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We were recently stuck on an unfamiliar block in a bit of a jam, and we desperately needed to find a phone booth. After searching for nearly 20 minutes we gave up: we were already soaking wet. We didn’t actually need to call anyone, but as far as shelters in a downpour go, phone booths [...]

When it comes to plants, and really all living things that we’re made to take care of, we usually just focus on keeping the thing alive, rather than worrying about how it looks, or whether we can morph it into the shape of something it is not. That’s why we’re in admiration of the sculptural [...]

For whatever reason (lack of vision, lack of necessary parts, lack of concentration), our Lego constructions never quite lived up to the thing on the box, much less to our wild mental images of what we were building. That’s not to say that making amazing objects and infinitely detailed sculptures out of Lego is impossible, [...]

While researching this morning’s post about butter sculptures we happened upon another great unexpected medium used by many out there on the Webs for crafting unusual and ephemeral objects: balloons. Now because of their fragile and ephemeral nature, you might think that balloons are poorly suited to the longevity-obsessed art of sculpture, but we would [...]

If it were up to us our entire diet would consist of delicious breads, bagels and crackers baked into hilarious shapes then pushed up against sculpted, complementary butter forms, creating an edible visual pun. Like, say, a wave sculpted out of butter hitting a beach of bread, or a team of butter climbers making their [...]

Summer is kind of already almost over (we know, we know, tragic right?) and so this weekend we’re hitting the beach with a whole team of friends and we’re going to make the most amazing sand sculptures you’ve ever seen. No, really, there are going to be dragons, dinosaurs, elephants, lions, bugs, squid and a [...]