The Wonderous Jouney of the Neverwas Haul

Again I have happened upon something in the intertubes which has utterly enthralled me and I am gagging to tell you all about it

What I'm talking about is The Neverwas Haul, a wonderfully lavish 3 storey Victorian Era Mansion on Wheels. This is the stuff all my Steampunk wet dreams are made of (except for maybe the odd frilly burlesque outfit).

Originally created for the Burning Man festival, held in the Nevada Desert every year, the Neverwas Haul is made up of 75% recycled products, can be self propelled and contains a replica Camera Obscura, faithfully re-done as if from the Jules Verne Era.


Here it is in all it wondrous glory at Burning Man.




Fucking marvelous isn't it!!

Momentary Cheese Alert!

I do not celebrate Valentine's Day. I find the corporatisation of romance cynical and unlovely. But that day is coming up pretty soon, and it seems that my world is being over-run by stomach-churningly twee products I am exhorted to purchase in order to prove my love for piranhaboy. No thanks.

So when I stumbled on this loveheart I flicked straight past it with a tiny shudder, and it took a moment longer for my brain to register what I'd really seen.

I adore images like this: I have a very clear memory from years ago of my brain fizzing with joy the first time I saw a representation of a Mobius strip. This heart (designed by Renzo Toepoel) brings to mind the gorgeous work of Oscar Reutersvard, the creator of the very first "premeditated impossible figure", the Penrose Triangle (named for one of the co-founders of the Big Bang theory). Reutersvard designed the Penrose Triangle in 1934 at the age of nineteen, and created over two and a half thousand more impossible figures before his death in 2002. His work inspired the much better-known M.C. Escher but Reutersvard's own more purely geometric designs are quite breathtakingly beautiful alone - far more beautiful than (oh, just as an example) those stomach-churningly twee products I was railing against at the beginning of this admittedly rambling post.

You can find more images of and information on Oscar Reutersvard's designs here, here and here. And hey, if it is your thing - happy Valentine's day.

Eric Staller and his amazing Bicycle Concoctions

Meet the Conference Bike, also known as the CoBi 7 an invention by a rather dedicated madman by the name of Eric Staller a gentlemen whose work may seem very familiar when you get a proper glimpse at his body of work. His work has appeared in various movies including Men In Black and LA Story

Apart from looking like a squid wearing boxing gloves it is indeed a 7 seater bicycle for those who like light conversation while group commuting. I just love an invention whose fashion only barely meets the full requirements of its function




upon further research, although the Cobi-7 has practical everyday, use the artist Eric Staller has a body of work which stretches back over 30 years including some very clever and satirical works which raise a significant chuckle while raising some poignant topics,... but meh, like most art I'm guilty of liking it just because its just wonderful to look at,...




Here is a site with more of him to wet your appetite, Yay!!!