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The Book Surgeon (15 pieces) Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time.

The Book Surgeon (15 pieces)

Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed. Dettmer manipulates the pages and spines to form the shape of his sculptures. He also folds, bends, rolls, and stacks multiple books to create completely original sculptural forms. "My work is a collaboration with the existing material and its past creators and the completed pieces expose new relationships of the book’s internal elements exactly where they have been since their original conception," he says.

"The richness and depth of the book is universally respected yet often undiscovered as the monopoly of the form and relevance of the information fades over time. Dettmer is originally from Chicago, where he studied at Columbia College. Update: Read our exclusive interview with the Book Surgeon here. Brian Dettmer's website. Turn-Toaster-Sideways-Get-Grilled-Cheese.jpg (JPEG Image, 500x414 pixels) Facebook History of the World. Image (5449).jpg (JPEG Image, 500x1458 pixels) - Scaled (44%) Meme: Do the Time Warp by ~Shuupii on deviantART. Funny girls and boys pictures, women and guys pics , teens gallery. One man, 100,000 toothpicks, and 35 years: An incredible kinetic sculpture of San Francisco. Thirty five years ago I had yet to be born, but artist Scott Weaver had already begun work on this insanely complex kinetic sculpture, Rolling through the Bay, that he continues to modify and expand even today.

One man, 100,000 toothpicks, and 35 years: An incredible kinetic sculpture of San Francisco

The elaborate sculpture is comprised of multiple “tours” that move pingpong balls through neighborhoods, historical locations, and iconic symbols of San Francisco, all recreated with a little glue, some toothpicks, and an incredible amount of ingenuity. He admits in the video that there are several toothpick sculptures even larger than his, but none has the unique kinetic components he’s constructed. Via his website Weaver estimates he’s spent over 3,000 hours on the project, and the toothpicks have been sourced from around the world: I have used different brands of toothpicks depending on what I am building.

I also have many friends and family members that collect toothpicks in their travels for me. Creative using of food. Map_of_humanity.jpg (JPEG Image, 2587x1728 pixels) - Scaled (37%) Visualguidetoinflation.jpg (JPEG Image, 500x7474 pixels) - Scaled (8%) CrackingCreditCode11.jpg (JPEG Image, 600x1708 pixels) - Scaled (37%) 11.jpg (JPEG Image, 600x412 pixels) 27 Pieces of Portal (the Video Game) Jewelry. About Contact Ask Podcast Weekly’s Sunday Funnies Picture of the Week Tattoo Tuesday Etsy Crush of the Week Weekly Links Anime Comics Videogames Movies & Television Art Bookworm Random Geekery Tech The Internets Genres Zombies Sci-fi/ Cyberpunk Fantasy Geek Merch Apparel Accessories Toys Jewelry Other 27 Pieces of Portal (the Video Game) Jewelry Thu, 23 Jun 2011 | Published in Geek Merch , Jewelry , Sci-fi/ Cyberpunk , Videogames After constantly coming across jewelry on the internet, I took it as a sign from the all mighty Blog God that I should gather the best (and practically all) video game jewelry out there.

27 Pieces of Portal (the Video Game) Jewelry

This is where I should probably go on about how utterly amazing is, but you already know that. PS- Gamer girls, you’re welcome. Think with Portals Five Portal Danger Level Icons Necklace- Laser Cut Stacked Acrylic Pendant (each icon can be made into individual necklace) - By LicketyCut. Heel mooi. Apple_water_page-1024x998.jpg (JPEG Image, 1024x998 pixels) - Scaled (64%) Ben Heine: The incredible optical illusions created by artist's mix of pencil and camera. By Kerry Mcqueeney Updated: 10:05 GMT, 26 September 2011 You have often heard about art imitating life, but an artist has taken the saying to a whole new level with an incredible collection of drawings that reveal a masterful eye for illusion.

Ben Heine: The incredible optical illusions created by artist's mix of pencil and camera

Reality meets fantasy in this amazing series of drawings which are to be exhibited at art shows in London next month. Using expertly-drawn sketches, Belgian artist Ben Heine blends pencil, photography, imagination and reality - and the results are truly astonishing. Mixed reality: This incredible sketch has captures the boats on the water sitting alongside a mermaid on a rock. A carefully-cut hole in the paper even makes room for the diver as he prepares to launch himself overboard X-ray vision: This man is a little more exposed than he should be in this clever drawing Chain gang: These worker ants have been magnified as they walk across the twig in this piece.

Sticky Notes. (Metal) Stairway to Heaven? Shocking Sky Staircase Design. Yes, this stunning and scary staircase is real.

(Metal) Stairway to Heaven? Shocking Sky Staircase Design

While this stairway in the heavens will not carry you all the way to the clouds, these sensational metal steps can certainly take you to the afterlife quite quickly should you miss a stair while out for a walk. While these stairs truly are attached to the exterior concrete wall of this towering Swiss skyscraper over ten stories off the ground, they are not actually used by anyone – they are, instead, the work of conceptual artists and architects (and now: spectacular staircase designers) Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann. Hanging high in the sky from the side of a building without so much as handrail, this staircase is dizzying just from the photos. Of course, no one knows it is ‘only art’ upon an initial sighting – clean, silver, metallic and set to connect two apparent doors, this sleek set of stairs looks like some crazy construction slip-up on when seen at first glance from street level far below. Passive-Aggressive Note of the Day.

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