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Legos to Church !
- 2 May 2012
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via amyhughes.org

"The "Abston Church of Christ" is a Lego project built by Amy Hughes, a computer programmer who enjoys doing Lego projects.
She says she once wanted to be an architect.
"Abston" is a fictional city whose name is drawn from the type of plastic used to Make Lego pieces (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene).
The church has hundreds of tiny Lego people sitting in it including a front row of custom selected Legos that represent real people who "attended" the dedication."

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Adventures of the Eyes : Takanori Aiba
- 24 Feb 2012
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- Artists Artwork Bonsai February 24 2012 Models
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"If you explore any small part of Aibafs works, you find amazing stories and some unique characters.
Those works are not just imaginary compositions; it is indeed possible to construct the amusement parks.

Murakami, who makes Aibafs models, is also a civil engineer. He is a realist sharing dreams with Aiba.
The early bonsai-type models look like bonsai art.
Bonsai reflect the Japanese traditional aesthetic sense of
expressing the magnificence of nature in a small potted plant.
However, the density of decoration and the rich stories of Aibafs works contain extraordinary times and spaces which differ from the bonsai world determined by plants physiology.

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Plamen Ignatov Spends 16 Years Building 6-Million-Matchstick Model of Rila Monastery
- 22 Jan 2012
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- Bulgaria January 22 2012 Matchstick Models Monastery World Heritage Site
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"Bulgarian artist Plamen Ignatov, has dedicated the last 16 years of his life to making a detailed matchstick model of the Rila Monastery, from around 6 million matchsticks.

...after laying eyes on it, you understand why it took him so long. The whole religious complex is incredibly detailed, with even the shingles realistically reproduced, and Ignatov even managed to fit a picture of Jesus into one of the walls, and painted religious figures on the wooden pavement of the monastery.

Rila Monastery is the largest and most famous Orthodox monasteries in Bulgaria, and is regarded as one of the most important cultural and historical monuments in Southern Europe. It is also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site."

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Astonishing Miniature Cities
- 26 Nov 2011
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"The artists worldwide have a dream to create the miniatures of some of the world’s most famous cities. The reason is very simple as you can see the whole city alike and that’s too at one place through your eyes, so artists take the job and created the excellent miniatures. You can’t find a difference between the real one and the miniature except of the size."

via oddstuffmagazine.com
Incredible Working Steam Engine Made Entirely of Glass
- 26 Nov 2011
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"This working model of a Stephenson steam engine is handcrafted entirely from glass by Czech artist Michal Zahradník. The artist says the engine can operate at up to 500 rpm. The steam engine is just one of Zahradník’s bafflingly intricate glass creations."

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All-Glass Steam Engine
- 17 Nov 2011
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- 16November11 Film Shorts Models Steam Engines glass
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"The crankshaft is glass. The piston is glass. The counterweight that makes the wheel spin evenly is glass. Imagine that everything is made out of glass. * There are no sealants used. All is accomplished by a perfectly snug fit. The gap between the piston and its compartment is so small, that the water that condensates from the steam seals it shut! * Notice the elaborate excessive steam exhaust system next to the piston. * The piston is the most arduous part to make due to to extreme level of precision needed. Its parts have to be so accurate that no machinery is of use here. The piston and its cylinder must be hand sanded to perfection, and they are very likely to crack in the process! On average, three out of four crack."

via blog.makezine.com
US Patent Office Shows Off Timeless Machines
- 16 Nov 2011
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1872 model of an electromagnetic engine

A mousetrap that didn't kill mice but held them captive

A paper-bag-making machine model

via wired.com

visit the Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum
Speaking of Self-Propelled Lawnmowers...!
- 12 Nov 2011
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via youtube.com

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Incredible Paper Architecture
- 30 Sep 2011
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"Christina Lihan, US based artist makes use of her experience as an architect to make clear models of well-known buildings and urban spaces with paper."

via incredibleworld.net
The Surreal Dioramic World of Photographer Lori Nix
- 4 Aug 2011
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"Brooklyn photographer Lori Nix isn’t your traditional photographer. She spends weeks, even months, hand-fashioning elaborate tabletop dioramas specifically to capture in just the right light with her camera. Without the aid of digital manipulations, Nix goes one step further and uses an old-fashioned 8 X 10 large format camera to shoot her pieces. All of her effort pays off big, as the results are beautiful, as well as mysterious and sometimes, haunting."

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