Happy SCEC4 day!
(via Hark, a vagrant: 333)
If Boston is looking for a mini-landmark that will be beloved by tourists in passing duck boats (maybe they can even add a raven boat to their fleet), Stephanie Rocknak’s bronze is just the thing:
The speed-walking sculpture is probably too kinetic for the po-faced Poe, who was not exactly a bustling, bubbly figure. The intensity in his eyes here is more industrious purpose and steely determination (flinty hope, even, according to the artist) than the weary madness for which he is so well-known (and loved). And the bird, which (I’m sorry to have to point this out) is way too big for his briefcase, looks more eagley than raveny, truth told. Oh, and that clutter trail is a lawsuit waiting to happen.
You could call the sculpture “The Revenge of the Frogpondians”. Even though he is speed-walking away from the Frog Pond here, this imagining of Poe definitely sprang out of it.
But, again, of the three finalists, this is the “Make Way for Poelings” of the lot. And even echoes the famous and much-loved “Ducklings” a block away in its linearity. And it’s kid-friendly, too:
“Although the Raven is designed to look rather foreboding, all of its sharp looking elements are people-friendly. The claws are turned inward and the feathers are left blunt and are curved back. Meanwhile, the beak is also blunt and is turned down.”
Like Poe, sort of. I mean, face-down. In a gutter. Ah, happy endings!
People-friendly Poe.
Evermore, baby. Evermore. (via mennonno sapiens - one giant leap for mankind: Evermore!)
I thoroughly enjoyed this entire thing — great illustrations by Alex Eben Meyer with simple, minimal animation: One Hour Per Second, fun visualizations of YouTube’s claim that every second an hour of video is uploaded to the service.
See more at Alex’s site.
adorable (via How-To: Amigurumi Dragon @Craftzine.com blog)
