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Knit the 2012 Olympics With Ingenious Craft Book <em>Knitlympics</em>
anova books/Promo image Don't have a ticket to London's 2012 Olympics? No problem, knit your own. A delightful little knitting book, Knitlympics, has patterns for your own private Olympics: the coveted ticket, podium, winning medals, Olympic torch and the laurel wreath. Oh yes, and the athletes too. Twenty top Olympians over the years are yours for the making... Needles poised and you too can have anyone from Mark Spitz (7 gold medals in 1972) with a moustache to Jesse Owens to Carl Lewis to lightening-speed runner Usain Bolt sitting in your room, ready to join you in front of the TV. Holding up the women's end of the Games, there is Florence Griffith-Joyner, Flo-Jo to those old enough to remember (1984 Games), Olga Korbut, the gymnast, also an old-timer from 1976, but forever young in wool. How close are the knitted ones to the real thing? The book is published by Collins & Brown, and lovingly created by Carol Meldrum.
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This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Kids
This December, in a surprisingly simple yet ridiculously amazing installation for the Queensland Gallery of Modern Ar, artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas. Over the course of two weeks, the museum’s smallest visitors were given thousands upon thousands of colored dot stickers and were invited to collaborate in the transformation of the space, turning the house into a vibrantly mottled explosion of color. How great is this? Given the opportunity my son could probably cover the entire piano alone in about fifteen minutes. If you liked this you’ll also enjoy Roman Ondak’s Room of Heights and Karina Smigla-Bobinski’s helium-filled kinetic drawing sculpture. The first four images courtesy Queensland Art Gallery and photographer Mark Sherwood.
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New Recycled Skateboard Deck Sculptures by Haroshi
dailyDuJour has the first coverage I’ve seen of five new works by Japanese artist Haroshi who uses layered and pixelated pieces from reclaimed skateboard decks. Via his website: Haroshi makes his art pieces recycling old used skateboards. His creations are born through styles such as wooden mosaic, dots, and pixels; where each element, either cut out in different shapes or kept in their original form, are connected in different styles, and shaven into the form of the final art piece. These new pieces were on display last night as part of an exhibition at a distribution center for streetwear manufacturer HUF in L.A., and you can see much more over on dailyDuJour and Haroshi’s Facebook page.
