Welded Bicycle Chain Sculptures
We've seen Young-Deok Seo's welded chain sculptures before, but with a new set of stunning pieces, we are happy to check in with him again.
Triple Spiral Dominoes from Havesh5
25 hours spread over 8 days building this massive triple spiral structure with 15,000 dominoes by Havesh5
Absolutely stunning
Thailand flag made from sweet chilli sauce, shredded coconut and blue swimmer crab.
National Flags Made of National Foods
Australian advertising agency WHYBIN\TBWA created 17 national flags using foods native to each nation to promote the Sydney International Food Festival.
Can you guess the foods and flags? Questions, guesses and answers in the comments.
Cut Book Sculptures in Bell Jars from Georgia Russell
Artist Georgia Russell slices and shreds books to create these otherworldly sculptures, and placing them in bell jars make them seem like some the preserved specimens of some alien fauna.
From her bio:
"The atmosphere of the original material she uses is extremely important to her, and her use of either new, or of older papers or images redolent of past lives, is dependent on the mood or idea that she wants to communicate."
Word Machine Episode 7: Robert Hass & Ada Limon
This week's episode of Word Machine brings together poems from two Northern California poets, with the eyes on Manhattan.
Robert Hass
Ada Limón
Organic Ceramic Shapes from Jennifer McCurdy
Jennifer McCurdy on her work:
"Emotion fills me when I see perfect forms in nature, from the cracked conch shell on the beach revealing its perfect spiral, to the milkweed pod burst in the field, its brilliant airborne seeds streaming into the sunlight. The ordered symmetry and asymmetry of nature’s forms reveal the growth of life, the movement of life.
Living on Martha’s Vineyard, island time, especially in the winter, seems to conform to nature’s cycles. As a potter, I strive to make my work reflect the balance of life around me. It is important that the patterns I see around me are integrated into my forms."
See also Chaotically Organic Ceramics and Organic Forms in Glass
Advice from a Master - 24 Maxims from Werner Herzog
On the back of Werner Herzog: A Guide for the Perplexed is a list of 24 maxims that only Herzog could have up with.
- Always take the initiative.
- There is nothing wrong with spending a night in jail if it means getting the shot you need.
- Send out all your dogs and one might return with prey.
- Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief.
- Learn to live with your mistakes.
- Expand your knowledge and understanding of music and literature, old and modern.
- That roll of unexposed celluloid you have in your hand might be the last in existence, so do something impressive with it.
- There is never an excuse not to finish a film.
- Carry bolt cutters everywhere.
- Thwart institutional cowardice.
- Ask for forgiveness, not permission.
- Take your fate into your own hands.
- Learn to read the inner essence of a landscape.
- Ignite the fire within and explore unknown territory.
- Walk straight ahead, never detour.
- Maneuver and mislead, but always deliver.
- Don’t be fearful of rejection.
- Develop your own voice.
- Day one is the point of no return.
- A badge of honor is to fail a film theory class.
- Chance is the lifeblood of cinema.
- Guerrilla tactics are best.
- Take revenge if need be.
- Get used to the bear behind you.
Hong Kong Shot from a Drone
With a drone photographer Andy Yeung created this project Urban Jungle, which reveals the startling density of life in Hong Kong.
The form of the Body
Strandbeests - Wind-powered Animal-Machines from Theo Jansen
Strandbeest is Dutch for Sand Animal, and these kinetic sculptures that capture the winds along the Dutch beaches and turn them into the fuel for the leg movement of these animal-like machines seem very much like they are alive.
They are the creation of Dutch artist Theo Jansen.
He says he hopes to get them to the point of self-sufficiency that they will continue to 'live' in the sand dunes of the Netherlands coast even after he is gone.
The mechanism used both for capturing and storing wind energy and turning that stored energy into leg movements are truly ingenious. You can even buy a little Strandbeest Kit to make your own miniature versions.
From the project page:
Self-propelling beach animals like Animaris Percipiere have a stomach . This consists of recycled plastic bottles containing air that can be pumped up to a high pressure by the wind. This is done using a variety of bicycle pump, needless to say of plastic tubing. Several of these little pumps are driven by wings up at the front of the animal that flap in the breeze. It takes a few hours, but then the bottles are full. They contain a supply of potential wind. Take off the cap and the wind will emerge from the bottle at high speed. The trick is to get that untamed wind under control and use it to move the animal. For this, muscles are required. Beach animals have pushing muscles which get longer when told to do so. These consist of a tube containing another that is able to move in and out. There is a rubber ring on the end of the inner tube so that this acts as a piston. When the air runs from the bottles through a small pipe in the tube it pushes the piston outwards and the muscle lengthens. The beach animal's muscle can best be likened to a bone that gets longer. Muscles can open taps to activate other muscles that open other taps, and so on. This creates control centres that can be compared to brains.
Book of the Day — Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
Poem of the Day [VIDEO] — The Ecstasy by Philip Lopate
Salt Bride — After 2 Years in the Sea this Bridal Dress is Coated with Salt Crystals
Israeli artist Sigalit Landau left this black gown in the Dead Sea for two years, checking in on it periodically.
You can see the final result, a thick coating of salt crystals in the photos that came out of the project or at London’s Marlborough Contemporary, where they’ll be on display until September 3rd.
Cloned Animated GIFs from Monrovia, Liberia by François Beaurain.
Paris artist François Beaurain created these Monrovian animations as part of the 2015 exhibition Making Africa by Vitra Design Museum and Guggenheim Bilbao.
A BBC Football Commentator's Gorgeously Hand-drawn Match Notes To Make Designers Drool
Over on Eight by Eight there's a focus on the gorgeous hand-drawn match notes prepared before every match by BBC Radio Newcastle’s Nick Barnes. From the impeccable hand lettering to the crest of the opposing team, I am equally inspired and envious of his deft, emblematic and downright stunning notes. Just check out the tiny flags he inflects each of the opposing player's with.
He says he rarely refers to them during the match, but it's not surprising that after employing such attention in their creation, he wouldn't need to.
New Design — Quoth the Raven "Turn Down for What!"
Been adding some new designs to our stuff including this one. Get yours today.
Drawing of American Icons on U.S. Currency
James Charles, in his series American Iconomics. used real U.S. currency for each of these drawing of American icons.
Silver Female Figures (Mildly NSFW)
Guido Argentini’s models in his series “Argentum,” are covered in shiny silver makeup and are meant to cover the range of women in Greek mythology, from Demeter and Persephone to Artemis and Electra.
Evoking the luminous polished planes of the work of Brancusi and the verve of Degas’ ballet sketches, these photographs endow the human body with both the solidity of sculpture and the vivid energy of dance.
Using geometrical props Guido Argentini created a contrast between the human body and the archetypal forms of geometry: triangles, circles and squares.
Turning Stuff into Goofy Faces: 'toon Bombing
Toronto animator (Pizza and Pixels) Aiden Glenn turns stuff out of doors into what he calls "toon bombs", googly-eyed character faces.
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