Bicycle chain sculptures and more heavy metal from Young-Deok Seo

Chain sculptures by Seo, Young-Deok

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Razor Blades and raffle tickets make multiples into Mesmerizing Patterns foundobjects

Artwork from Susan Noyes with a vast array of utility razor blades in several variations. There's nothing like the use of multiples to make art of out everyday objects. The original article has numerous examples for your visual pleasure.
Simple Razor Blades Form Mesmerizing Patterns - My Modern Metropolis: "Susan Noyes"

Perforations in paper have always been interesting, though there's less examples of them in the 21st century. Cereal boxes, computer printouts from big business and junk mail use perforations to make it easier to get at the product. Stationery from the 1930s–1970s had creative ways of using perforations to open personal letters and tearing-away return mail responses.  and was very creative in the ways that made use of

These old-school movie theater tickets have a shape that reminds me of the straight razors you can get at the hardware store. Both would make nice props for a collage of multiples.

Movie Ticket Collage (Photo credit: maisa_nyc)

English: Hungarian razor blades - 1950's year - socialism period (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Gillette double-edged safety razor series Français : Gillette à double-tranchant rasoir de sûreté séries (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Pill packets in Perspex box - Art prize winner: | NZ Herald News

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Akiko Diegel won the paramount award with her work Cure - made of Disprin encased in Perspex. She won a six-month residency to study art in New York.

Last night's awards, held at the Pah Homestead in the TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, were judged by New Zealand artists Philip Trusttum, Sara Hughes and Peter Gibson-Smith."

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Embryo undergoing second cleavage + Starfish and electron microscopy - Nikon Small World - Bruno Vellutini (via This is the Universe)

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Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful Of Gitanes

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