Animalia Metallica

Tatyana Shubina of St. Petersburg, Russia creates sculptures of birds, fish and other creatures out of scavenged scrap metal.

Tatyana Shubina‘s studio is located within the Red Triangle factory complex, some of whose buildings are so dilapidated that they’re literally falling on one’s head. This crumbling industrial monster serves as both an inspiring backdrop and an excellent source of materials for Tatyana’s work.

Born in Veliky Novgorod in 1978, she studied at the Rachmaninoff Novgorod Regional College of Arts and the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia in St. Petersburg.  She is a member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists and the Polyrealism creative association. She is a laureate of the Youth Prize of the President of the Russian Federation.”

[Found via MOBT.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 960 – Super Duper Market, A Happy Dryer & Nought Fishing

[Found here, here and here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 944 – Pool Predator, Catfish Road & Three Cups Trick

[Found here, here and here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 916 – Air Brake Dancing, Fish Scream & Vapin’ Vicky

[Found here, here and here.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

The .Gif Friday Post No. 910 – Discount Wave Pool, Fish Face & the SpaceX Static Test RUD

[Found here and here. SpaceX Ship 36 explosion from here.]

French April Fool’s Day Vintage Postcards

“Back in the old days in France (up until 1564), the new year was celebrated on April first, based on the Julian calendar. That was before King Charles IX came along and decided that everybody should be following the Gregorian calendar, which starts the new year on the first day of January.

“Not everyone welcomed this change, or so the story goes, and some people continued to celebrate April 1 as the first day of the year. Allegedly, those people were mocked and referred to as April fools. Whatever the case, it became a tradition to do things such as pasting a fish on unsuspecting people’s backs on April 1, and calling them a Poisson d’Avril or an April Fish. The symbol of the fish may also have been connected with Jesus Christ.”

[These undated postcards were found in this fine collection. There is a small envelope attached to one of the fish, meaning unknown. The caption, along with more vintage French April Fish postcards, found here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 885 – An AI Christmas

[All created while playing with the DeepAI Video Generator.]

Nawei Izatafish

[Found here.]