Making a Beautiful Wooden Globe

I find myself watching a lot of woodworking videos these days and as a result, I have just about given up woodworking myself. I was never good at it and the end product was such a total disaster. Woodworking also requires a great amount of skill and patience, two things I have in very short supply, so I better leave it up to guys like Frank Howarth.

Frank is a master woodworker and architect from Portland who specializes is woodturning. In these videos, he crafts a globe and globe stand from scratch over a period of a few months. They're long and you'll be tempted to skip ahead, but watching them is almost therapeutic.

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The Adorable Sculptures of Yen Yen Lo

These images are from a series of wall sculptures created by Yen Yen Lo . Here you can see her intricately textured ceramic pieces, looking downright adorable. Yen Yen Lo's eye for the unique and whimsical is delightful. Apparently they are not intended for kids under 16. Fifteen-year-olds cannot be trusted with fragile stuff. Get them a Funko Pop instead.

Irene Saputra's Colorful Stitched Pieces

Embroidery is nowhere near forgotten, and in fact, it's experiencing something of a resurgence as artists around the globe are putting their own unique spins on the craft. Indonesia's Irene Saputra is one of them, and more than 45,000 people on Instagram already follow her. Handmade from colorful threads stitched onto fabric, Irene's embroideries begin as original illustrations. What I really like about her stitched pieces is that some of them are meant to be worn. Look at an array of her handiwork!

1968 Computer Art Done by Plotters

These drawings received honorable mentions in the 1968 Computer Art Contest organized by Computers and Automation magazine . Most of the images in the issue were programmed in Fortran and were plotted off line on CalComp plotters . [h/t: Kottke ]

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