Reminiscent of the City Foundry Bots, in comes a new breed of artsy sculptures made from old tech junk. Jeremy Mayer cleverly reworks old-fashioned typewriters into life-like humanoid sculptures. Occasionally, the wild feral cat is thrown into the mix, but most of his portfolio consists of bipedal robots.

The intricacy of design is impeccable. You’d never think all those parts and pieces were in a typewriter or that they could come together in such a way to form the work of art you see above. Got an old typewriter collecting dust in your attic? You know who to send it to.

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I wonder if you can get a model train set to emulate the subway…

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We’ve seen a lot of artists this month. From Nikki Cook’s comics to Adam Stennett’s oil paintings, we just can’t get enough! The latest to grace our inbox is Korean artist Jean Shin. The above picture is her sculpture called “Sound Wave,” which is made solely out of melted vinyl records to express the awareness of rising technology which renders each successive generation of recordable media obsolete.

If you’re in the New York area, you can check out some of her work. It’s being displayed at The Museum of Art and Design’s exhibit “Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary.” If you’re not willing to make the trip, there’s always her official website to look at, provided below.

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Creating artistic tech-inspired sculptures with nothing more than recycled goods and other garbage is a popular form of art these days. Like the City Foundry Bots or those mini-motorcycles made of old watch parts, these sculptures are made in a similar way but take it to the next level: they’re animated.

We aren’t sure what mechanical artist Nemo Gould is going for with these robots but boy are they frightening. The sculpture picture above is called Little Big Man. Check it, where his robotic intestines should be there is a smaller robot inside appearing as if to operate the Big Man.  Very creepy, indeed.  Check out Gould’s site for more information about his work.

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Cute or Creepy? What do you think?
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Fancy art? Same here. Whether it be an abandoned gas station gone quilt crazy or a Janis Joplin-looking smug face made up of 7,563 dice, we appreciate the artistic drive and innovative approaches to ideas that designers come up with. That’s why when I saw Dave Umlas’ sculpture I just HAD to write about it because like many idiotic cavemen, I am fascinated by fire.

The possibilities of fire are limitless. You can burn things, char things, sear things, scorch things and so much more. Dave Umlas likes to burn things. More specifically he likes to build sculptures out of stainless steel and burn the shit out of stuff with propane gas and forced-air jets. Or just make hot designs with it.

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The Japanese aren’t the only ones who are Star Wars crazy. The fans know the difference between an actual Millennium Falcon and one made out of batter. Japan held a Star Wars celebration for fans of the epic sci-fi saga to come show off their designs and art related to Star Wars, like that AT-AT from the streets.

Bonnie Burton of the Official StarWars.com Blog uploaded these pictures on Flickr showing George Lucas frozen in carbonite just like the unfortunate Han Solo at the end of Empire Strikes Back. Serves him right for all the lousy editing he did to the classic trilogy. Quick! More transitions!

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This is a material skeleton, living in a skeletal world. You can chastise me for the shitty Madonna pun, but don’t even think about giving artist Brian Dettmer any shit. He’s the guy who crafted this cassette tape skeleton. The only text I can make out is a big ARISTA Records logo and some tape called “Get The Knack.” It’s beautiful, but would look much better as a lamp.

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Happen to be in the New York City area? Then check out the robots on display at the City Foundry, 365 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. These robot sculptures were created by Gordon Bennett out of a mixture of random objects found which are both old and new. These aren’t robotic bartenders trying to get you drunk so they can take advantage of you. No, they’re more on par with the felt robots, they just sit there and look pretty.

Bennett is even willing to sell some of the robot sculptures, if you give him an offer he can’t refuse. The sculptures are going from anywhere between $750 to $6000. That’s a lot for an old battery tester with legs.

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Land Rover is coming up on its 60th anniversary and to celebrate the occasion, sculpture artist Gerry Judah has created nothing short of a masterpiece. This 34 meter-high installation at the Goodwood Festival of Speed features several, from what I can make out, Range Rovers (?) scaling the structure. The entire thing weighs an astronomical 120 tons and is on display for all to see. Little is known on how the feat was accomplished, but one can imagine it took a lot of time and a whole lot of metal.

One thing remains certain: the Land Rover is still the ultimate vehicle for going off-road.

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