Human Ingenuity Medley, 6 - Dusky's Wonders

First, I know you wish I had identified where these ingenious contributions were located and who made them. I too wish I could answer all your questions–but I have included such info when I could find it.

Let’s start with the quirky.

By Brian Marsh from scrap materials

By Brian Marsh

Bali, Indonesia swim resort.

International Buffalo body painting competition, in Jiangcheng county, China.

Inside one of Google’s data centers.

Michelangelo illustrated his grocery lists so that his illiterate servants would know what to buy for him.

Stone sculpture

Sculpture made out of tires.

More tires

More tires.

Too many tires.

New Kind of Art: Statue Posing

A charming tradition in Berkeley, California–people put benches in front of their homes for pedestrians to rest on. All bench photos by John Storey in Berkeleyside.

This bench by Connie Bleul-Gohlke commemorates the 50th wedding anniversary of her parents.

Celebrates the late Les Blank, a documentary filmmaker.

Andrew Werby designed the wall and bench inspired by Gaudi’s tile wall in Park Güell, Barcelona.

This French Horn is made from scrap pieces. The wood is turned to a 1/16" . The wood is turned to 1/16" thickness, so that all the tubing is hollow and it can be played. By Murray Stein.

This remarkable French Horn by Murray Stein is made from scrap pieces of lumber and can be played! The wood is turned to 1/16″ thickness, so that all the tubing is hollow.

By Murray Stein

By Jeffro Uitto, driftwood doorframe.

Artist Spencer Byles spent a year creating beautiful sculptures out of natural and found- materials throughout the unmanaged forests of La Colle Sur Loup (where he lived with his family), Villeneuve Loubet and Mougins, in France. He worked together with elements of his surroundings to create artwork that blends seamlessly with the environment.

Byles’ project is intentionally secretive – the only way you’ll see these works besides photos is by going into the woods and finding them yourself. The pieces were not intended to last, and each sculpture will eventually be reclaimed by the natural environment. “I responded in different ways to each location and worked on at least 20 sculptures at one time. I worked spontaneously with out any drawings or planned design”

German artist Cornelia Konrads creates mind-bending installations in public spaces, sculpture parks and private gardens around the world. Her work gives the illusion of weightlessness and freedom.

For more human ingenuity go here.

Thanks to: John, Jen, Merry, Connie, Debra, George, Murray, London Media, Berkeley side, Bored Panda.

16 thoughts on “Human Ingenuity Medley, 6”

Outstanding!

This is wonderful. Great Art. Thank you.
Marliese

Excellent & Something different … Thank You.. (Again)

Wonderful. The only limitations of beauty, ingenuity and creativeness are our ideas & follow through.

These pictures and beauty is such an inspiration internally in a world that seems to be slamming strange negative stuff….Thank you for the time and energy put into this project….It brings me such JOY!
SL

Each one of these pictures is a work of art with great imagination, skill and ability to implement. Of course the pictures are totally awesome and capture the mood and no doubt intention of the original creation.

Nicely said.

I want to go with you! Wow just to be able to see the world through your eyes is next to being there. Thanks.

These are wonderful photos showing man’s bottomless reserve of originality, creativity and overpowering drive for self-expression.

Totally inventive, quirky and fabulous…Love the painted buffaloes and nature art, and all of it.

The image labelled “Bali, Indonesia swim resort” is actually a mockup for a proposed trampoline bridge over the Seine river in Paris. This video explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FQCkU2dEeg