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Cal Earth and the Beauty of Nader Khalili’s SuperAdobe

December 29, 2012 by capture-monger

“We send our children into the world with the notion that a house must have a pitched roof, a square window and a chimney. How can they ever imagine they can build something beautiful out of dirt?” – Nader Khalili “Earth turns to gold in the hands of the wise” – Rumi Heavily inspired by (and translator of) the words of Rumi, Nader Khalili lived his life as a scholar & a mystic. Khalili will go down as one of […]

Categories: Architecture, Art, Modern Events, Personal Work, Photography, Photojournalism, Quote, Reclaimation, Schumacher, Sculpture, Travel

AWESOME Kickstarter Project.

December 27, 2012 by capture-monger

Swoon is a very eclectic and conscious artist who has recently started assisting in the construction of homes for families affected by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Building with SuperAdobe, the structures are intended to be low-cost and earthquake-proof. She has recently started a Kickstarter project to raise funds to build the 3rd SuperAdobe home for a family in ne ed. Not only will the project provide shelter for the family, but it will also serve as an educational experience […]

Categories: Architecture, Art, Modern Events, Schumacher, Sculpture, Travel, Video

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

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

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 […]

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