Art

I was reminded of this little masterpiece today. All the characters are made of wood and animated frame by frame.

Some lovely illustrations by Katja Lang.

Some are available as limited edition prints in Lang's shop.

Many more on Lang's site.

Kelli Anderson, creator of This Book Is a Camera and This Book Is A Planetarium, has a new font-focused pop-up book on Kickstarter: Alphabet In Motion. I backed this when it launched but forgot to post about it here. Only 3 days left to back!

Here's videos of her previous books:

Kelli's books make fantastic gifts. I've given them multiple times.

Utilizing a multi-layered turntable and altered pieces of vinyl, Graham Dunning creates Mechanical Techno.

You can see the process here:

João Ruas has done some terrific illustrations.

More on Ruas' site.

This Australian couple has my dream job:

In a remote desert town in Australia, population two, a couple manages an emergency airport and keeps vacant cottages in pristine condition, waiting for visitors who never seem to arrive.

Tate Kids offers up this video to help (not just) youngsters express their feelings:

Wonderful illustration work from Moon Patrol. Prints available at that link.

Also available in book form:

Christopher Soukop's series, A Dimly Lit World, is absolutely sublime. Plenty more on Soukop's site. Christopher also has a Flikr Photostream.