Design Rhetoric: DIY

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Sep 24, 2010

Exquisite Corpse

David A Smith - Sign Artist from Danny Cooke

more exquisitness found here:

http://www.workingformorework.com

Sep 23, 2010

Before and After: Outdoor Living

After

Before

When I moved up to the bay area I was looking to furnish my new place with items on the free section of craigslist. I came across the following items:

Steamer Trunk found in work colleagues garage (not vintage...but after a few damp days it began to create its own patina.)

Hide-Away couch- found on the curb and after reupholstering with fabric almost donated by an Ikea sale ..it became a perfect out door seating arrangement.

Eucalyptus Logs - found in friends backyard and are now perfect end tables / cat scratching post.

Special Thanks to Lauren Henley for her help and design skills..including her awesome help with the upholstery!

Apr 20, 2010

Hyggelig

Handmade Houses: A Guide to the Woodbutcher's Art

That Roundhouse

Heidi Treehouse Chalet

Mar 10, 2010

needle and threads

For his graduation project from the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Siggi Eggertsson designed a quilt based upon his childhood memories (obviously a Michael Jordan fan). It’s 2 x 2.5 metres and made from 10,000 pieces. The quilter, Johanna Viborg took 250 hours over six weeks to complete it.

link provided by: 30gm

Ray Materson

Ray Materson began making his intricate needlework pictures, which measure about 3 by 2 inches each, from unraveled socks. He was in prison at the time, serving a 25-year sentence for kidnapping and robbery after becoming an alcoholic and drug addict. His unlikely life story of redemption through art is aptly, if punningly, told in Sins and Needles: A Story of Spiritual Mending, written by Materson and his wife Melanie. www.raymaterson.com

The Prisoner
1991

House on York Road
1994

Nov 3, 2009

Self Portrait

This Papercraft Self Portrait was Eric Testroete his Halloween costume last weekend. Eric is a 3D artist in the Vancouver game industryand he was inspired by the big-head mode seen in videogames. It was probably quite fun for him to do an offscreen project with his 3D skills. You can find more photos in this Flickr set.