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Why I Love the Junkyard Sports Tabletop Olympiad |
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Written by Bernie DeKoven
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Tuesday, 30 October 2007 |
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Seen the story on Tabletop Olympics? Be sure to read the comment - "Why I Love Junkyard Sports Tabletop Olympics ." Because it gets to the heart of it. It does, in deed. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 January 2009 )
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Amazing, Innovative Toy Cars |
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Written by Bernie DeKoven
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Sunday, 21 October 2007 |
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 "These three boys were cruising along the side of the road with their toy cars as we drove by, while a fourth boy, a non-driver looks on. It is unlikely that these kids will ever own or drive a real car in their lifetime."
And yet, they made something new, and fun, clearly, very fun. We can feel sad for them that they have so little resources. We can feel even more sadness when we think about what they might be creating if they had the resources. (My guess, they'd be making dirt race courses for their children's size Power Wheels Kawasaki KFX Ninja Ultimate Terrain Traction mini-ATV.)
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Written by Bernie DeKoven
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Friday, 19 October 2007 |
 Artist Trading Cards - cards, made by artists, traded by artists with other artists who have also made Artist Trading Cards. That's it. There are no other rules. Except that to be official Artist Trading Cards (with capitals), "ATC must be 2.5"x3.5", or 64x89mm." There are some conventions that this writer explains: "First, an ATC mustn't be sold, only exchanged, as the whole essence of these tiny works of art is about artists meeting (by correspondence or online if need be) and exchanging their works, thus meeting many artists and getting exposed to many personal styles. Second, on the back of each ATC the artist writes part or all of the following information: name, contact information, title of the ATC and number (1/8, 2/8...) if it's part of an edition. By definition ATCs are made in limited numbers, often no more than one of a kind. Unique ATCs are called originals; sets of identical ATCs are called editions and are numbered; sets of ATCs that are based on one theme but that are different are called series. Don't be intimidated by the concept of small editions or originals: very few people are anal about this. What most collectors really want are cards that were made with care. Based on that, numbers are meaningless." |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 31 October 2007 )
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Written by Bernie DeKoven
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Tuesday, 09 October 2007 |
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 catbishop's Recycled Assemblage photoset, is what you might call it. Wonderfully faith-restoring signs of playfulness, is what I see. Junk, genuine junk, like, for example, a dirtbike gas tank, a bocce ball, a jigger, and two gooseneck lamp bases, transformed into a, well, duck. Or something enough like a duck to be clearly ducky, duckish, and ducklike.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 12 October 2007 )
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The Recycled Plastic Bottle Tree Hangings of Russia |
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Written by Bernie DeKoven
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Monday, 01 October 2007 |
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 Recycled, plastic bottle, tree hangings - somewhere in Russia, boquets of plastic bottles hang like chandeliers from tree branches. They are silly. They do not cast light. And yet, they shed light. They are beautiful, and they restore hope, and connect us a little more intimately, transnationally, to the very thing we all are playing for.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 October 2007 )
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