technabob » characters http://technabob.com/blog gadgets, gizmos, games, cool gadgets for geeks Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:17:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 intricate movie icon sculptures made from recycled steel http://technabob.com/blog/2009/08/19/classic-movie-icons-steel-sculpture/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/08/19/classic-movie-icons-steel-sculpture/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:09:28 +0000 technabob http://technabob.com/blog/?p=18535 These amazing pop culture art works feature familiar movie and TV characters hand-sculpted from reclaimed metal.

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The guys over at Art From Steel create over 450 different creatures out of recycled steel, ranging from Wall-E to the Terminator to Gundam and everyone in between. While the small sculptures might be assembled from just a few parts, some of the larger ones are built from over 2,000 components and take up to 12 craftsmen and 30 days to build. Check out the image gallery below to see some of my favorites. I love that Edward Scissorhands!

Sculptures range in price from as little as $46 bucks for a mini Wall-E, all the way up to $4000 bucks for an insanely detailed Alien. You can find the entire metal menagerie over on the Art From Steel website.

Don’t see your favorite character? That’s okay, they’re happy to do custom commissions. Me? I’m looking for a giant steel Q-Bert and Dig Dug for my front lawn.

[thanks for the tip, Jay!]

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2009/08/19/classic-movie-icons-steel-sculpture/feed/ 0 ascii curtain has plenty of character(s) http://technabob.com/blog/2008/03/15/ascii-curtain-has-plenty-of-characters/ http://technabob.com/blog/2008/03/15/ascii-curtain-has-plenty-of-characters/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:01:41 +0000 technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2008/03/15/ascii-curtain-has-plenty-of-characters/ This cool fabric curtain may look like a tree from afar, but once you’re up close, you’ll see that it’s made of tens of thousands of tiny ASCII characters.

ASCII Curtain by Nienke Sybrandy

Created by Dutch designer Nienke Sybrandy, the huge (18′ x 11′) curtain panel was digitally printed with dot matrix characters to give the impression of intricate tree branches from a distance.

Now if only I could get her to make me one with some real ASCII art on it, I’d hang ‘em all over my house.

[via NOTCOT]

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