Tom Price

Alastair Mackie

Bruce Munro

The Keaton Music Typewriter was first patented in 1936 (14 keys) by Robert H. Keaton from San Francisco, California. Another patent was taken out in 1953 (33 keys) which included improvements to the machine. The machine types on a sheet of paper lying flat under the typing mechanism. [source]

The artwork measures 30cm x 20cm and represents 9 minutes of the earthquake. The sculpture will be presented at the Jerwood Space in London for a show called Terra. Exploring how data is read and can be represented and interpreted, the artwork is one of a series of data visualization sculptures Jerram has recently created. [source]

car sketching by Jim Denevan

National Geographic’s Visions of Earth

Maurizio Cattelan: all retrospective

Susan Stockwell

These peacocks borrow human mating plumage, anthropomorphically showcasing our adaptations and natural orders as their own. They are made of fake fingernails, barrettes, nail polish, false eyelashes, and jewelry to represent the choices involved in biological processes that are unique to humankind.

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Courtesy of Ray Villafane.  These were created in the New York Botanical Gardens over two days using the two of the world’s heaviest pumpkins, with the big one weighing in at 1,693 pounds (768 kgs)!

…But close enough.

These were sculpted by Ray Villafane and they’re nothing short of amazing.  The level of detail and expressions are so freakin good, he’s not human.  Posting up my three favourites, all linking to many  more.  Oh and if you’ve not seen his giant sand sculpture of Dante’s Inferno, sweet jebus be sure to check it out too.