— via PLANET-PULP
When construction workers begin taking apart the old Bay Bridge, they will have to contend with a squatter.
The Bay Bridge troll, a 14-inch-high, snarling iron sculpture, has lived beneath the upper deck of the eastern span of the bridge since workers completed repairs after the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989.
The quake caused a 50-foot section of the bridge to collapse, resulting in one death and forcing construction of a massive new eastern span, which is expected to be complete in 2013.
Now, many Bay Area residents wonder what will become of the troll, whose powers are said to have protected the bridge, and the 280,000 cars that cross it daily, from further troubles — via redwolf.newsvine.com
— via The Joy of Tech
Have you ever listened to a song and your mind’s eye is immediately filled with visuals?
David Bowie’s classic space epic is one such song for me. Every lyric paints such a vivid picture that I figured Oh hey, I guess I’ll make that into a children’s book!
Yes, I talk like this. — via Kolb is Neat
A painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens which was stolen a decade ago in Belgium has been recovered in Greece, police say.
Police said the artwork dated from 1618, but did not give the name of the work or provide further details.
Two people, both Greek, have been arrested — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Benjamin Harff, a German art student, spent a year creating a copy of The Silmarillion in the tradition of medieval European illuminated manuscripts. Most of the text itself is typed, but the elaborate calligraphy is Harff’s own work — via Neatorama
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This photo series of Juliana Sunmi Park and Benjamin Jinsuk Lee is hereby declared the greatest engagement photoshoot of all time. Unfortunately, the site has now been password protected, but the bulk of them have been posted elsewhere — via Neatorama
Part of a series called Predictive Dreams by Japanese ceramicist Katsuyo Aoki — via MAKE
Classical take on the Kraken vs the Ship — via deviantART
I used to cover my schoolbooks in brown paper bags, and then throughout the course of the year, I would draw and put stickers all over them. They looked cool, but decidedly messy, with all those incongruous stickers living on a single surface.
So I think this art installation, The Salon at Sundown, is interesting. Brian Kaspr and Payton Turner took stickers of all kinds and grouped them together to make wallpaper patterns. They look orderly and neat from far away, and up close, it’s fun to check out the variety of stickers — via CRAFT
Fine art print on bright white, matte, ultra smooth, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using an advanced digital dry ink method to ensure vibrant image quality — via Society6
Yesterday I posted about this lovely paint-by-number mural painted in a child’s nursery. Ohdeedoh has a great interview with another paint-by-number mural artist, Curtis Robertson. He covered most of a room with an intricate paint-by-number design for his niece’s son’s bedroom. The in-progress pictures show just how much detail work goes in to a project like this. The results are more than worth it, don’t you think? — via CRAFT
LA police are on the lookout for two people suspected in the theft of a Rembrandt drawing from a luxury hotel in the California beachfront resort of Marina del Rey.
The Judgment, a pen and ink drawing with an estimated value of $US250,000, was on display as part of an exhibition held in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton hotel, which also featured a Picasso.
The Dutch master’s piece was stolen late on Saturday, around 10:30pm, when an accomplice of the thief distracted the exhibition’s curator, Los Angeles county sheriff spokesman Steve Whitmore said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
People look at a 1990s Volkswagen Beetle named Vochol
during an exhibition on Huichol culture at the Museum of Puebla, near Mexico City August 10, 2011. The name Vochol
, was conceived from a combination of Vocho
, a popular term for Volkswagen Beetles in Mexico, and Huichol
, a Mexican indigenous group. The car was decorated by indigenous craftmen from the Huichol community living in the states of Nayarit and Jalisco, using traditional beads and fabric. According to local media, the work will be auctioned after its exhibition in Paris and Berlin next year, with funds and proceeds going to the Huichols — via Boing Boing
I’m totally blown away by Daniel Kornrumpf’s embroidered portraits. The thread adds amazing texture and color to the faces; this one reminds me a little bit of Van Gogh’s choppy strokes — via CRAFT
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