The Art of the Drinking Straw - Neatorama

Fast Company has a gallery of fourteen works of art created from drinking straws, including this sculpture by Brooklyn-based artist Annie Varnot. We've previously featured one of the works in the slideshow: Scott Jarvie's chair made from straws.

http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/think-you-drink-art-drinking-straw | Artist's Website | Photo: Fast Company

Comments (4)

Newest 4

Newest 4 Comments

this Drinking Straw is totally different....

Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)

I made a globe out of drinking straws in high school. I received a C grade. :(
Maybe I shoulda shoved a lamp inside it.

Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)

Pretty. Don't know if I'd want it on my coffee table, but it's nice to look at.

Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)

I puked something like that up once when I was doing acid.

Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)

flippin' sweet

Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)

Now that was cool. I wish I can do sky diving one day. :(

Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)

Docking in mid-air is one of the last skills a skydiver learns on the way to receiving his "A" license. I had to repeat that lesson four times before I finally got it. I've been working on it with a friend of mine who's roughly the same skill level (most definitely not an instructor) for a couple of weeks and finally succeeded.

This is a really neat trick. As for the motivation--does "because it was there" still count for anything?

Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)

Jason is talking about docking with another skydiver in freefall, obviously. That's a fundamental part of sport skydiving. Docking with a plane is not.

For anyone interested, I have some examples of freefall docking here, and you can see the original plane-chasing experiments and other nutty skydiving business on Joe Jennings' DVD "Good Stuff" at JoeJennings.com.

Abusive comment hidden. (Show it anyway.)

Login to comment.

Click here to view up to the first 100 of this post's 4 comments

This website uses cookies.

This website uses cookies to improve user experience. By using this website you consent to all cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy.