Glass Wings Blog: March 2012

Kittens in Space

Wed, 7 Mar 2012 15:02:31 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Kitties r001!

Well, at least adorable animated ones with their own song do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxh9oXYnNQQ

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Solipsist

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:23:06 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

This animation is experimental, but it has a lot of WOW factor. We have puppet
space creatures, women covered in feathers, yarn faced men exploding into
coloured sparkles.

http://vimeo.com/37848135

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Perspective Makes All the Difference

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:02:24 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Magical wooden sculptures that make you wonder, "How did he think of that?"

http://www.jvmuntean.com/

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I Am Such A Geek

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:02:21 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Dueling banjos on musical Tesla coils.

http://youtu.be/9ovcwnBaOMI

This made me laugh. You may want to turn the volume down a little before you

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Russian Fairytale Palaces

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:12:34 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Ooooh! Aaaah! So pretty.

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2012/03/russian-fairy-tale-wooden-palace.html
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2012/03/architectural-gems-of-old-russia-part-2.html

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FUNKY Mad Dancing

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:34:52 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Hamutsun Serve doing amazing moves with Star Trek sound effects. Starts a
little slow, then just gets funkier.

http://youtu.be/CFxG5EzrWpQ

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Mimefield

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:41:50 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Mimefields pose a series threat in France. Nods seriously

http://youtu.be/2wBJKYwVv70

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Electroluminescent dance

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:35:53 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

The Wrecking Crew Orchestra makes clever use of EL wire costumes in
their dance number:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ydeY0tTtF4

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Amazing Photorealistic Fantasy Worlds

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:12:11 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Artist Vinicius Costa creates richly coloured stunning images. It's hard to
believe these worlds aren't real.

http://www.viniciuscosta.tv/

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Lion Cubs Hug Trainer On His Last Day At Park (VIDEO)

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:36:55 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Because cute lion cub videos brighten up your day!

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/lion-cubs-hug-trainer_n_1365522.html>

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Singularity & Co. - Save the SciFI!

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:43:44 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

A great project, and I hope to see more like it:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/singularityco/singularity-and-co

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Living in the Margins

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:10:45 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Lovely article about the silliness that sometimes occurred in the marginalia
of medieval illuminated manuscripts.

http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/roundtable/living-in-the-margins.php

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I Love People: 5,000 Miles, 930 People, 162 Seconds

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:07:36 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

This is a video of a fellow who took pictures of the people he met
hitchhiking. May not sound like much, but I think he's the new "Where in the
World is Matt".

http://vimeo.com/38779623

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Artist John Pugh

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:09:17 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Fun Trompe L'oeil murals.

http://artofjohnpugh.com/default.asp