December 12, 2006 at 10:58 am · Filed under Art related
A LED throwie is a small LED attached to a coin battery and magnet (usually with conductive epoxy or electrical tape), used for the purpose of creating non-destructive graffiti and light displays. They were devised by the Graffiti Research Lab as a new kind of graffiti art to be used on ferromagnetic surfaces. Part of GRL’s original campaign involved distributing throwies to a group of people, who were then encouraged to throw them onto a metal sculpture, called Alamo, located at Astor Place on the isle of Manhattan in New York City.
- Wikipedia
Watch the LED Throwies in action and also the video on how to construct one … or a bunch of them !
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December 11, 2006 at 2:54 pm · Filed under Art related
I came across some amazing videos that show how spray artists create their art, mostly sci-fi, fantasy and space murals by using a set of tools that in combination alone is very interesting!
- spray paint
- joint compound spatula - metal scraper usually used to remove paint from the painting in the creation of buildings, bridges, lightning and other effects.
- assorted clay modeling scraping tools - used to remove paint from the canvas in the creation of trees, bushes, shrub, grass and other effects.
- newspaper - used to remove paint in a random fashion from the canvas for adding texture.
- stencils - used to paint stenciled areas onto a canvas.
- latex gloves - to keep artists’ hands from getting painted and sticky.
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