Jeff Klarin and Rebecca Johnson of Bughouse have some wonderfully nostalgic pieces in their music art collection. Pictured above are the Wooden Turntable (heat transfer photo on knotty pine wood) and The Birth of Punk, New Wave and Hardcore (faux-photographic reproduction of cassettes; giclee on canvas). Just looking at the tape collection makes me feel […]
Erik Minnema made this really nice woodworking piece, called side by side. It’s pretty easy to build, all you need are a few pieces of wood and an inter-dimensional table saw.
I’m digging this melting table by woodcarver Rob Smith.
I think I could watch this ball-launching sculpture for a long time. Called parabola, it was created by Youtube user MechanicalSculptor.
Matt Cottam, founder of Tellart, presented Wooden Logic: In Search of Heirloom Electronics at interaction10 yesterday. Here are my running notes on his discussions of sketching with tangible objects, physical interfaces to the iPhone, and heirloom technology.
Check out Elisa Strozyk‘s awesome pixelated textiles made with castoff wooden veneering. The wooden textile intends to look at the new ways wood can be manipulated from its hard physical property to a fluid form when combined with fabric. Providing flexibility to wood allows us to connect with it in new ways. Utilizing wood veneers […]
After considering splitting a winter’s firewood with a maul, an device like this one sure does look more fun. It’s made by Hahn Machinery in Minnesota.
