[Silhouette photos by Rich McCor, aka Paperboyo, found here.]
Tag: art
VW Microbrrrr
One of many ice sculptures at the Glacier Ice Bar and Lounge, Lake George, Bolton Landing, New York. Or maybe it’s at the Glacier Ice Bar and Lounge in Rockport, Maine.
[Image found here.]
Antony Gormley’s Contribution To The World: 40K+ Clay Peeps
“By Antony Gormley, just some of the 40,000 clay figures from part of the ’Field for the British Isles’ on loan from Arts Council Collection, it’s being shown in three of the National Trust’s Barrington Court rooms currently in Ilminster, England.”
[Installation circa 1991 found here.]
M.A.R.S.* PATROL TOTAL WAR
November 1969 issue No. 8 of M.A.R.S. PATROL Total War:
“When the M.A.R.S. Patrol destroys an invader weather-control ship, they capture a badly wounded courier whose name translates as Victor. Victor explains that his is an army of aliens, intent on capturing Earth for its resources. Through their interrogation, M.A.R.S. concludes that the next major attack will be on Miami. Gold Key Comics Club News. In ‘Part II: Seek and Destroy’, M.A.R.S. helps fend off the attack on Miami even as ‘Victor’ escapes, determined to redeem himself. A booby trap from his own side kills him just as M.A.R.S. discovers the secret underwater base, which they then destroy.” [source]
…and one of them appears to be a football star.
Monkey Pastry Chef
“When wound and the start/stop pull actuated, the incredibly detailed and realistically modeled standing monkey chef begins his performance by looking left then right whilst opening and closing eye lids as mouth moves to speak, lowering head slightly to indicate his latest culinary creation…”
This mechanical wonder (ca. 1880) sold for over $36k in 2014, and was presumably purchased by someone to keep their little brats and pets in line.
Retro-Future Beetle Stretcher
Retrofuture Volkswagen prototype was designed by Mikhail Smolyanov / Solifuge Design, and he’s got a similar VW Bugsled in black. Since there are no images of modications in progress, I assume that the version above was never built.
HOWEVER, there is this:
Similar design, yet not the same. Image searches for this work in progress produced no matches.
[Top & bottom images found here. Not quite Rat Rods, but I stuck them in The Archive anyway.]
Got Squid?
No tank? No problem! Nice selection of paper fishies (and more) found here. Plans are in .pdf format, A4 size printout, provided by Japan’s Fishing Research Agency (FRA).
Blank Canvas
Although I can appreciate the talent and effort, a couple of those look better without the noisy artistry. Click any image to enlarge.
[These and more Trompe-l’œil found here.]
Banksy’s Spraycation
Button Creek
There are other versions of the same scene with different buttons, so there’s likely a “color by button” pattern book out there somewhere.
[Found here, h/t Charlene604.]
Tacky Raccoons 