
Used car part sculptures
James Corbett, from Ningi, Queensland, Australia, started making art from old car parts in 1999 while running an auto-recycling business. I especially like the frog. [Thanks, Alan Dove!]
Carved Box of Baseball Cards
New York sculptor Randall Rosenthal was probably tired of people not believing that his hyperrealistic carvings–which include such unlikely subjects as stacks of newspapers, open books, and folded maps–were actually made of wood. So he took photos along the way to prove it.
Dustin Wallace’s latest work-in-progress
Sculptor Dustin Wallace, whose intricately machined Transformers for grown-ups and sheet metal origami robots I have been raving about for some months, now, is at it again. These are a selection of choice work-in-progress shots from his latest build, called Sentry. Besides the arm blades, when finished, it will have hoses and canisters containing liquid on its back and a glowing LED in the eye.