Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration’
Inspriational – Sculptures of precision
Dalton Ghetti spend his spare time making incredible micro sculptures from the graphite in pencils. Each one is meticulously carved with razor blades, needles and a sculpting knife, and can take months or years. He said: “I use the sewing needle to make holes or dig into the graphite. I scratch and create lines and turn the graphite around slowly in my hand”
While his hand is steady many pieces have been broken before they’re complete, these are kept in a “cemetery” collection. Amazingly Dalton doesn’t sell his works but offers them as gifts to friends.
With over 100 completed pieces Dalton is currently working on a tribute to those who died on September 11 and the World Trade Center Attack. He said: “I decided to make a teardrop pencil carving for each of the people who died in the attack, about 3,000. Since 2002 I have carved one every day, it takes me under an hour. When I’m done they will form one big tear drop. It will take me about 10 years but it will be worth it”
via Telegraph UK
Colour of Crayons?
Photo by Sir Fish
Want to know more about where Crayola gets their crayon names? Or even their own name. This fun blog entry at Colorlovers shares this knowledge and much more. Including colour codes for the current crayon colours.
Turns out crayons have a great potential as colour inspiration too!
Blank
Cure your Mind Blank
This is a site i quite often use when looking for some inspiration. While many websites will display lists of sites with screen grabs to capture your attention Blank Magazine, gives you a simple diagonal line linked to a surprise website.
BLANK is a web based magazine with no content. It is a magazine with no images, no words and no advertising.
BLANK is a contents page for the internet, a global springboard curated through the work and experiences design studio one8one7.
BLANK will be released seasonally and is free, like all good things on the internet should be.
We hope you enjoy BLANK and the places it takes you.
So next time you are drawing a blank, let blank magazine fill it.
We Feel Fine
We feel fine is a project by Jonathon Harris and Sep Kamvar in 2006, that searches the internet for utterings of “I feel” and “I am feeling” in blogs around the world.
“At its core, We Feel Fine is an artwork authored by everyone. It will grow and change as we grow and change, reflecting what’s on our blogs, what’s in our hearts, what’s in our minds. We hope it makes the world seem a little smaller, and we hope it helps people see beauty in the everyday ups and downs of life.” Jonathan Harris & Sep Kamvar May 2006.
The way that this project connects people and accentuates someting that is often said without thinking, instigates thought into something that many often overlook.
