Ghost Billboard Erected on U.S.-Canada Border | Underwire By Duncan Geere, Wired UK A U.S. art studio called Lead Pencil Studio has created a sculpture on the border between the United States and Canada that consists of a blank space in the shape of a billboard, surrounded by tangled metal. Titled Non-Sign II, the piece was commissioned by the U.S. government. The artists behind it are Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo, who’ve won numerous awards for their work over the last decade. The pair carefully twisted metal to give the appearance of a ghost of one of the billboards that populate the area. Han and Mihalyo told The Stranger that they hope the sculpture will add a bit of awareness to the signage landscape in the border zone, as it flies past the inhabitants of passing cars. The work was funded by the U.S. government’s Art in Architecture program. Photo: Lead Pencil Studio See Also:
Blogger profile: David Riley | Degrees unedited Richard Taylor talks to an ex systems engineer during his final year of Fine Art Drawing at Swindon College School of Art. Creative cryptology and the story of a microprocessor An art process is something of an engineered course of action, fused by language inputted to something made, through carefully balanced models of communication. David Riley, the artist, arises from over thirty years of specialist experience and self-taught knowledge, the veracity of which invents an embedded and systematic creative practice. So what happens after the duration of Riley's BA expires: does the 'system engineer' evolve to an artist having been taught 'how' for four years, or did he simply already know? Codes of enquiry: Riley interprets his pre-functionary past "I am fifty five. 1980s I was a member of a small team responsible for introducing microprocessor training at my company training school. Now that creativity has been subverted by highly organised engineering processes. Deciphering the decipherer
EyeWriter Just see the works of Cal Lane - justpaste.it Created: 03/26/2010 Visits: 506782 Online: 0 Graffiti Research Lab The United States of America is going out of business! But here at the U.S. Department of Homeland Graffiti, we want to turn this moment of national embarrassment and hard times into real savings for you and your family. From June 4th through the 28th, the U.S.D.H.G and the Graffiti Research Lab are liquidating all confiscated, high-tech graffiti artifacts and tools, expunged evidence, court exhibits, redacted documents and office furnishings, priced to sell. So grab a handful of Euros or Mao Bucks (U.S. currency still accepted while supplies last) and head on down to Gallery Anno Domini located between U.S. Routes 101 and 280 in Silicon Valley, California. Artist’s Reception: First Friday, June 6th, 2008 8 p.m. ’til late • free and open to the public Exhibition runs from June 4th – June 28th Terrortites 2-layer U.S.D.H.G. Homeland Security Advisory Canvas U.S.D.H.G. More SALE items here on fuckflickr.
Japanese manhole covers 24 Oct 2007 Here are a few links to photo collections of Japanese manhole covers. - Okachin Manhole Cover Gallery: This collection of 1,000+ manhole cover photos is organized by prefecture. Use the links on the left side of the page to navigate the site. - Flickr Pool -- Japanese Manhole Covers: Over 400 great photos here. - Design Manhole Collection: To use this interactive map, click a prefecture and then click the town names in the grid on the following page to display the manholes for that area. - Manhole Map: This interactive map by the Journal of Sewerage Monthly contains hundreds of photos organized by prefecture and town. - Kyoto Manhole Covers: The Kyoto prefecture website has several dozen photos of manhole covers used in towns around the prefecture. - Manhole Blog: Lots of manhole cover photos from northern Japan. - Manhole Box: Six pages of manhole cover photos. - Google image search for Manhole/ Manhole cover/ Design manhole: Lots more here.
LED Throwies LED throwies consist of only a few inexpensive parts and can be made for ~$1.00 per Throwie. You can reference the parts list below or download the attached spreadsheet for more info on parts, part's numbers, vendors and application notes. Part: 10mm Diffused LED Vendor: HB Electronic Components Average cost: $0.20 avg per LED Notes: Cost reductions for larger quantities. Comes in red, blue, amber, white in both diffused and clear. Diffused works better than water clear for the Throwie application. HB has even created a Throwies packs page with deals on 10mm LEDs and lithium batteries! Part: CR2032 3V Lithium Batteries Vendor: CheapBatteries.com Cost: $0.25 per battery Notes: Cost reductions for larger quantities. Part: 1-inch wide Strapping Tape Vendor: Your local hardware store Cost: $2.00 for one roll Notes: One roll will make many throwies
Chalk Art Drawings from Julian Beever Oct 11, 2010 / Category : Art / 2 Comments Julian Beever is an English, Belgium-based chalk artist who has been creating chalk drawings on pavement surfaces since the mid-1990s. His works are created using a projection called anamorphosis, and create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the correct angle. Design Blog :: SPGRA | Fascinating Shadow Art by Kumi YAMASHITA Absolutely amazing shadow art produced by Kumi YAMASHITA. These beautiful silhouettes are created by simple objects and lighting only. Definitely not a simple planning, though... Really fascinating and therapeutic. The above work is Building Block, 1997 exhibited at Boise Art Museum in Idaho. The building blocks of various widths on the wall, lit from the right, casts a silhouette of a woman. City View, 2003Nanba Parks Tower, Osaka JapanThe numbers scattered on the wall, lit from the right, cast a silhouette of a woman. Clouds, 2005Stellar Place Sapporo JR Tower, Hokkaido JapanThe thin metal object on the wall, lit from above, casts the silhouette of a couple. Feather, 2006Akiru Municipal Medical Center, Tokyo JapanThe wooden object on the wall, lit from below, casts a silhouette of a figure. Fragments, 2009New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe40 objects on the wall cast profiles of residents in New Mexico when lit. Lovers, 1999Two silhouettes are connected together when lit.
100 Impressive Artworks of Robots | NetrinoMedia Marketplace's Blog 100 Impressive Artworks of Robots Details Techniques: Artworks, Impressive, Robots Ads: Hello everyone. Today we make post just for your inspiration. 100 Impressive Artworks of Robots it’s collection of awesome artworks form top 3d artists around the world. Thanks King Kittan the great Pin It > Click here to enlarge < Worker Robot Lost Signal Petrol Head Weta’s AutomaitreD Equilibrium Android Repot-Carpertor Repair Shop Sci-Fi Elephant T8000 Assault Mech Spider The Duet Hall of Souls Steamnocchio The two mighty kings Steam Wilhelm the Great I Codename Cockroach Hide and Seek The Sentinel Robot Arachnid Robot RedBot & YellowBot World War Worlds Collide Robotica Hummerbot Destroy > Click here to enlarge < Thanks 3DTotal for images Related Posts:
Patchwork Orange: Art of Fixing Buildings with LEGO Blocks A missing brick here and chipped stone there show the normal marks of wear and tear on the structures and streets of a city, but filling them in with multi-colored LEGO bricks makes them stand out in sharp relief with their surroundings – especially in a place like Berlin. Titled ‘Dispatchwork’ (a linguistic play on ‘dispatching’ and ‘patching’ the holes), this is part urban art installation, part historical highlighting (since many of the gaps date back to World War II) and part method of calling attention to buildings that could use some help. Jan Vormann has been toying with LEGO pieces for a long time in various artistic capacities – as well as infilling structural holes with mirrors and other attention-getting materials. It may look haphazard at first, but there is an art to the process: identifying gaps is naturally subjective, and filling them in is both a creative and crafty act that can involve turning corners and working with existing structural details.
The 8 world's most prominent hyper-realist sculptors Most Popular Artists The most popular artist searches last month: a not-to-be-taken-too-seriously measurement of which famous artists have the greatest "mindshare" in our collective culture. Moving up: Edgar Degas (#22 to #12), Titian (#28 to #18), and realist painter Janet Fish (appearing for the first time on the list at #29). Moving down: Joan Miro (#13 to #19), Wassily Kandinsky (#11 to #24) and Paul Gauguin (#21 down to #32).