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Guido Daniele - Body paint art

Artist Guido Daniele has an incredible gallery of body paint art - the animal series is great! [via] - Link.

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Another V8 table

Awhile back we featured a great V8 engine coffee table, the SardonicBastard posted up these two for you to check out as well… - Link.
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V8 coffee table - Link.

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Check out these great clocks from decny.com -
“I got interested in clocks as a way of learning some electronics, particularly microcontrollers. Besides, I like blinking lights. I favor the mid-range PICs from Microchip and use a development board/programmer from Mikroelektronika.” - Link.

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VictorioNixie tube

Jonny5rd writes -
“This “electrochemical and electromechanical apparatus for the display of illuminated messages” is really a (heavily) modified persistence-of-vision toy. This toy was a pen i picked up at the local pharmacy (Walgreen’s) with a spinning head that displayed whatever message you programmed in. It was only $5.00, so i picked up a couple and let my imagination fly.
This is by far the most sculptural of all my creations, as it really serves no practical purpose
All in all, it cost me about $20US and two weeks worth of spare time (about 10 hours)” Thanks Mikest! - Link.

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“Light Criticism” graffiti art

Artists in NYC are using simple materials, and high tech tools (lasers) to make statements about advertising.
“This is the first collaboration between the Anti-Advertising Agency and the Graffiti Research Lab.
Bit and modified from Ji Lee’s Abstractor TV. We used black foam core ($10/sheet) cut with a laser cutter - but this project can be done with an x-acto blade, black paper, and duct tape. It can be repeated using any backlit display - bus shelters, display ads or television store windows.
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Photos - Link.
Light Criticism - Link.
Ji Lee’s Abstractor TV - Link.

HOW TO - Make LED Throwies - Link.
Light Brix - Touch sensitive light graffiti - Link.
Hektor the graffiti artbot - Link.
HOW TO - Solar Powered Light-Graffiti Projector - Link.
Make Moss Graffiti - Link.

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MUJI Cardboard speakers

Don’t think I’d buy these, but it would be fun to do a re-make and do you own…
“These Lightweight, collapsible speakers are portable and can be folded away and placed in the included pouch when not in use. Plug them into your personal stereo’s headphone jack to enjoy quality sound.
The name “MUJI” is derived from the Japanese phrase “Mujirushi Ryohin,” meaning “No Brand Goods.” Over the last 20 years, they have developed a worldwide following with a guiding philosophy that emphasizes innovative and simple materials, processes, and packaging. The resulting products are streamlined, environmentally friendly, and beautiful in their simplicity. Made of cardboard and electronic components.” [via] - Link.
Related speakers:

“Speaker icon” speakers - Link.
HOW TO - make folding speakers - Link.
Fold-Up Speakers - Link.
HOW TO - Make hard drive speakers - Link.
Portable cardboard speakers - Link.

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MAKE MP3 player in an a “infinite reflections of a heart” art work

One of the reasons we made the MAKE open source daisy MP3 player was for artists to easily use in their projects and we’ve seen a few examples so far, here’s another. Matt writes -
“..I was involved in an art piece that used your (MAKE) Mp3 player. It was an interactive art piece, in which you would look at a two way mirror and see yourself, then activate a light and see infinite reflections of a heart suspended in earbuds, and you could listen to a sound that went a long with it. I enjoyed using your product, and if I can tell anything more about the way I implemented it into this projected I would be happy to…”
Daisy MP3 Player Kit - Store and more info.
More photos after the jump as they say…

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Max Chen’s artwork

Artist Max Chen has a great gallery of metal, “rideable things” and all around great work - Link.

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Public Rasterbation

There’s a great free online tool called the Rasterbator, what does it do? “The Rasterbator creates huge, rasterized images from any picture. Upload an image, print the resulting multi-page pdf file and assemble the pages into extremely cool looking poster up to 20 meters in size.”
So, Bre and some crafty accomplishes hit the streets - Link.
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The Rasterbator (Make your own) - Link.
More photos - One, two.

From the pages of MAKE:

Print the Universe. Make gigantic posters with a free web service. MAKE 03 - page 127. Subscribers–read this article now in your digital edition or pick up MAKE 03.

My version was to print out the universe which still counts as a self portrait Bre, you just need to zoom in really close. If we print the universe actual size, it might take awhile.
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U-Ram Choe - Mechanical art

Today is the last day of U-Ram Cho’s work @ bitforms in NYC, if you can’t make here are our pictures- Link.
U-Ram Choe’s work engages a fanciful dialog of aesthetics and machinery, and explores themes of biological transformation, flight, and movement. In his recent work, large-scale metal and plastic automata materialize with such a delicacy and weightlessness that it seems to take on the shape and silhouette of an organic life form. Motors, heat and light sensitive materials add to the intricacy of Choe’s kinetic sculptures.
With Choe’s incorporation of scientific nomenclature into artwork titling systems, walking into the gallery space can be reminiscent of touring a prehistoric exhibit at a natural science or history museum-there are certain elements of recognition: mechanical diagrams, text descriptions of habitats, visible evidence of fins evolving into wings, and even propellers. The warm biologic livelihoods of machine-creatures become the subject in Choe’s work. These dynamic […]

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Signature Automaton

This insanely intriguingl ycreepy and insanely cool automaton writes some french and was make by a Swiss clockmaker named Jacquet-Droz. [via] - Link

It reminds me of the also-insanely-cool automatic artist signature making schoolchair by Tim Hawkinson. It was shown at the Whitney two years ago. If anyone can find a video of it working, drop me a line at bre@makezine.com

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V8 coffee table

Anders writes-
“Here are some photos of the table I just built for my living room. It’s based on a Rover 3.5l V8 aluminum engine block, with a stand made of mahogany.” - Link.
Great work!
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