Found item mad scientist robot (link roundup)

Found item robot sculptures by Travis Pitts, who has art on sale here.

And a few more links:

1. Very high-res photo of Saturn. Via.

2. The Top 10 Adventure Stories of the Decade.

3. "The Sleepers -- Curtis, Deborah and their children, Kian, Perry and baby Theodore Wesley -- live in a cave, a 17,000-square-foot gouge in the earth left by a 1930s sandstone mine." Click through the photo gallery. (It's a gorgeous cave.) Via.

*Previously: Chinese elementary school in a cave.

*Buy star maps at Amazon.

Found item robot band

Found item robot rock band by Brian Marshall, who has various found item metal sculptures on sale at Etsy.

*Previously: Found item judge.

*Buy concert posters at eBay.

Tinman Judge

Found item robot judge sculpture by Brian who was commissioned by a judge. Here's Brian's Etsy shop.

*Previously: Holographic judge.

*Buy Judge Dredd toys at eBay.

Circuit Board Robot (link roundup)

Circuit board robot by Simon Vella.

And a few more links:

1. Joshua Smeaton is promoting his new self-published comic by giving away a watercolor painting.

2. Video of a tornado inside a soap bubble.

3. Fark headline: Car slams into bakery. THAT'S the way the cookie crumbles.

*Previously: Found item sheep.

*Buy tin robots at eBay.

The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Atomic Radiation (link roundup)

The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Atomic Radiation - - there was one copy on sale when I checked eBay Via.

And a few more links:

1. Three-wheeled jeep and other vintage experimental vehicles.

2. Bent Objects sculpture based on one of the Neatorama mascots.

3. Illustration of a very sad man playing a DS.

*Previously: Hallowed nuclear power plant.

*Buy nuke-related memorabilia at eBay.

Found item sheep (link roundup)

(New to me, but not to the web) Sheep made out of telephones by Jean-Luc Cornec at the Museum of Telecommunication in Frankfurt. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. The Gorilla Tough Cuff is the first blood pressure cuff tough enough for a 300-pound gorilla.

2. Todd McFarlane received over 350 rejection letters before his first professional job.

3. Clearly I've made it as a blogger - - just got offered a media pass to Trump's Miss California pageant. I'm assured that "anything can happen" at the event.

*Previously: Found item robots.

*Buy McFarlane toys at eBay.

Create pixel art with toilet paper rolls.

Go here to see how to create pixel wall art out of toilet paper rolls.

*Previously: Eric Poulton's huge pixel image reveals what lies at the center of the Earth.

*Buy eBoy books at Amazon.

Found item robot sculptures

Robot doughboy by Chris Hausbeck. Here's his Etsy shop.



Robot and car by David Lipson.

*Previously: Found item circus.

*Buy tin robots at eBay.

Found item circus by Jessica Joslin

Jessica Joslin's site is full of found item creature sculptures. Her art book is on sale here.

*Previously: Circus poster-themed ads.

*Buy circus posters at eBay.

Folly Tower (link roundup)

Photo of Folly Tower in Ponytpool, Wales. I don't know why it's called Folly Tower. UPDATE: See the comments for the explanation.

And a few more links:

1. Chinese dragon made out of plastic spoons, knives, forks and cups glued together with a glue gun. Via.

2. Book-eating crow logo.

3. Gary Busey animated gif will test your sanity.

*Previously: Absolute Tower.

*Buy plush dragons at eBay.

Nikes made out of junk

Gabriel Dishaw makes Nikes and more out of found items. You can see more of his found item shoe, dragon and robot sculptures here. Via these fine sites.

*Previously: Nike anime streetrunning.

*Buy Nike posters at eBay.

Bowling cupcakes (link roundup)

Bowling-themed cupcakes by Naomi.

And a few more links:

1. Spaceboy fan art (Umbrella Academy).

2. Found item orrery.

3. Humpty Dumpty Pinewood Derby Racer.

*Previously: Logo for Bowling Thunder.

*Buy Umbrella Academy toys at eBay.

Bathtub polar bear (link roundup)

Polar bear found item sculpture from the Skirball Cultural Center's Noah's Ark exhibit.

And a few more links:

1. Received in the mail: PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God:

Frank Warren is a small business owner who started PostSecret.com as a community art project. Since November 2004 Warren has received more than 150,000 anonymous postcards. The website won two Webby Awards in 2006 and this year was named Weblog of the Year at the Seventh Annual Weblog Awards. The PostSecret project also received a special award from the National Mental Health Association for raising awareness and funds for suicide prevention. Warren lives in Germantown, Maryland, with his wife and daughter.

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2. Scary teeth on the Danionella dracula fish.

3. Flying pig monster.

*Previously: Demon polar bear.

*Buy Dracula toys at eBay.

Found item steampunk fish sculpture

Found item steampunk fish sculpture by Rafa Maya on sale at Etsy.

*Previously: Found item sculpture by Sandow Birk.

*Buy steampunk creations at eBay.

“American Qur’an” and other recent works by Sandow Birk

Four recent projects by Sandow Birk. You'll find more images at the links:


American Qur’an: "An ongoing project to transcribe the entire Koran according to Islamic traditions and illuminate the text with scenes from contemporary American life." On display at the Koplin Del Rio in Culver City, Los Angeles.



California Dreaming #1: A found object assemblage completed with Elyse Pignolet.



The Depravites of War: A series of 15 large scale woodblock prints inspired by the series of etchings by Jacques Callot's "The Miseries of War" in the 17th century, which in turn were the inspiration for Goya's "The Disasters of War" in the 19th century.



Ceramic tile mural at the new headquarters of the Baywatch Avalon station of the Los Angeles County Lifeguards on Catalina Island.

Birk's In Smog and Thunder: Historical Works from the Great War of the Californias is one of my favorite art books, available at Amazon.

*Previously: Mosaic tile wallpaper.

*Buy magic lamps at eBay.

Found item robots (link roundup)

Two of the found item robots on sale in the reclaim2fame Etsy shop. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Don't look down this rabbit hole for too long. Via.

2. Video of matador Israel Lancho getting gored. Not for the squeamish.

3. Josh Silver created super cheap glasses where the lenses are filled with fluid that you can adjust yourself with a syringe. No doctor or fancy equipment needed. Won't help people with astigmatisms, though. You can contribute here. Via.

4. Porn stars, actors, and actresses that are really smart.

*Previously: The matador of shame.

*Buy bullfight posters at eBay.

Found item sculptures

A queen, fairy, and more. Just a few of the found item sculptures on display in the Tinkerbots Flickr gallery. I saw no purchase information.

*Previously: Former homecoming queen accused of beating sister with prosthetic leg in trailer.

*Buy fairy tale pop-up books at eBay.

Sculptures made out of used tires (link roundup)

Roundup of sculptures made out of used tires. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Magnificent photos of the space shuttle in front of the sun.

2. Cyborg Medusa.

3. Zombie Mickey Mouse.

4. Andy Helms draws the Venture Brothers.

*Previously: Medusa: The African Sculpture of Enchantment.

*Buy Medusa toys at eBay.