I saw some tiny diamond -
shaped pieces of wood on the university workshop floor - I suspect they were window shapes cut out by an architecture student.
Typical «found objects» include natural materials like sand (see Sand Art), earth, stones, shells, curiously
shaped pieces of wood, a human skull; or man - made items such as newspaper cuttings, photographs, pieces of glass, fragments of scrap metal, pieces of textile fabric, an unmade bed, a bicycle handlebars, and so on.
In other words, the subjective sensation of the «rubber - hand effect» could also be produced with a smartphone, a computer mouse and a smartphone -
shaped piece of wood.
Pit Bull Rescue Central recommends ALL pit bull owners to have a «break stick», a wedge -
shaped piece of wood used to pry open a pit bull's jaw during an attack.
The photo of an African American soldier from World War I is mounted on a tombstone -
shaped piece of wood.
Not exact matches
«8 Arabs generally use this word to denote the act
of shaping of a reed for writing, or
of an arrow, or
of a stick or
of a
piece of wood.9 Al - ban, one who
shapes, is one
of the names
of God in the Qur» an10.
They were not compressed, even, uniform
pieces but were oddly -
shaped and still - recognizable lumps
of blackened
wood.
In other words, we shouldn't seek ways to hammer and nail our children into a predesigned
shape, like a carpenter working on a
piece of wood.
Next to this non-visible hand the researchers placed a rubber hand, the test person's smartphone (iPhone), a computer mouse or a
piece of wood shaped like a smartphone.
Since medieval times, players
of double - reed instruments in the oboe, bassoon, shawm, dolcian, and chanter family have used a small, thin, usually arrow -
shaped or semicircular
piece of metal, now usually plastic or
wood, to help scrape and
shape the cane used to construct the reed.
The latter is how manufacturing has traditionally been done: Layers are subtracted, or removed from a larger
piece of material (
wood, metal, stone, etcetera), leaving the desired
shape.
This bold and unique
piece features intricately laser - cut iron in the
shape of trees across 3 sturdy, rustic fir
wood panels.
While they were
shaping, Robert mentioned that he'd been using the same
piece of wood as his sandpaper block for 25 years.
Other new products I saw included
pieces of wood carved into musical instrument
shapes, such as a guitar, tambourine and a microphone, while others took the
shape of a cell phone or iPod.
The remarkable Manggarai village
of Wae Rebo, some 108 kilometres from Labuan Bajo is nestled in the cloud forests
of western Flores and centres around seven cone -
shaped traditional houses, which are built from bamboo,
wood and grass and function as a remarkable
piece of Flores» living history.
Visit one
of the carpentry workshops where artistically skilled men use all their ingenuity and imagination to produce novel
shapes and
pieces of furniture inlaid with different coloured
woods and mother
of pearl.
Bringing together a minimalist structural rigour contrasted with unfolding fields
of energy, Altmejd recognizes the primacy
of the conceptual approach in
shaping the cycles that run through his work: heads, constructed, architectural
pieces, werewolves, bird men, giants, bodybuilders, guides, watchmen... The abrupt changes in scale (from the minuscule to the monumental), profusion
of materials (crystals, mirrors, synthetic hair and fur, resin,
wood, metal) and the various devices he uses to occupy the space (platforms, display cases, oversized cabinets) are all strategies that position the artist as a creator
of all possibilities.
His
pieces are made
of found materials such as twigs or eucalyptus leaves, or glass, polaroids, unprepossessing black and white photographs, simple
shapes cut from tin in various sizes, little
pieces of carved
wood or stone, clay, small mirrors and panes
of glass, corrugated cardboard, or an assortment
of odd linear bits
of metal.
Once back in the studio, the artists spends numerous days reducing and honing the
wood into perfectly
shaped pieces using an ancient technique
of damp and fire.
At opposite ends
of the main gallery, but not necessarily
of the art world, Alex Brewer (HENSE)'s enormous geometric wall painting and Michi Meko's
wood - assemblage wall
piece both illustrate the journey from gritty vernacular experience to elegantly
shaped contemporary art.
Instead
of carving, Solow painstakingly layers dozens
of one inch
pieces of wood up to six feet high, then sands them into rounded
shapes.
5 Hal 2 Holz Slocke, 1969, fabric,
wood, Cour Carrée du Louvre, Paris, 2008 This
piece presents itself as having five
wood elements, each covered with a cloth envelop, with two
pieces of wood of the same size and
shape enclosed inside
of each
of these envelops.
These
pieces consist
of mounted
wood sculptures that feel like relics
shaped by multiple uses designed and imagined by a single hand.
The exhibition «Water Takes the
Shape of its Container» presents about twenty previously unseen
pieces, assemblages
of paper,
wood and photographs, and an installation.
The viewer squats on the floor taking in the jewel - like fitting
of shapes, suspended in a dialogue with
pieces of wood and stone that seem to speak for themselves.
Later Arnoldi layered sheets
of wood and used a chainsaw to cut them into
shapes; or
pieced heavy blocks
of wood together and painted them, to mount on the wall.
The Feeling
of Movement: Sculptural Woodwork
of Derek Bencomo Maui - based
wood artist Derek Bencomo uses
wood's natural
shape and grain lines to create fluid
pieces that curve and stretch out in three dimensions.
In the 1950s, she began working with massive wall installations using found
pieces of wood that were collaged in geometric grids and covered in paint for a uniform look, emphasizing the relationship
of the
shapes to one another.
• Hands - on experience in measuring, cutting and
shaping wood and plastic to create furniture and other
pieces of art • Demonstrated expertise in constructing building frameworks by using a variety
of rigging hardware and cranes • Competent at reading blueprints and assisting carpenters in handling intricate details
of carpentry work
I have an empty
wood «treasure box» that the child decorates at the beginning
of treatment, and then at the end
of each session, they pick a flat foam
shape or a
piece of paper and we write down something that they got from the session and put it in the treasure box.
Then the second
piece of plywood was attached to the corner
of the scrap
wood and plywood to create an L
shape.
In the home, it's cool, clean and modern Scandi — a natural fit with warm
wood pieces, particularly those with strong lines and
shapes, such as stools, chests
of drawers and picture frames.
I never liked the tone
of wood but I knew it had a cute
shape that would be perfect as a painted
piece.
The result is a range
of fun, bright furniture
pieces that are lightweight and affordable, as opposed to solid
wood, and it's all thanks to paper
shaped in a strong pattern.
An interesting accessories to put your laptop, made
of curved
pieces of wood shaped and very creative.
and then
shaped the top
of the opening into an arch with bent
wood trim
pieces and covered it with drywall.
Double dowels ensure the frame is perfectly square; corner blocks, triangular
pieces of wood affixed to each right angle, prevent the
piece from twisting out
of shape.
Pieces of wood to make the tree
shape.
Place your
wood pieces on your plywood to create the desired
shape of your tree.
Cut scrapbook paper to size for inside
of the «L»
shape and the outside
of the vertical
wood piece.
To make the headboard in the master bedroom, designer Blair Gordon enlarged a photograph
of an antique French mirror, laser - cut a
piece of wood to match the
shape, and upholstered it in a large - scale print.
Perfect for transitional decorating, this
piece is made
of natural
wood with grey accents to highlight its fashionable
shape and measures approx. 18 x 22 inches.
I love your tutorial, I have seen this done in the
shape of an apple cut out with a
piece of wood behind painted with chalkboard paint.
Choose shelf and frame finishes that match the room's other
wood finishes, and arrange the
pieces so they mirror the
shape of the furniture
piece below.
Then, to turn the rectangle into an arch, he used a nail at either end and one in the middle to hold and bend a thin
piece of wood (we used a spare
piece of trim) creating a perfect arch
shape to trace.