Rolling Through the Bay :: Scott Weaver

Though this kinetic creation has been making the rounds on the internet for the past couple years, there are finally good photographs and videos available online! Built over the course of 35 years using over 100,000 toothpicks, notable landmarks from throughout the city of San Francisco are included in the sculpture.

See a really good set of photos on the Tinkering Studio's flickr page. LINK

Or watch a video of the multiple balls rolling through the sculpture. LINK

Matchstick Hogwarts :: Patrick Acton

Completed in 2006 and based on the Hollywood version of Hogwarts seen in the movies, modeler Patrick Acton built this model and displayed it at his Matchstick Marvels museum before selling it to the House of Katmandu in Spain. Containing over 602,000 matchsticks, Hogwarts is Acton's largest model to date. See more photos at his website. LINK

Toothpick Recreations :: Stan Munro

Name an architectural landmark, anywhere in the world, and chances are good that Stan Munro has modeled it from toothpicks, from skyscrapers to towers, cathedrals to temples, pyramids and more. See his creations at his website. LINK

Matchstick Formula 1 :: Michael Arndt

Using 956,000 matchsticks, Michael Arndt built this Mercedes McLaren F1 race car over the course of six years. See process photos at the hemmy.net site. LINK

Matchstick Oil Rig :: David Reynolds

Former oil-rig worker David Reynolds brought his past career with him into retirement. Spending up to 10 hours a day and using four million matchsticks, he built the half-ton model of the Brent Bravo rig in his living room before the finished piece was moved to the Bursledon Brickworks and Industrial Museum in Southhampton, Hants (United Kingdom). See more photos at the Telegraph site. LINK

Matchstick Minas Tirith :: Patrick Acton

Modeler Patick Acton is responsible for this model of Minas Tirith from J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings. 420,000 matchsticks were used to create the buildings, 24,000 small wooden blocks to build the hillside, and took just under three years to construct. You can check out more photos at his website. LINK

Toothpick Queen Mary :: Wayne Kusy

Using a million toothpicks, Wayne Kusy of Chicago built this model of the Queen Mary. See more photos at the Daily Mail. LINK

Matchstic Titanic :: Venkatesh

Model builder Vankatesh has a fascination with matchsticks and recreates world landmarks in small scale. See a short clip of some of his work on YouTube. LINK

Titanic Model :: Stan Fraser

Stan Fraser spent six years creating his backyard version of the titanic, and he is still working on it. See a few photos over at the BBC News site. LINK

Battleship Yamato

This lego model of a battleship was begun by by a fifteen-year old, and finished 6+ years later as he was graduating from college. Tons of photos of various angles and closeups are available. LINK

Ships :: John Taylor

John taylor creates some fabulous miniatures, mostly ships, made primarily from found objects. Not only does he replicate ships from bygone eras, but the materials, coloring, and even the mode of display all add to the feeling that you've found a lost (and highly detailed) relic of the past. See more ships and tons of closeups at his website. LINK

Mobius Ship

Currently on view at the Indianapolis Museum of Art is an amazing ship sculpture by artist Tim Hawkinson. The ship itself is abstracted to create a mobius! See more pictures at the museum's site. LINK

Chicago by Boat: A Timelapse Journey :: Philip Bloom

This video gives us a tour of Chicago by boat ending with a fireworks display. LINK

Floating Lanterns

The residents of Poznań, Poland released 11,000 floating lanterns to celebrate the arrival of summer. Very pretty. LINK

Galileo :: Ghislain Avrillon

Galileo is a sweet illustrated animation taking place in a floating world. LINK

Airport Touchdowns :: exxonvaldez

Flickr user exxonvaldez has a beautiful set of time-lapse photos of airplanes touching down, taking off, and flying over. See them all at his flickr site. LINK

Twilight Landing at LAX

This twilight landing of an airplane at LAX, from the cockpit, is pretty amazing. We see the change from night to day as the plane circles to and from the sunset before touching down. (A volume warning for those of you at work as it is set to music.) LINK

Nimmo Bay 360 Degree Helicopter Tour

Nimmo Bay Helicopter Fishing and Wilderness Adventures offers a flying video of Nimmo Bay in which you can control your view, a full 360 degrees. Rivers, lakes and glaciers all look amazing. For those of you who aren't interested in hearing the "hallelujah" music, don't forget to turn down your speakers before you start.

Control the video for yourself. LINK

Nude Nature :: Cecelia Webber

Artist Cecelia Webber creates some pretty fantastic photographic illustrations of flowers and butterflies using nude photography. Don't worry, they are safe to view at work, mostly backs and hands, arms and legs, twisted and turned, scaled and colored to create petals, stems, and wings. Check them all out at her site. LINK

Wire Trees :: Mark Golomb

Artist Mark Golumb creates small tree sculptures from wire. Having tried this myself, I learned how tough it is and how much patience it takes to bend all of those wires! Check out the trees he has made on his Fine Art America page. LINK

Park Project :: NeSpoon

Polish artist NeSpoon creates urban art pieces on trees. Ornamental ceramic pieces are inserted into the holes left by missing limbs, creating unexpected treasures. See more at the artist's Behance site. LINK

Houses in the Woods :: Carol P.

I hope I don't regret posting these here, a personal project of my own done decades ago.

The summer after graduating from college, I had time on my hands while I searched for a full-time job. I would hang out in the woods on our property and once all of the weeds were pulled and poison ivy eradicated, found myself feeling more creative. The one rule that I imposed on myself is that I was only allowed to use materials found in the woods which included lots of little rocks, old slate roof tiles, and an errant blue plastic bag that made for a good swimming pool liner. Enjoy.

Please note that these images are copyrighted and should not be shared without receiving prior permission. But I have no problem with anyone sharing a link to this post. Thanks.

Gregory Euclide

Gregory Euclide definitely explores different mediums and dimensions in his natural works. Illustrations on flat paper, reliefs, large and small three-dimensional pieces venture into the genre of modeling while contrasting natural and geometric forms. I had difficulty choosing a single image to hint at the style of his work because he tries so many different things, definitely worth checking out more on your own.

His website gives a sampling of his work. LINK

His flickr page has a plethora of pieces worth checking out. LINK