Sure is quite

[dank]

Yeh, boy!

I haven't seen any action here for months. Could be because I have the new membership locked down. Blogs have mostly replaced BBS boards like this one. In fact this one hasn't had a required update in its system software for more than a year.

The BBS's that still operate are generally tied to a commecial product website as a support tool. The remainder are the sponsored sites where they track your every view and build a database about what you read and what ads you click on. No thanks... not for me. This board is totally private. The only information gathered is so you can see what you haven't yet read and log you in.

I will open the membership again but I know I will get a flood of Russians and eastern Europe registrations with no interest in the topics here. If that's the case then I may just light the fuse on this bomb.

[scott]

A newbie like me can't offer much of interest in terms of my own work, but given your interests in merging the precision of machining with art, you might enjoy these:

Rubin Margolin's "wave" pieces
Machining the parts for "Magic Wave"

I spend a fair amount of time adding sinusoids on a computer, but Margolin's physical realization of this simple idea is mind blowing.

This is lovely, too:

"Chakra" by Choe U Rom
It's like a physical screen saver.

And for something completely different, an artist who is making a piece that converts the body of an old East German Trabant automobile into an El Camino. The car literally stretches 6 feet. Concurrent with this project, she is putting herself through a strict regime of physical training to remake her body into that of a model who would be photographed with muscle cars. Here's a video of the car (only):

Liz Cohen's "Bodywork" project

Hope this is not too OT!

Scott

[dank]

Scott,

Wonderfull! Thanks!

Sorry for the delay. I am going to fix why I don't get a notice of your posts. I am also going to take you out of the safety net for new members that requires me to moderate. You would be disgusted at some of the stuff that is attempted in posts from new members.

BTW - The last two links in your post are the same...

[scott]

Glad you liked those links, Dan. The vision and craftsmanship are pretty amazing. Maybe that's the next wave of the digital revolution: building sculptural models of computer animations.

Here's the link to Liz Cohen's work. More interesting as an idea than it is in execution, but still kind of funny.

Scott

[dank]

Ha! Yeah,

Low rider and long rider. The typical low brow, low I.Q commentors on U-Tube are funnier than the video. Tsk.

Dan