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An 80-Foot Steel Kraken Will Create an Artificial Coral Reef Near the British Virgin Islands | Colossal

Posted on October 19, 2017 by agogo22

This past April a massive 80-foot steel kraken was purposefully sunk into the Caribbean Sea on top of a decorated WW2 ship. The former Navy fuel barge and its monstrous passenger were placed underwater in order to jumpstart a new … Continue reading →

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Origami Inception: Paper Artist Folds Four Works From a Single Sheet of Paper | Colossal

Posted on October 18, 2017 by agogo22

Vietnamese paper artist Nguyen Hung Cuong (previously) just unveiled this new origami work titled “Fly High, Dreamers!” that incorporates four sequential objects—a hand holding a crane with a rider also holding a smaller crane—each connected to the other, all from … Continue reading →

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Sky-High Paper Wigs Topped With Modern Luxuries by Asya Kozina | Colossal

Posted on October 18, 2017 by agogo22

Paper artist Asya Kozina was inspired by the decadent wigs found in Baroque and Rococo still lifes, tall masses of hair adorned with objects that represent the ideals of luxury and beauty in the 17th and 18th centuries. Her series … Continue reading →

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THE LOCAL: The Master Carver on Vimeo

Posted on October 16, 2017 by agogo22
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Twenty-One Colorful Cubes Compose Denmark’s Newly Opened Lego House | Colossal

Posted on October 6, 2017 by agogo22

After four years of construction, Denmark’s colorful LEGO House has finally been unveiled to the public in the company’s native land of Billund. The building, designed by the Copenhagen and New York-based design firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), is composed of … Continue reading →

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Steel Wire Fairy Sculptures by Robin Wight

Posted on September 27, 2017 by agogo22

Enchanting fairy sculptures made from stainless steel wire by UK-based artist Robin Wight. The idea to do these types of sculptures came to him while mending a fence in early 2010 and was inspired by an inexplicable real life encounter. … Continue reading →

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All The Things on Vimeo

Posted on September 24, 2017 by agogo22
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A Wind-Up Bamboo Passenger Pigeon by Haptic Lab | Colossal

Posted on September 22, 2017 by agogo22

The Flying Martha Ornithopter is a mechanical toy that when wound, flaps its wings through the air just like a real bird. The simple invention is built entirely from bamboo and Mulberry paper, and released just like a paper airplane. … Continue reading →

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New Unexpected Miniature Scenes Staged Inside Jewelry Boxes by Curtis Talwst Santiago | Colossal

Posted on September 11, 2017 by agogo22

Canadian-Trinidadian artist Curtis Talwst Santiago (previously) imbues vintage jewelry boxes with both bucolic moments and scenes of societal disaster in a collection of work titled Infinity Series. For many, the lid of the box serves as a backdrop for the particular … Continue reading →

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WoodSwimmer: A New Stop-Motion Short Made Entirely by Tediously Cutting Through Wood | Colossal

Posted on September 7, 2017 by agogo22

WoodSwimmer is a new short film by engineer and stop-motion animator Brett Foxwell, who has built armatures for films such as Boxtrolls and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Created in collaboration with musician and animator bedtimes, the work follows a … Continue reading →

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