Just beautiful objects
Discussion
Morningside said:
I think the internal workings of valves and nixies are stunning.
Well, almost....perhaps if they'd used a less stylised font on the labels, and placed the central gauge so it appeared to be vertically central too, and maybe some period slot headed screws...Edited by Morningside on Monday 7th July 15:49
But a valve on it's own is a wondrous thing - the combination of form and function seldom looks this good imho.
LordGrover said:
That is stunning. Where can I get me one?
I'm probably too poor to afford it but it'd be nice to know.
ETA I've found nixie clocks, but they don't appear to be quite the same.
I've just been looking as well, I really want one now!!I'm probably too poor to afford it but it'd be nice to know.
ETA I've found nixie clocks, but they don't appear to be quite the same.
Edited by LordGrover on Monday 7th July 15:47
It appears the one in that photo is a custom made one, shown down the page ehre:
http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/nixiegallery.html
There are a multitude of kits on ebay, but they all look horribly cheap and tacky by comparison
I have one of these... http://www.cathodecorner.com/nixiewatch/index.html
Voldemort said:
I have one of these... http://www.cathodecorner.com/nixiewatch/index.html
What's it like to live with? Not a daily wearer, I guess, but can it take a knock every now and then? I've been so close to pulling the trigger on one for ages.HereBeMonsters said:
Voldemort said:
I have one of these... http://www.cathodecorner.com/nixiewatch/index.html
What's it like to live with? Not a daily wearer, I guess, but can it take a knock every now and then? I've been so close to pulling the trigger on one for ages.So, not sure if this has already been posted. But....
For knives, axes and sharp pointy things, John Neeman Tools make some gorgeous stuff. Outrageously expensive, but beautiful objects in their own right.
As far as knives go, it's a work of art... Same for the axes. And their first video is gorgeous too. Proper, old-fashioned hand craftsmanship. So, do yourself a favour, and take 6 minutes out of your day to watch this.
http://youtu.be/Esn0_eR9lnQ
For knives, axes and sharp pointy things, John Neeman Tools make some gorgeous stuff. Outrageously expensive, but beautiful objects in their own right.
As far as knives go, it's a work of art... Same for the axes. And their first video is gorgeous too. Proper, old-fashioned hand craftsmanship. So, do yourself a favour, and take 6 minutes out of your day to watch this.
http://youtu.be/Esn0_eR9lnQ
I think our small blue world..our home is incredibly beautiful.
To quote Carl Sagan &..The Pale Blue Dot
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.
These words themselves may not be 'an object' but they are profound and beautiful.
TobyLerone said:
So, not sure if this has already been posted. But....
For knives, axes and sharp pointy things, John Neeman Tools make some gorgeous stuff. Outrageously expensive, but beautiful objects in their own right.
As far as knives go, it's a work of art... Same for the axes. And their first video is gorgeous too. Proper, old-fashioned hand craftsmanship. So, do yourself a favour, and take 6 minutes out of your day to watch this.
http://youtu.be/Esn0_eR9lnQ
Just watched all of the the videos, some day I would like to be able to make something as beautiful as that. For knives, axes and sharp pointy things, John Neeman Tools make some gorgeous stuff. Outrageously expensive, but beautiful objects in their own right.
As far as knives go, it's a work of art... Same for the axes. And their first video is gorgeous too. Proper, old-fashioned hand craftsmanship. So, do yourself a favour, and take 6 minutes out of your day to watch this.
http://youtu.be/Esn0_eR9lnQ
BHC said:
irocfan said:
WTF is that?
(lets see how many old Amiga and Atari ST gamers are around
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