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Sci-fi Fantasy Cabinet Cards- Talk about embarrassing family photos!
Just to get you in the mood for our Sci-fi Book Club… Artist Alex Gross takes old cabinet cards from the late 1800′s and re-imagines them as contemporary superheroes (keeping the original face and a few other details) or uses them … Continue reading
Posted in Activity, Aliens and UFOs, Art, Space, Star Trek
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English Alien Caught Making Art
Crops circles are not made by space aliens, but by really cleaver Brits: (Thank you, Michael Fisher) Can you design your own crop circle on paper? Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Tweet … Continue reading
Posted in Activity, Aliens and UFOs, Art, Baloney Detection, One World
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Best Picture Books of 2011? Ask your kids if they agree.
Maria Popova, of the Atlantic has complied a list of her favorite picture books for 2011. Click on a picture to be transported to it’s Amazon.com page: And the one I just can’t agree … Continue reading
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Best Toys- Art Supplies for Young Rembrandts
Art supplies are one of the best and least expensive presents you can give a child. in my experience, hour-for-hour and dollar-for-dollar, a child will get more playtime and satisfaction with a good stock of art supplies then any other … Continue reading
Amazing Real-Time Animation Using Bicycle Wheels
I thought baseball cards and streamers on the spokes were cool until I saw this: Thank you, Michael Fisher From TheManimation Channel This is a piece created to question whether it was possible to film animation in realtime. Part of my … Continue reading
