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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Eliphante
1979 Michael & Leda moved themselves and their paintings from Provincetown MA to rural land in Cornville Arizona. There they began the first mixed media structure which they later called Eliphante. They continued building and sculpting on the 3 acre environment.
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
Dog Park Inn
Dog Bark Park Inn is a bed & breakfast guesthouse inside the World’s Biggest Beagle. Guests enter the body of the beagle from a private 2nd story deck. Some of the dog’s decorative furnishings are carvings by Dog Bark Park chainsaw artists Dennis & Frances. Inside and up another level to the head of the […]
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Building with bottles
Instead of throwing those glass bottles away, many folks have wondered how to recycle and build with these ubiquitous items.
This photo show walls being constructed on a build in New Mexico by Mike Reynolds at one of his “earthships”.
Apparently back in the 60’s Mr. Heineken came up with the idea of makeing the […]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Jumbo sculptures
The French city of Nantes recently became host to extremely strange and fascinating sculptural display: “Les Machines de l’Ile Nantes”, designed by François Delarozière and Pierre Orefice.
Via Dark Roasted Blend
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Polka-Dot House
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
A House Not for Mere Mortals
Artists Madeline Gins and Arakawa say that their house in East Hampton, N.Y., opposes death and may extend life. Originally called the Bioscleave House (Lifespan Extending Villa), they say its architecture makes people use their bodies in unexpected ways to maintain equilibrium, and that will stimulate their immune systems.
The couple also built nine “reversible […]
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Pecha-Kucha Night at See Sound Lounge 4/10
I wrote an article for this months issue of MAKE Magazine (http://www.makezine.com/) about folk artist Martin Sanchez and the environment he created out of found objects (including a beer-bottle chapel) and I’m going to be featuring some of those photos with commentary this Thursday 4/10 at See Sound Lounge on 1st and Blanchard in Belltown […]
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Liberace’s World
The Liberace Museum was founded April 15, 1979, by the late entertainer Liberace. The Museum features “Mr. Showmanship’s” dazzling jewelry, rare antiques, unsurpassed wardrobe, unique and historical pianos and his custom car collection.
Highlights include Liberace’s famous sequined, bejeweled and rhinestone-studded costumes, feathered capes and fur collection, plus his incredible pianos and amazing car collection.
He […]
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Abandoned swimming pools
Flicker set of abandoned swimming pools.
No Comments » - Posted in Weird Things, Strange Places by Marlow Harris
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Pakistani buses and trucks
Amazing photos of Magic Buses in Pakistan
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Happy Easter!
The theme of the Seattle Times Peeps contest was “Newsmakers” and this year’s competition proves that scandal and marshmallow Peeps go together like Easter and bunnies. Britney Speeps, Amy Winepeep, and Larry Craig Peep are just a few you’ll view on the Seattle Times website.
Obama was a favorite with this depiction by Seattle artist […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
National Corndog Day
Today is National Corn Dog Day
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
Unusual homes photo set
Weird houses and buildings on Utah blog
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Like a Rock
Solid Rock Church
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Frozen in Grand Central Station
Frozen in Grand Central Station
