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    • daleD Offline
      dale
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      A quick look at how one subject can be interpreted; ( note: all are wood sculpture/carvings)
      http://www.heatherjansch.com/Picture 16.png
      Cane Carving (Equador)http://www.canehorses.com/Picture 18.png
      Legendary Rocking Horses http://www.legendsrockinghorses.co.uk/Picture 20.png
      And Others (Anonymous)Picture 21.pngPicture 19.pngPicture 14.png

      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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      • bmikeB Offline
        bmike
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        the first horse reminds me of deborah butterfield's work:

        http://columbiariverimages.com/Images06/PDX_deborah_butterfield_horse_sculptures_closer_2006.jpg

        http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3506/3878897421_72d5f5aabe.jpg

        mike beganyi design + consulting llc

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        • daleD Offline
          dale
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          Ah Thanks for reminding me of Deborah.
          One of her most famous pieces. The Contemporary Museum Honolulu.


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          Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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          • bmikeB Offline
            bmike
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            Not sure if I've posted James Turrell:

            http://www.raisethehammer.org/static/images/fenton_power_centre_james_turrell.jpg

            http://blog.art21.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/turrell.jpg

            http://lacma.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/afrumw425.jpg

            http://trendland.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/james-turrell-light-art-6.jpg

            mike beganyi design + consulting llc

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            • daleD Offline
              dale
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              Akihisa Hirata http://www.hao.nu/

              Alp HousePicture 986.pngPicture 991.pngPicture 988.pngPicture 987.pngPicture 985.png

              Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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              • daleD Offline
                dale
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                Bohlin Cywinski Jackson http://www.bcj.com/public/projects/project/106.html


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                Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                • simon le bonS Offline
                  simon le bon
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                  Dear Dale,

                  This is my first entry to your very fine thread.

                  @unknownuser said:

                  The Dutch manufacturer Bolefloor offers a line of flooring composed of blades and curvaceous lines. Made of solid wood and raw, they dovetail with each other, traveled knots and imperfections, the ground component of wave patterns.

                  I don't know how they can achieve that,..(and how that costs)!

                  http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/1587-architecture-design-muuuz-interieur-decoration-produit-parquet-bois-brut-lames-courbes-bolefloor-3.jpg

                  http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/1587-architecture-design-muuuz-interieur-decoration-produit-parquet-bois-brut-lames-courbes-bolefloor-2.jpg

                  http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/340a_large.jpg

                  +simon.

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                  • simon le bonS Offline
                    simon le bon
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                    2nd entry 😉

                    Foxy and/or funny:

                    @unknownuser said:

                    The Milanese designer Emanuele Magini sign this sofa for the publisher Campeggio

                    http://muuuz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1604-architecture-design-muuuz-mobilier-milan-2011-canape-sofa-sosia-emanuele-magini-campeggi-1.jpg

                    http://muuuz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1604-architecture-design-muuuz-mobilier-milan-2011-canape-sofa-sosia-emanuele-magini-campeggi-2.jpg

                    http://muuuz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1604-architecture-design-muuuz-mobilier-milan-2011-canape-sofa-sosia-emanuele-magini-campeggi-3.jpg

                    http://muuuz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1604-architecture-design-muuuz-mobilier-milan-2011-canape-sofa-sosia-emanuele-magini-campeggi-4.jpg

                    http://muuuz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1604-architecture-design-muuuz-mobilier-milan-2011-canape-sofa-sosia-emanuele-magini-campeggi-5.jpg

                    And this so simple and so evident light:

                    Corner Light par Peter Bristol

                    http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/tumblr_lkt6tzmd5j1qgfp5wo1_500.jpg

                    (source: Muuuz.com _ the latest trends in architecture, design and decoration.)

                    +simon

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                    • daleD Offline
                      dale
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                      Hey Simon.
                      I absolutely love that floor. Thanks for the postings.
                      this one is the Shetland Museum, by BDP http://www.bdp.com/en/Projects/By-Name/P-Z/Shetland-Museum-And-Archives/


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                      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                      • W Offline
                        watkins
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                        Sculpture by Janet Echelman

                        "This newly completed sculpture commission by Janet Echelman, changes shape in the wind. 160 feet tall, the sculpture spans 300 feet and suspends over a three-lane highway roundabout on the Atlantic coastline in Porto, Portugal. It is credited as the first permanent monumental sculpture to incorporate fluid movement and is called "one of the truly significant public artworks in recent years" by Sculpture Magazine. The sculpture integrates the history of Porto, where a fishing village became an industrial area with smokestacks and tanks. The red and white stripe pattern of the smoke stack referencing elements continues into the sculptural net shape. The shape of the net mirrors the landscape below. The solid, unmoving forms on the ground accentuate the movement and changing forms in the air"

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                        • daleD Offline
                          dale
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                          I find it interesting the responses of the people in the video, as usually public art of this kind and scale evokes a lot of negative responses.
                          I took a workshop with Christo http://christojeanneclaude.net/rf.shtml#
                          when I was in art school, and it was an interesting insight into the thought process behind this style of artwork that almost becomes ongoing performance art. Below: Christo and Jean Claude "Running Fence"


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                          Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                          • david_hD Offline
                            david_h
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                            I Think Landscape art is terrific. Here in my neck of the woods we have a world famous piece ourselves.

                            The Spiral Jetty. Robert Smithson, 1971 Its on the Shore of the Great Salt Lake. after it was created in 1971 the lake rose and it had been submerged for over 35 years. back in 04, the lake receded and the jetty was visible again. I drove my family out there (about 2 hours away) to walk out there and see this once in a life time phenomenon. It was all crusted over with salt. It was so ethereal and other-worldly. I think it under water again. That's my daughter and Phoebe the wonder hound. and the other is my son. That is SALT they are standing on. Weird Huh?
                            Spiral Jetty Great Salt Lake


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                            If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                            • daleD Offline
                              dale
                              last edited by

                              This reminds me of finding an old teepee ring hiking a few days back in the mountains.
                              Particularly with pieces like the Jetty, there is a timelessness.
                              A great thing to share with the kids, and I'm sure wunderhund loved it too.

                              Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                david_h
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                                Phoebe liked the salt but after a while she was telling us. . .get me outta here!!!!

                                D
                                😄

                                If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                  d12dozr
                                  last edited by

                                  A hard shell backpack

                                  http://cdn.dornob.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hard-shell-bag-opening.jpg

                                  3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                                  http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                                  • david_hD Offline
                                    david_h
                                    last edited by

                                    . . . and its inspiration 💚


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                                    If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                    • daleD Offline
                                      dale
                                      last edited by

                                      @d12dozr said:

                                      A hard shell backpack

                                      http://cdn.dornob.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hard-shell-bag-opening.jpg

                                      This is an interesting company formed almost co-operative style in Columbia, now has what it calls "workshops" around the world. Base material is recycled tires and inner tubes.
                                      Features a lot of simple elegant designs 👍 nice find
                                      http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcyclus%2Bcolombia%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DTRt%26pwst%3D1%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla;en-US;official%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.ca&sl=es&twu=1&u=http://www.cyclus-col.com/productos/coleccion_clasica/carteras.html&usg=ALkJrhg-toQ3b_-0vIrN-U2UQG8-wuulUg#
                                      now that 😮 is a link


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                                      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                      • unclebimU Offline
                                        unclebim
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                                        Joseph Walsh

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                                        (www.josephwalshstudio.com)


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                                        • daleD Offline
                                          dale
                                          last edited by

                                          Really nice stuff! Thanks


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                                          Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                                          • unclebimU Offline
                                            unclebim
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                                            Metropol Parasol // The World’s Largest Wooden Structure

                                            What is there not to like about Metropol Parasol?  The waffle-like crown structure in Seville, Spain has been finally completed in April 2011 after a

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                                            Yatzer (yatzer.com)


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