Another theft of a Henry Moore bronze

This sundial sculpture by Henry Moore was stolen earlier this week. All scrap metal shops should be on notice to look out for the piece, and I'm sure police are in contact with scrap metal buyers in the region:

 The 22-inch (56cm) high “Sundial” sculpture had been placed in the garden of The Henry Moore Foundation in Much Hadham, Herts, to be enjoyed by visitors. The structure, in the shape of two interlinked crescents, is believed to have been stolen between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, when members of staff spotted it missing. Police have now launched an investigation into the theft, amid fears it could have been stolen to be melted down.

Let's hope this half a million pound work of art won't be sold for only a few hundred pounds and is recovered quickly. 

1. Hannah Furness, Henry Moore sculpture worth £500,000 stolen from grounds of his former home, Telegraph.co.uk, July 12, 2012.

Customized bowling pins

Just what every girl needs - - a ray gun and a makeup-applying robot (or actually, looks like the robot painted a portrait of her). Underneath that clever paint is a bowling pin that Blain Hefner customized to benefit the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Utah. Here's two more, of the many pins that were customized for the fundraiser:


Scott Murry.



Ellen T. Crenshaw.

You can bid on Blain's pin here. And the rest of the pins are also up for auction here.

Automata donations box for Smeaton's Tower Lighthouse Museum

Automata donations box by Keith Newstead for Smeaton's Tower Lighthouse Museum.

*Buy Creative Kinetics: Making Mechanical Marvels in Wood at Amazon.

Sculptures by Pierre Matter

A small sampling of the sculptures on display at Pierre Matter's site. Many remind me of Giger. Pierre also has sculptures, prints and books on sale.

Link roundup

1. In Warren Ellis's upcoming comic SVK, you can "read the characters' minds" by shining the included UV light at the panels.

2. Coal-powered robot sculpture.

3. Last Exit to Nowhere's new Karate Kid t-shirt is now on sale.

*Buy karate patches at eBay.

Automata by Keith Newstead

Two automata by Keith Newstead:




Estonian Dragon.






Sweety Plane.

He has various creations on sale here.

Steampunk sculptures

Steampunk sculptures by Imps and Things. The bike at the bottom is currently on sale at eBay.

The Backstreet Dentist

Two fearsome items from Lucy Harvey's The Backstreet Dentist. Via.

*Buy vintage dental equipment at eBay.

La Luz De Jesus Gallery's Everything But the Kitschen Sync show

OK, here's highlights from La Luz De Jesus Gallery's Everything But the Kitschen Sync show opening this weekend (the images I posted a few days ago were apparently from a show they had mislabeled):


Jack in the Box by Nathan Ota.



Facehuggers by Dennis Larkins.




Sculptures by Greg Brotherton.





Lamps by Evan Chambers.

*Buy facehuggers at eBay.

Everything But the Kitschen Sync

A few gems from the upcoming Everything But the Kitschen Sync show at La Luz de Jesus:


"Scarlet's Locket" by Sheri DeBow.



"Coral and Co" by Miles Thompson.



"Girl in da hood" by Mike Maas.



"Lincoln Saves!" by Kyle Henry.



"Dracula Drinks...a Mai Tai" by Brad Parker.



"Watcher" by Brian Poor.

*Buy tiki at eBay.

Micromachina - - if we drove around in giant bugs

Some of Scott Bain's Micromachina sculptures:

MICROMACHINA examines what makes the insect world tick, and considers our attempts to control nature and the consequences. Humanity’s blatant disregard for nature, where profit comes before life, will ultimately be our undoing. Pesticides, herbicides, genetic modification and massive urban expansion push the fine balance of life toward disaster. There has to be a point, when mother nature will say ‘too far’, and rid the earth of its biggest pest... us.

Once the stuff of science fiction, today flying and crawling insects are used by the military, fitted with audio and video devices. This exhibition experiments using real taxidermy beetles as mechanised shells, to show how we mistreat our fellow inhabitants, forcing them to do our will.

Via.

*Buy insects in amber at Amazon.