Archive Category: Art & Craft
Pablo Picasso’s Guernica in 3D
Pablo Picasso was commissioned by the Spanish government to commemorate the Nazi Germany bombing of Guernica, Spain, during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. The result is Guernica, a black and white painting that depicts the suffering and brutality of war.
Fast forward to 2008, where Lena Gieseke turned Picasso’s Guernica mural into 3-D for her degree in computer animation from the University of Georgia.
Don’t miss it: Link [Flash movie]
Star Wars Typography
Just. How. Awesome. Is This. Behold, the Darth Vader typography, created by David Friedman of Ironic Sans.
And another one by Justin Crisostomo:
Also on Neatorama: Miss Baskerville Typography Shirt by Matt Sutter
Animated Graffiti MUTO by Blu
MUTO is a new short film by Blu: it’s a time-lapse "wall animation" made in Buenos Aires and Baden, guaranteed to be the best graffiti you’ll see today.
Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]
If the Fast Food companies teamed up to make a fighting game…
…the character select screen would look like this. Art by Lysol-Jones. Visit his DeviantArt gallery or his personal site. I’d absolutely buy this game.
Narcisse by Mathieu Lehanneur
Photo: Véronique Huyghe
Narcisse is an art project by French artist and designer Mathieu Lehanneur. It’s a giant bowl with mirrored surface filled with water - as soon as someone comes close to see his/her own reflection (just like Narcissus [wiki]), a promiximity sensor will trigger the interior basin to rotate and deform the reflection.
Link [Flash, it's no. 25 on the tabs below]
Sir Lube of Can-O-Lot Robot
Paul Loughridge of Lockwasher Design makes awesome robots, ray guns, and rockets out of vintage cans and other found objects (read: junk).
We’ve actually featured Paul before on Neatorama a while ago, but this one sculpture, the Sir Lube of Can-O-Lot, is so awesome we just have to post about it. The robot is made from an old hydraulic pump oiler, and comes complete with with a custom made helmet with hinged face guard!
Link | Paul’s robot set at Flickr
Fractal Furniture by Takeshi Miyakawa
That’s fractal 23, a chest of drawers by Japanese furniture designer Takeshi Miyakawa. I’m guessing from the name that it has 23 drawers (indeed, if you count them, it makes sense) but to make use of them all,
you’d have to put it in the center of the room!
Link - via Boing Boing
Raku Ray Guns
West Magoon of Muddy Mountain Pottery created some awesome looking ray guns out of ceramics, with a technique called raku firing:
All of the Ray Guns are glazed and fired using the low-fire raku firing technique. The sculptures are pulled from the kiln while the glaze is red-hot and molten and placed into a metal barrel filled with newspaper which is then covered. This smothers the fire, which creates a reduction atmosphere, giving the glazes their metallic look.
West named each guns after a sci-fi author or character. This one above is the Rotwang Retrovivifier (+10 points if you know who Rotwang is - no Googling!)
Link - Thanks Tana Libolt!
Pine Needle Bear by Richard Carpenter
Photos: Richard Carpenter
xoxoxoBruce, a regular at the Cellar Image of the Day forum, posted a series of fascinating photos of this pine needle bear sculpture by Richard Carpenter. The pine needles were gathered off the ground, sorted, washed, trimmed, and hand woven over the period of 8 months to make a life-sized bear.
Link (for more pics, scroll down) - via Scribal Terror
500 Kroner Bill Brought to Life
Photo: glennkarlsen [Flickr]
Glenn Karlsen brought the image on a 500 Kroner bill of Sigrid Undset, a Norwegian novelist and Nobel Laureate, to life through the magic of photoshoppery. Fantastic work!
Embiggen the photo here: Link - via Super Punch.
Nintendo Duck Hunt Lamp
Craftster member fluffypants put together this awesome lamp using a Nintendo light gun and an old Nintendo’s Duck Hunt cartridge.
Ah, I remember the precious hours I wasted on that game (and I quite remember the snickering dog when I missed … Good times.)
Link - via GeekAlerts
Japanese Army of Darkness Movie Poster
Translating Hollywood, the new book by Sam Sarowitz of Posteritati, takes a look at movie posters from around the world (and how different they are from the US versions). Take a look at this gem of an example: the Japanese Army of Darkness movie poster (why the soup cans? Because the actor’s name is Bruce Campbell, get it?)
Posterwire has the big version of the poster: Link
Previously on Neatorama: American Movie Posters in Belarus | Movie Posters Re-Made Grindhouse Style
Your Face
Damien Weighill wil draw your face and put it on his blog!
Real people don’t read your blog.
A fact that I wasn’t made aware of when I signed up for these things; It now seems so obvious.
If you are reading this and you do happen to be a real person then why not send me a photo (one which includes your real face) and I will draw a picture of you and post it here to serve as everlasting proof that sometimes facts are wrong.
Damien is in Japan until June, but will return and begin drawing again. I was hooked when the first portrait I saw was Juan Carlos drawn as Maneki Neko! You can send in your picture, too. Link -via Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy
Furniture Made from Shredded Paper
Belgian designer Jens Praet created this little cabinet called "One Day Paper Waste" from shredded paper waste:
I was so shocked about the enormous office waste and amount of shredded documents, that I wanted to react to this by reusing those documents and to transform them into a usefull object with a new dignity.
One day paper waste is a little cabinet. Obtained by taking shredded confidential documents, mixing them with resin and compressing them into a strong mould… End result: a new interesting object that has the strength of wood.
Talk about recycling! Link - via Make
Giant NES Controller Table: Fun and Functional!
Kyle Downes of Ultra Awesome blog made a giant NES controller coffee table/storage place. What’s so neat about it is that the controller actually works! (Imagine hitting a 3.5 inch / 90 mm wide A and B buttons repeatedly, you can get wrist cramps for that …) Link - via Boing Boing
Mudvertising for VW Touareg
Car ads usually feature cars so clean you can eat off of the hood, not one so dirty we wouldn’t even dare write "wash me" with our fingers. Well, leave it to Volkswagen to advertise its Touareg SUV with … mud!
By the way, did you know that the Touaregs are nomadic people who live in the Sahara desert?
Previously on Neatorama: Scott Wade’s Dust Art
Embroidered Underwood Typewriter
Photo: blueblythemonster [Flickr]
Flickr user blueblythemonster has the best craft project EVAR: a hand-dyed and embroidered felt Underwood typewriter! Actually, she has more. Lots more: Link
And congrats to blueblythemonster for winning the 2nd Annual Softie Awards for the category "Embroidered to Death"!
NY Times Crossword Drawings by Emily Jo Cureton
Emily Jo Cureton has a fantastic blog featuring her NY Times Crossword Drawings. These are illustrations inspired by the daily New York Times crossword puzzle, where she cleverly incorporates two or more answers from the puzzle in her art!
Flower Girls by Elsita
Artist Elsa "Elsita" Mora created these fantastic (and cute to boot!) sculptures out of bits and pieces of flowers and leaves, called
"Flower Girls."
Check out many more examples at her blog: Link - via ohdeeoh
Baby Face Tile
This creepy (but kind of neat - in a creepy way) baby face tile is made from clay by Sue Kniffin Davidson.
You can check out her other "baby" ceramic sculptures (don’t miss the baby face planter) at her Etsy shop: Link - Thanks lilydustbin!
Cozy Chair: Part Chair, Part Radiator
It’s easy to stay warm while lying down on the Cozy Chair by Sabine Müller and Andreas Quednau of SMAQ design group: the chair doubles as a radiator!
The chair saves energy by heating only what needs to be heated: you, your slippers and a drink: Link - via Apartment Therapy Unplugged
San Francisco Cityscape Sculpted from Stainless Steel Cookware
From On Gold Mountain: Sculptures from the Sierra by Zhan Wang
Artist Zhan Wang created the cityscape of San Francisco using stainless steel pots and pans and silverware!
His work is now on display at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco: Link | Photo Gallery - via Boing Boing
Skittles Wrapper Prom Dress
Craftster user Theperilouspopsicle decided to make her own prom dress out of … Skittles candy wrappers!
stats:
15 hours
101 skittle wrappers.a very cool thing about this project is that i posted ads on craigs list for wrappers and people actually sent me quite a few!
oh and yeah, turns out i dont actually like skittles..only the red ones. and after this project i dont think i’ll ever want skittles again (i had my friends eating most of them…hey! it was like a recycling AND a feed the hungry project)
And apparently, being the Skittles girl made her into the Belle of the Ball:
Prom went really well, my dress was a total hit and tons of people stopped to talk to me and take photos. Even during afterparty when i disguised myself in a tshirt and jeans there were still people running up to talk to me/ ‘omg thats the skittles girl!’. So all in all it was a great night, and the dress was definitely a success…now i wonder what i’ll make next seeing as i want to do more unconventional material work.
Link - Thanks Candy Addict!
Gallery of 50 excellent pixel art designs
You’ll find a gallery of 50 excellent pixel art designs at Smashing Magazine. Pictured: “City Glow” by Chiho Aoshima.
Tron Canadian Dollar
Photo: What to do? [Flickr]
We posted about Flickr user Joe D’s "refacing" of Lincoln in the US $5 bill as a character from Tron - and now, look what happened: everyone’s doing Tron money!
Here’s a "Tronified" (Tronized?) Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Canada’s 7th Prime Minister as depicted in their $5 bill, from Flickr user What to do?
Link - via Super Punch
The Beating Heart Fountain
Here’s something you don’t see everyday…a blood spewing fountain! Now I’m no artist (or should I be saying it like this: arteest?) but I would love to see this in real life on a gigantic scale.
Not entirely anatomically correct (nor real) this heart fountain spews, shoots, and jets “blood” all over the box it is contained in much to the amazement of the spectators. Created by artist Billy Chasen this fountain was displayed at the American Heart Association (AHA) 2008 “Heart of New York Gala”, which took place at Waldorf Astoria in NY City.
Click play or here [YouTube Link]
[Link] - Billy Chasen’s website.
[Link] - American Heart Association.
[Link] - Story via BoingBoing
Timothy Horn’s “Medusa” Jellyfish Lamp
Medusa (2006) by Timothy Horn
Details of Medusa from underneath
Inspired by the illustrations of the 19th century German Zoologist Ernst Haeckel [wiki], Australian artist Timothy Horn created this 9 ft wide "jellyfish" lamp, titled Medusa, out of cast silicone and fiber optics.
Link: Timothy’s Website | Medusa installation at the Hosfelt Gallery in New York
Mac Command Poster
Christopher David Ryan of Atmostheory created these nifty posters, titled Commands, that seem to make sense to Mac users 
Link - via Apartment Therapy Unplugged
Flame Warriors
Nitpick compensates for his limited fighting ability by pouncing on points that are only marginally relevant to the discussion. For example, if his opponent in a sports forum conflict casually mentioned the Cubs’ 4-2 victory in the 1908 World Series, Nitpick would quickly counterattack with something like, “4-2 !? Any moron knows the Cubs won the Series 4-1! Someone so ignorant about baseball history can’t possibly know anything about salary caps!” Even if the minor point is conceded by his opponent Nitpick will return to it whenever the battle turns against him. Though weak, Nitpick is very tenacious and will never admit defeat. Nitpick is a close ally of Artful Dodger.
Illustrator Mike Reed began caricaturing the personalities that forum users display during flame wars some years ago, and the collection has expanded over time. There are now 89 distinct warriors! Surely you will recognize some of these from your own experience. Flame Warriors should be required reading for all users before participating in any online forum. Link -via Everlasting Blort
Captain Jack Sparrow LEGO Bust
"Captain Jack Sparrow is like a cross between Keith Richards and Pepé Le Pew"
- Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean actor
That’s Craig Steven’s super-neat LEGO bust of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie!
Links: Captain Jack Sparrow | William Shatner | Freddie Mercury LEGO busts - via The Brothers Brick
