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Jay Howell

I've been a fan of Jay Howell for some time now but I'm particularly smitten with his latest round of art on book pages. Aside from being a sucker for aged paper I think the interplay between the titles and his characters is just too entertaining. According to one of the posts a selection of the pieces will be made into a zine for Mt. St. Mtn. - so, keep an eye out for that.

Thanks to Jessica for the heads up.

Everything. Part 14

Another new episode of Everything; courtesy of Jessica Cather, James Atkinson, Chris Cantwell, Danny Jelinek, Jason Whetzell and Sophie Kipner. It is, as usual, an eclectic grab bag of short vignettes that just might entertain or provoke you.

dot nike

According to this announcement there will be a whole slew of custom brand top level domains coming to our Internets in the not-so-distant future. I'm not entirely surprised by such a thing but I am perplexed if it will make sites easier or more difficult to remember. Will IBM be ibm.ibm? Apple becomes apple.apple? Should be an interesting development regardless.

via Jessica.

Guillermo Del Toro's Amazing Creatures

The New Yorker has a great article on director and creator auteur Guillermo del Toro. It is, as most New Yorker articles are, quite lengthy but gives a good sense of the man's history and how his obsession with creatures came about. It also explores his eighteen-room house dedicated to memorabilia from the horror / creature genre.. and it's not even his residence! The article is filled with quotes that everyone should be able to find a bit inspiring:

“I don’t see myself ever doing a ‘normal’ movie,” del Toro said. “I love the creation of these things—I love the sculpting, I love the coloring. Half the joy is fabricating the world, the creatures.”

I think everyone should be able to get behind that mentality.

link via Jessica

Beautiful Type

Jamie gave me the heads up on a Tumblog entitled Beautiful Type focusing on, yep, beautiful examples of typography. The letterpress sample shown above is easily my favorite but there are plenty of other inspiring pieces that may be up your alley. Go explore.

Marco Suarez

There aren't enough words for how much I'm enjoying these pieces from Marco Suarez. Distressed images inside of a circular mask: simple and totally approved. Be sure to view them all.

Heads up via Jessica.

Is This Thing On?

Gallery 1988 has posted images from their latest show - Is This Thing On? - art inspired by comedians. As with most Gallery 1988 shows, there's a very wide variety of styles so you're bound to encounter something up your alley. I love this Sarah Sae Soh Eddie Murphy piece but it's just one among tons that I enjoyed.

via Jessica.

Two Story with Basement

It's somewhat hard to believe but the above home is comprised entirely of Lego's. Mike Doyle is the man behind the creation and says this of the undertaking:

This is my first moc since coming out of dark ages a few months back. I chose to work in B&W to reduce the image to more of a textural study. As this was my first lego experience (since a kid) I had no bricks to start with, so buying all black and white was easiest as well.

You can see more details of the project here or here but it works best being stepped back a bit from it.

Via Jessica.

Mimesis

There's an overly arty description of the works of Barbara & Michael Leisgen in regards to their Mimesis series but lets be honest - it's a clever group of images with the subject seemingly interacting with / accentuating the background, often times melding with it. Maybe it is a "counterpoint to conceptual photography" during the 70's or a statement on the human condition but I'm content with just enjoying the images.

Via Jessica.

Emma Kunz

Emma Kunz is a strange combination of "healer", researcher and artist. Her story is, to say the least, quite unbelievable:

When she was 18 years old, she began to use her abilities of telepathy, prophecy and as a healer, and she began to exercise her divining pendulum.

She achived successes through her advice and treatments that often edged on the limits of miracles. She herself rejected the term miracle because she attributed it to the ability to use and activate powers that lie dormant in everyone. Not least, it was this gift that permitted Emma Kunz to discover in 1941 the power of the Wurenlos healing rock that she named AION A.

At the very least, she made some remarkable works and is likely worth spending some time researching to find out more about her fascinating life.

via Jessica.

Yewknee.com - Friday Videos - May 21st, 2010

Slimmer pickings in this weeks playlist but there's bound to be something in there.

• Luckiest Bowler Ever - I would like to attempt to recreate this at my local alley at least once a week.
• Cat Fights Babysitter - the build up is worth the payoff.. that cat really goes nuts on the sitter. Why she opts to pick up the child as a defense mechanism is beyond me.
• Jessica's "Daily Affirmation" - I consider myself a pessimist so I assumed there was no way I was going to enjoy a video of a small child affirming all the great things in her life. I couldn't help it, her enthusiasm is captivating. If you can make it 13 seconds in, you'll be hooked.
• Barts Blackboard - illustrator Mat Williams decorated Work-Club with every line written from The Simpsons blackboard. See the results up close here.
• Winnebago Man: The Movie - one of the most famous Internet clips becomes a documentary and, honestly, it looks great. Jack Rebney holds up after all these years.
• LOST: All The People Who Died - with LOST wrapping up this weekend this only seems appropriate. Obviously if you haven't seen the show, this will contain spoilers. You can cross reference all this here.

Bonus:

• Hail Storm Oklahoma City - absolutely nuts but a bit monotonous at 4 minutes long. Skip ahead a bit and see how mind blowing the onslaught gets.
• Meet the sloths - good luck having this not make your day 100x better.

Enjoy your weekend folks!