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Angelo Bramanti and Giuseppe Siracusa made this marvelous sculpture from vinyl records. Wouldn’t it be cool to see portraits of musicians melted into their own records?
Looking around the artists’ website, it would appear that they’re fond of using old media storage formats to create works of art, such the skyline of Syracuse rendered in VHS cassettes.
Pocket Jams – Vinyl 45 – $4.95
Carry all your small stuff and display your retro coolness at the same time with this Pocket Jams Vinyl 45 from the NeatoShop. The 7" diameter zippered pouch is versatile enough to carry your pencils, iPods, and other hipster trinkets: Link | More Fun and Unusual Wallets and Coin Purses
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British Company, And Vinyly, will press your charred remains into your very own hyper-personalized spinning analog musical platter. The starter kit comes with your own generic gravestone-style cover art, 24 minutes of audio of your choosing, and 30 copies of your final release.
The company was founded by Jason Leach, who co-founded the techno group and record label Subhead in the 1990s. I’d like to have my ashes pressed into Psycho Killer. I can just picture the mourners at my funeral getting their groove on to the beat of The Talking Heads.
Hot Hits Pot Holder – $7.95
From the turntable to your kitchen table, the Hot Hits Pot Holder (and a handy trivet) is there to protect your hands and table from your latest (culinary) hit. From the NeatoShop: Link | More Fun Kitchen Stuff
The melting clock in Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory is a familiar icon. One can purchase analog and digital versions of these clocks, hand-crafted by artists, but it is also possible to create one at home by recycling an old vinyl LP and following a series of simple directions…
Step 2: Preheat your oven to 220F/100C and toss in the record for a couple minutes. When it’s thoroughly flopping about, yank it out and run to a table to do the next step. Run! It hardens quickly!
Full directions are at Instructables, via Anything and Everything.
