Daily DIY

Hah, this is awesome - a teaching assistant for a Psych class adds an extra page to an exam and says “draw a turkey” - here are the results, hundreds of hand-drawn turkeys (scanned, posted to Flickr)….

• 9 hungry folks drew a cooked Butterball turkey
• 5 had their turkey saying “eat me!” … but 6 had the turkey protest “don’t eat me!”
• 17 turkeys were gobble, gobble-ing
• 21 wished a Happy Thanksgiving
• 8 wore a hat
• 108 were “left handed” … 72 were “right handed” … although I counted freehand-drawn hands too, and wasn’t very exact about how I chose some of the blobbier ones

Turkeys! [via] - Link.

Related:

• HOW TO - Harvest a turkey - Link.
• DIY Thanksgiving - HOW TO - Fry a turkey, turkey fryer kits, safety and more… - Link.

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MAKE & CRAFT appear on Leah’s awesome new laser etched laptop - Link & video…

Related:

• How it’s made - Laser etching Powerbooks - Link.
• Laser-etched Powerbook! - Link.

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Natetrue has an update to the super time fountain… - Link.

Related:

• HOW TO - Make a “Time Fountain” - Link.
• Devices.natetrue.com - Link.

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This is rad, using air bubbles as pixels - Link.

Previous:

• Pictures from water droplets - Link.
• Graphical Waterfalls - Link.

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Here’s a nifty version of the rocking chair, but this one has 10 legs, designed by Paulius Vitkauskas - [via] - Link.

Also in the makery chairs department, this chair turns into a table for the extreme space constrained, from designer Ólafur Ómarsson [via] - Link.

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Over the weekend I checked out Ron Mueck’s sculptures at The Brooklyn Museum, it’s a pretty surreal experience. His work usually consists of huge scupltures of people that seem certain to move and chatter if you can just stare at them long enough, but they don’t. Some are small, some are just body parts. They’re extremely realistic and one of those exhibits you need to see in person. One thing I really liked - and perhaps it’s a trend - the museum has a film and a lot of “making of” so you can see how the works are created - if you’re in the area, or plan to visit, this isn’t one to miss.

Ron Mueck on view at the Brooklyn Museum, November 3, 2006-February 4, 2007 - [via] - Link.

Related:

• Installing Ron Mueck Exhibition (photo set) - Link.
• Photos from brooklyn_museum - Link.

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New Zealand based Chris Booth’s sculptures made from rocks, wood and natural objects… [via] - Link.

Pictured here, Pumice from the Mountains - “Thousands of floating boulders of pumice were gathered, drilled and threaded with stainless steel cable into tall hollow helical forms. The pumice originally exploded from Lake Taupo approx 2000 years ago and is still continually eroding and being washed down the Wanganui River. The sculpture symbolises the volcanic mountains from where the pumice erupted so long ago.”

Related:

• Art @ MAKE - Link.

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Check out Justin Schlecter’s portfolio of intricate geometric paperclip sculptures [via] - Link.

Pictured here, Tensegrity Sphere - 90 paperclips.

Related:

• Paperclip Grappling Hook - Link.
• Tensegrity tower - Link.
• Soda straw tensegrity structures - Link.
• Step-by-step tensegrity tower part 1 & 2 - Link.
• Tensegrity cell phone holder - Link.
• HOW TO - Build a tensegrity coffee table - Link.

From the pages of MAKE:

• Building Tensegrity Models - Make a “needle tower” sculpture from dowels and elastic cord that seems to defy the laws of physics. MAKE 06 - Page 100 - Subscribers–read this article now in your digital edition!

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Artist Diem Chau carves these incredible little figures from crayons - [via] - Link.

Related:

• Portrait made from crayons - Link.
• Crayon cookies - Link.

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Download some really extraordinary mobile wallpaper this weekend from the Imaginary Foundation.

Ten different designs are available; from vaguely Monty Python-esque creations to outright “what the heck IS that?” stuff. Much better than the stock wallpaper choices that come with most mobile phones, that’s for sure. — Wendy Boswell