Incredible Sand Drawings Created By Tim Bengel

German artist Tim Bengel uses sand to draw amazing artwork designs on a sticky canvas, which dries very slowly. Bengel adds grains of black sand and occasionally gold onto the sticky canvas using a fine scalpel. When the design has been completed, he fills in the spaces with white sand. The whole piece looks like… Continue reading Incredible Sand Drawings Created By Tim Bengel

Augmented Reality Sandbox

Augmented Reality Sandbox is a project created by the UC Davis Department of Geology that utilizes a Microsoft Kinect to created a real-time interactive augmented reality map projected on a literal sandbox, which users can manipulate by moving around piles of sand. The project could be an excellent classroom demonstration to shows how Earth’s physical systems work.… Continue reading Augmented Reality Sandbox

Land Rover Defender Celebration Series

After 67 years on the road, Land Rover bids farewell to iconic Defender with three exclusive limited-edition models. A unique 1km sand drawing at Red Wharf Bay in Anglesey, marks the launch of three limited edition models and the beginning of an exciting new chapter in the Defender story. The unique image is a tribute… Continue reading Land Rover Defender Celebration Series

Incredible Hand-Sculpted Caves By Artist Ra Paulette

For the past 25 years, Artist Ra Paulette has been carving out man-made caves from the sandstone hills of New Mexico, and then sculpting these spaces into works of art he calls wilderness shrines. With only his dog for company, the talented artist has been affecting emotions through his beautiful spaces carved out of the… Continue reading Incredible Hand-Sculpted Caves By Artist Ra Paulette

Four Cable Drawing Machine

A cable driven drawing machine created by David Bynoe for the Telus Spark Science Center in Calgary, Alberta. The machine is controlled with LinuxCNC using a custom kinematics module and python script written by Kevin Loney. Each of the four stepper motors is connected to a pulley and string. By winding in or letting out string on each corner… Continue reading Four Cable Drawing Machine