I am so in love with the ideas at A4 Paper Cut, I can hardly stand it. I keep looking at that site, thinking, “Yes, but paper isn’t exactly a durable medium,” and then I think about how much that’s offset by the inherent beauty of plain paper, and the accessibility of it as a medium.
Manholes of Japan… who knew?
I was looking for an example of how simple Cafe Press products can be, for my AJmarketing friends and to inspire me to make different stuff. In my search, I found the Calm Philosophy Mug, which I may shamelessly copy… in my own style, of course.
How utterly clever. You know those spinning lights that form words and stuff? Here’s a variation, James N. Sears’ globe in sneak preview.
Another clever twist on a relatively ordinary process: Verena Schreppel is casting rings and other metal objects from sewn/stitched fabric. The fabric is lost in the process, so each one is a one-off, and… well, this is ingenious and lovely.
If you like that idea, you may also warm to the birch castings at Twig and Heather.It seems to me that there are a lot of things that could be created with cast metal and innovative approaches to materials, such as these. It’s a good thing that I don’t work with much metal, or I might be seriously tempted to spend the next year (or so) casting stuff.
And, another cool, global collaborative project, Window Zoo.
I keep feeling drawn back to scrimshaw. I can’t explain it. It’s something that I did right after I dropped out of college, and then tried again about five years later, and loved. I wouldn’t use antique ivory as Jessica Kagan Cushman does, but… I don’t know where I’m going with this. It’s just something that I think about more & more often, lately.
Do you use tea candles? Check out this idea at Atelier V. In fact, browse the entire site and you may look at your stuff–especially disposables–in entirely new ways.
And finally, kirstoferstrom‘s Minilogue: Some of these figures in this video are already inspiring doodles that may someday become cloth dolls… (URL = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u46eaeAfeqw )
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