Last December my mouth watered over the creative designs at The Pancake Project. Thanks to a tip from @JenNgInNYC, I think I might have found even more impressive hotcakes at Jim’s Pancakes. An hour to create, a minute to devour:
-How-to Make your own Golden Gate Bridge Pancakes:
Artist Peter Callesen gets excited when he sees a sheet of boring A4 paper…he uses his imagination and an X-acto knife to create stunningly detailed works of art. Callesen says he’s “found a material which we are all able to relate to, and at the same time is non-loaded and neutral, and therefore easier to fill with different meanings. The thin white paper gives the paper sculptures a frailty that underlines the tragic and romantic themes of the work.” Here are some of my favorite pieces from Callesen’s ‘A4 Papercut’ collection:
-”Half Way Through” (2006)
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-”Impenetrable Castle” (2005)
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-”Snowballs” (2005)
-”Down the River” (2005)
-”Do Not Enter” (2006)
-”Little Erected Ruin” (2007)
-Take a look at Peter Callesen’s full collection here. (via @terrinakamura)
After 15 hours of affixing tape to his walls, Youtube user and NES fan Brusspup fired up his black lights…and voila: the pinnacle of geekiness. Watch until the end to see how the illusion was created.
-via Unique Daily
Music videos are having a sort of creative renaissance lately, and I’m starting to remember why I used to love them so much way back in yesteryear. First came OK Go’s Rube Goldberg-esque video for “This Too Shall Pass”…then Lady Gaga & Beyonce made incarceration look hot in “Telephone”. Next up, it’s a much more understated but equally impressive video from Diane Birch called “Valentino”. The video is one continuous take, and it took two weeks of intense rehearsals to perfect it. Enjoy:
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Take a look at this behind-the-scenes split screen video to see exactly how precise and detail-oriented Diane and her band needed to be to pull this off:
-via Buzzfeed
Most writers and artists start with a blank page and then fill it up with their creations. But Austin Kleon does things his own way…in reverse. He takes pages from newspapers and then blacks out the words that get in the way of what he wants to say. The resulting poems are unique and often profound – they’re part of his brand new book released today, Newspaper Blackout. Here are some of my favorites: (Who said newspapers are dead?)
“A House in Texas”
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“All You Can Do”
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“A Household Name”
“His Beard”
“The Twist”
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“The Pursuit of Landscaping”
Here’s a quick time-lapse video of Austin creating one of his poems:
Austin also oversees a Tumblr blog where he gives tips and advice on making Newspaper Blackout poems. The blog also features some of the best pieces submitted by regular Joes. If you have the urge to get creative with a black marker and a newspaper, head on over to the blog and share your poems with the world.
Most of my favorite memories involve food…so it’s not surprising that when I think of the dozens of times I visited Disney World as a kid, what stands out isn’t Space Mountain or Epcot Center – it’s the pancakes shaped like Mickey Mouse that are served at virtually every restaurant. I remember going straight for those little silver dollar ears and devouring them in one ravenous gulp.
Needless to say, I love pancakes…so my new favorite blog is The Pancake Project. The artist behind the site creates imaginative pancake designs that make the Mickey Mouse ones look like child’s play. These are some of the yummiest:
(Everything is made out of pancakes!)
(Leggo My Eggo)
-link (thanks @JoeyDiNapoliNYC)
