December | 2012 | Capturing Capacity

WHAT?!! OUTRAGEOUS Combo of Capacities.

December 20, 2012 by capture-monger

Awwwwww yezzz – gu-deh, guu-deh. Velcum to the 2nd edition of the ‘Warning’ series. If you have found yerself here by accident, or are curious to as if you can handle the content of these ‘racier’ postings, you may want to revert to the inaugural posting and test yir forty-tood. Again, these really aren’t THAT gnarly, this is just a precautionary measure to make certain that those who are a bit more wholesome in character don’t taint their puritan record. […]

Categories: Photography, Photojournalism, Travel, WARNING

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Ultra Clean Tattoo Stylings of Rik Lee

December 20, 2012 by capture-monger

Rik Lee is quite simply an O.G. His art (mostly done with colored pencils) is comprised of some of the cleanest line-work you’re ever likely to see. With a great sense of humor and a heavy influence from tattoo culture, his creations have a near universal aesthetic quality. If you really dig his craft click on this link, and you will be transported to a site where you can buy some of his prints n’ whutnot. CRISPY SHARP STY-LEEE

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ICEBERG & Cloud Photos by Camille Seaman

December 19, 2012 by capture-monger

Camille Seaman has a pretty sweet gig. Photographing incredible iceberg-scapes and extreme weather cells, her shots are stunning and thought provoking. In her TED talk (at the bottom of this post) she speaks of the age and importance of icebergs – you even get to see an iceberg roll!!! WHOA. Her work is very inspiring & relevant in these times of climactic change. ANCIENT ICE

Categories: Art, Modern Events, Photography, Photojournalism, Travel

WHIMSICAL Luminariums by Architects of Air.

December 18, 2012 by capture-monger

If you’ve ever had the desire to step into the pages of Dr.Seuss, keep your eye out for a Luminarium tour stop near you. The UK based Architects of Air have designed and fabricated a glorious set of inflatable structures that they have dubbed ‘Luminariums’, which are touring the globe on a mind blowing mission. Using a specialized polycarbonate film (that is less than a millimeter thick in areas!!! [ for you non-metric folk that is less than 1/20th of […]

Categories: Architecture, Art, Sculpture, Video

Yogi Bear & AcroYoga.

December 18, 2012 by capture-monger

Proving he truly is smarter than the average bear, Yogi has started to live up to his namesake. But he ain’t got nuthin’ on the AcroYoga kids in the video below. SKILLS!

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Chewsday Chunes !!!

December 18, 2012 by capture-monger

Hope your week is off to a smashing start and that you are gearing up for the most mythical day of human history!!!! I remember hearing about December 21st, 2012 from Dakota Hawks (via his sage-like father, Bob) in a car ride way back in ’99 !!! It seemed so far off then, and now it’s only 3 days away! Anyways, I digress. Here are some tunes for you to remain upbeat about the whole thing: LIVE IT UP!!!

Categories: Audio, Graphic Design, Modern Events, Stellar Jams

Scrapwood TransAm Sculpture + More

December 17, 2012 by capture-monger

Not able to get enough of Ron Van der Ende’s work, we got one mo post fur shyall. The way Van der Ende uses perspective with the Trans Am is really sweeet. This dude is unreal talented. I wish we could see what his process was like…. the magic of youtube (scroll to bottom for video) shines once again (+ you get to hear some wild DUTCH talk)! WOWWWWW!

Categories: Art, Reclaimation, Sculpture

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ScrapWood Sculptures by Ron Van der Ende

December 17, 2012 by capture-monger

Appropriation of materials has been a big part of the art world for nearly a century now, but now-a-days there has become a larger focus on materials that are considered ‘trash’. This type of artful recycling is masterfully manifested in the work of Dutch artist Ron Van der Ende, whose medium is scrap wood collected from dumpsters and construction sites. Shaving off the patinated faces of his scrap-wood samples with a table saw, Van der Ende nails hundreds (to a […]

Categories: Art, Reclaimation, Sculpture

Fluid Forms by Shinichi Maruyama

December 16, 2012 by capture-monger

Fusing traditional & modern techniques, Shinichi Maruyama draws upon Zenga-style meditative movements, and hi-speed strobe photography to create very impressive fluid forms and compositions. Watch the video below the gallery to see a bit of his process.

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