Technabob » christopher locke http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Confiscated TSA Scissors Turned into Creepy Spiders http://technabob.com/blog/2012/04/03/confiscated-tsa-scissors-spiders/ http://technabob.com/blog/2012/04/03/confiscated-tsa-scissors-spiders/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:00:57 +0000 Conner Flynn http://technabob.com/blog/?p=90119 I hate spiders almost as much as Indiana Jones hates snakes. Especially spiders like these, with sharp legs as well as fangs. The metal spider you see here was created by mechanical artist Christopher Locke, who created them from scissors that were confiscated at airports by the TSA.

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I have never looked at a pair of scissors and thought, “Hey that would make an awesome killer spider”, bit Chris obviously sees things differently. His sharp sculptures are eerie and creepy and we can all thank God that scissor spiders don’t roam around our homes.

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Thanks to a contact at the TSA, he gets all of the items like scissors and Swiss Army knives that he could want, allowing him to create monstrosities like these ones. Each is equally handmade, unique and freaky looking. Check out Chris’ Heartless Machine website, where you can buy them for between $150 to $350 (USD).

[via Archie McPhee via Colossal Art + Design]

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2012/04/03/confiscated-tsa-scissors-spiders/feed/ 0 Fossils From the Future: Gadget Edition http://technabob.com/blog/2009/05/12/gadget-fossils-from-the-future/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/05/12/gadget-fossils-from-the-future/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 12:28:16 +0000 Alisha K. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=12841 What will future societies think of us when they excavate bits of iPods and N64 controllers? (That we had damn fine taste, that’s what!) Though we can never know, you can get a glimpse of the future of current tech thanks to one artist creating fake fossils from for (from?) the future.

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Artist Christopher Locke crafts these not-fossils from concrete and more to create that realistic look, but the best part has to be the names he assigns the projects. The n64 controller? Dominaludus sexagentaquad. Sounds pretty important for something I used until I thought my thumbs would fall off on GoldenEye 007.

While some newer, slicker technologies are featured, like the iPod, Locke didn’t forget the oldschool roots of portable gadgetry. It’s the boom box, folks, or as he puts it, bombus colaphus.

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The fossils are all for sale, but be warned that art from the future does not come cheap.

[Christopher Locke via Hawty McBloggy and Wonderland]

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