Beautiful Fern Scarification

Filed Under Art, Body Modification | 2007-06-27, 01:52

I’m usually not a huge fan of scarification as so many of them heal in unexpected ways. That’s not to say I can’t appreciate a gorgeous one when I see it. I was browsing through BMEZine’s ModBlog (contains nudity and serious body modification) and came across this beautiful bit of scarification:

via modblog NSFW!

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Shaped Dermal Punches

Filed Under Art, Body Modification | 2007-06-26, 01:46

Anyone that’s into body mod knows of Steve Haworth (or at least you should). He’s one of the pioneers of body modification as art and has been quoted as saying “Flesh is my medium”. He’s responsible for a lot of the advances, tools, techniques, and ideas in this realm as well. I first heard about him from my piercer and friend, Tony Terrell who did the dermal punch-ing of my ears. I jumped onto Steve’s website recently and noticed that he had some really nice looking shaped dermal punches. Of course these would require custom jewelry, but definitely something that would be unique.

via Steve Haworth :: 3D Body Modification & Human Evolution Artist

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Avatar Machine

Filed Under Art, Second Life | 2007-06-01, 10:52

So you spend a lot of time in World of Warcraft or maybe Second Life and you’re not so used to tromping out into the real world due to the shift in perspective? The Avatar Machine can help you out with that. Built by design student Mark Owens, the Avatar Machine is “a system which replicates the aesthetics and visuals of third person gaming, allowing the user to view themselves as a virtual character in real space via a head mounted interface.” In short, it’s a camera on poles wired to a video monitor in a headset that allows you to see the physical world in the same manner that you would in say World of Warcraft, from the 3rd person. In addition, it’s a “costume” that makes you look even more like a virtual avatar. I can imagine it would be slightly disorienting at first, but then strangely comfortable to most of us.

via we make money not art

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Wallpeppr: Paint with Flickr

Filed Under Art | 2007-05-12, 00:46

How would you like to take your favorite image from Flickr and “paint” it directly onto your wall? The Wallpeppr, designed by Carlo Jorges, was designed to do just that. The Wallpeppr is a roller that uses inkjet-technology to print out an image transferred to it via a network cable. It’s pitched as working with Flickr, but that means it can work with any image, since Flickr just uses jpgs. I think Carlo just says it works with this popular Web 2.0 site so that he can drop the last vowel with style. Unfortunately we haven’t found anything more than a short write up and some marketing style photos on Yanko Design so it’s hard to tell if this truly does exist in a working form. If anyone has photos of it in action, please post them to Flickr. And then paint them on the wall, and post pictures of you painting them on the wall, and then…. you know the drill.

Naked Paris Hilton Autopsy Sculpture

Filed Under Art, News | 2007-04-27, 17:32

Yeah, we knew we’d grab you with the “Naked Paris Hilton” headline. But unless you’re some sort of twisted coroner, this isn’t the kind of sculpture for you. A sculpture of a naked Paris Hilton, post autopsy and with “removable innards” is being used in a Public Service Announcement to deter prom-goers from drinking and driving. The sculpture, created by Daniel Edwards (yeah, the same guy that did Britney Spears giving birth), has an accompanying website, http://www.parishiltonautopsy.com/ (contains sculpted nudity), where students are encouraged to take the “virtual tour” of the making of the sculpture. Rumor has it that Paris commissioned Daniel Edwards to do a sculpture for her, no word on if this is what she was expecting. There’s also reports of the innards including a “double abortion” of fetal twins in her uterus. And yes, just like in real life, both her precious dog, Tinkerbell, and her cell phone are included in the sculpture.

via starpulse

24 Hours of Flickr

Filed Under Art, Photography | 2007-04-26, 19:36

There’s a new group over at Flickr, everyone’s favorite photo sharing site. The plan? To capture on day, 24 hours, in the life of the global Flickr community. On May 5th, 2007, they are asking everyone to grab their camera and document their day via photos. If you’ve got the ability to toss in the GPS info, or the time to map out the images, that’s even better! Only photos taken on May 5th are allowed, but you’ll have till the 21st for your lazy butt to get them uploaded.

The whole thing is going to be commemorated with a book to go along with the day. The book will be comprised of photos chosen from what promises to be thousands of photos that are submitted to the group. In addition, they’ll be using the photos to show at different events. Sounds like a fun time, and far less demanding than the 365 Days project.

More info over at the Flickr group

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