Riding the metro underground can be boring as dirt. Pretend all you want that youre tiny and zipping around a giant humans circulatory system, a la Fantastic Voyage – eventually the blah concrete surroundings, lights whizzing past in a sleep or nausea-inducing monotony, and hermetic A/C hum forces many riders to reach for a book […]
Tag Archives: art
Olympic Logos
I looked this up after a truncated page with decent comments inspired me – it had only listed Summer Games logos, and being a Canuck the Winter Games are more memorable and more fun. Sadly, this site has no commentary, but it does a good job of showing the chronology of design until its abject […]
Statue Molestation
I’ve linked to this before, I’m sure, but Jimmy Carter getting his bronzed perve on is too good not to link to again. 25 People Molesting Statues | SMOSH.
Daguerreotyping
My favourite historical period was documented in daguerrotypes and silver plate photography, so I relished the ability to filter my own photos into the 1860s. This is a handy little step by step for Photoshop users. Quick Tip: Create Your Own Daguerreotype in Photoshop.
Copper Etching
A how-to for copper etching. I get nervous about the chemicals but I love the final product. http://deborahreadcom.blogspot.ca/2011/12/step-by-step-making-copper-etched.html
Photo Transfers on Wood
These are unusual, neat, crafty, and – judging by the writer’s intelligence level – so easy that even an airhead can make them. Thumbs up. http://content.photojojo.com/diy/diy-photo-transfers-on-wood/
Star Trails
Hey Don Pettit, stop hogging all the awesome. When he is not flying around Earth at about 18,000 miles per hour, out on space-walks or performing weird zero-gravity experiments, astronaut Don Pettit takes some of the most astounding space photos to date. The images, which look straight out of 2001: A Space Odyssey, as has […]
Slit Scan Photos
Super creepy abstract photography of a human body in motion. For some reason, this makes me think of a werewolf on the run. Metamorphose: Surreal Slit Scan Photos of a Human Body in Nature.
Reuben Margolin: Sculpting Waves
This is the untalkiest TED Talk ever, but that only further showcases the beautiful sculptures. If there were any of these within bus distance I think I’d be camping out under them. So mesmerizing. Reuben Margolin: Sculpting waves in wood and time | Video on TED.com.
Michael Stipe’s Retirement
Michael Stipe has been filling the spare time caused by REM’s breakup by Tumbling (is that a thing?) and adopting a personal fashion that can only be described as Sad Professor. A sweet little interview for those of us who miss his voice, even though his speaking voice sounds so jarringly unlike like his singing […]