The Comics Reporter
Steve Gerber died on Sunday. His Howard the Duck (the comic not the atrocious film) was probably one of the highlights of my youth, and one of the things that made me the person I am today.
More about him here, and Howard.
Used Wood, passion materialized in vintage reclaimed wood…
Diederick Kraaijeveld (Oudhout/Oldwood, The Netherlands, 1963) builds classic and modern icons in vintage reclaimed wood; an Airstream trailer, a Porsche 911 or a pair of Chuck Taylors (All Star sneakers)…With sometimes century-old painted planks, salvaged during intensive trips along dumpsters, old Amsterdam canal mansions, run down farms and faraway coasts, Kraaijeveld “paints” photo-realistic images… His palette is not filled with paint in all its different colors: a huge warehouse full of old wooden planks forms the base of each work of art.
This is the ultimate in recycling/collage. Check out his gallery.
Here’s his Red All Stars:
Over a meter wide. He, also has done a blue version and is planning a black version.
Via Juxtapoz
Skull-A-Day: Braincase XXVII
I’m one of the artists featured on Skull-A-Day’s Skull-A-Day: Braincase XXVII
Here’s the piece in question:
You can see it on my Etsy shop also.
Whoops, looks like we’re goners guys.
immaculate heart college art department rules (tecznotes)
immaculate heart college art department rules (tecznotes)
From Sister Corita Kent
1. Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.
2. General duties of a student: pull everything out of your teacher, pull everything out of your fellow students.
3. General duties of a teacher: pull everything out of your students.
4. Consider everything an experiment.
5. Be self-disciplined. This means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way.
6. Nothing is a mistake. There is no win and no fail. There is only make.
7. The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It’s the people who do all of the work all the time who eventually catch on to things.
8. Don’t try to create and analyze at the same time. They’re different processes.
9. Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It’s lighter than you think.
10. “We’re breaking all of the rules. Even our own rules. And how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities.” – John Cage.Helpful hints: Always be around. Come or go to everything always. Go to classes. Read anything you can get your hands on. Look at movies carefully often. Save everything, it might come in handy later.
There should be new rules next week.
Yeah I copied and pasted the whole thing, because (1) it’s short, and (2) I want to save it where I know I can find it.
Found via BoingBoing
Geraldine Newfry
Geraldine Newfry makes books/journals using various materials, including polymer clay. Check out her gallery
More stuff from the artist who made the Orrery in the previous post
All sorts of funky coolness, like this computer case:
He, also, shows his process in some of the items in the gallery. Even cooler.
I would love one of these
Rabies Virus Helps Deliver Drugs into the Brain
Translucent Concrete Lets The Light Shine In (via io9)
Mad Materials Science: Translucent Concrete Lets The Light Shine In
What’s particularly impressive about translucent concrete is that the optical fibers only make up 4% of the mixture, which is what allows (they claim) the concrete to retain the same “technical data” as normal concrete. In layman’s terms we’re assuming this means “Pretty light shine through, house not fall down.” Based on the photos of the concrete in action, and if this load-bearing claim holds up (get it?) then we imagine that this would get put to immediate use in the construction of formerly boring government buildings everywhere.
More from a google search.
Hehe, this looks pretty cool, and vaguely useful. Like you can see how big a mob as amassed outside your walled fortress, and never have a baseball-shattered window again. 😀