These are several videos of the work of João Paulo Gonçalves, who uses carefully placed wooden blocks illuminated by a mirrored bulb in the center to produce precisely shaped shadows. How about that! Me and my shadow? We’re not talking. We got into a huge fight after he said he’s
This is a video of musician Christian E. Boeger playing the ‘Les Pallet’ electric guitar he constructed out of a wooden shipping pallet. It sounds great. Is it practical? Absolutely not, but there’s never been a more appropriate guitar for smashing and setting ablaze at the end of a live
Crafted by Swiss designers team’by’wellis, this is a video demonstration of a wooden dining table that can expand its width without the use of traditional leaves. That…looks expensive. I can’t even imagine the amount of time and effort that went into building that table. Is that specifically for Thanksgiving dinner?
Inspired by Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests, this is a video demonstration of Dutch game designer Giliam de Carpentier’s Carpentopod, a wooden coffee table that walks and can be remote controlled. Carpentopod, fetch me a beer! “Remote controlled, not voice controlled.” Riiiiight. *tossing empty can on floor* Well it could use a
This is an Instagram video of a man constructing a “quick and easy” carnival style spinning ride in his backyard using a tree and some lumber (which was also once trees). The ride features seating for four, and is powered by spinning the riders around the tree to build tension
This is a video of wood expert and Youtuber justinthetrees (who looks a lot like Ted Lasso) tasting seven different breads, each one made with sawdust from a particular tree (cherry, cedar, oak, hickory, black walnut, pine, plus one with no sawdust). He’s then tasked with guessing which tree the
In a clear case of art imitating my life, this is a video from the Perrotin Gallery in Los Angeles of a kinetic wooden sculpture created by artist Barry McGee repeatedly banging its head against the wall. We’ve all been there. I’m there right now. I don’t do this sort
Because sometimes you just have to get medieval on a stump, this is a video of modern Hobbit Jacob of Youtube channel Cabinland chopping wood using a chain flail axe he made. Per Jason: “The advantages of the flail axe are numerous. The build up of kinetic energy achieved through