Comments on: Creatures made from recycled tires

By: invpartnership

invpartnership — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:44:00 +0000

Unbelievable! @Cory:disqus : Thanks for posting this! What a superb (and green) way to utilize very non-biodegradable material. I’m blown away by the detail.

By: Suho1004

Suho1004 — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:40:00 +0000

The page (which is in Korean) says that the site has exceeded it’s traffic limit. This is a daily traffic limit, though, which resets every day at midnight. Apparently the limit has already been exceeded again today (even though it’s not even noon here).

By: catgrin

catgrin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:03:00 +0000

Yep, the original link appears to be dead, but just run a google search on “Yong Ho Ji artist” and you’ll find plenty of galleries associated with his art. The works are really lovely, and it isn’t until you see them in an outdoor setting that you realize they’re designed to mimic “life size” creatures.

By: Sana Souratha

Sana Souratha — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:28:00 +0000

I cannot enter the site at all. Could this possible the Great Firewall of China? But it’s in Korean?

By: Andrew Singleton

Andrew Singleton — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:08:00 +0000

This man has taken things out of my nightmares and made them real.

This is a compliment by the way. I think.

By: Derek C. F. Pegritz

Derek C. F. Pegritz — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:56:00 +0000

I’ve been trying to figure out what the mean, nasty predatory race of aliens from the novel I’m working on are going to look like for a week or so now–and now I know! Thanks, tire-artist!

By: Vnend

Vnend — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:38:00 +0000

The artist’s site seems have been slash-dotted by the exposure.

I can’t say for certain, since I cannot read Chinese, and that is all the error page gives you (the url you are redirected to lists it as 503.html, so it is some generic error message…)

But the stuff I got to look at before it locked up ranged from ‘neat’ to ‘wow’. And, yeah, the medium would require a lengthy airing out or an outdoor installation.

By: lord sukaton

lord sukaton — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:22:00 +0000

Reminds me of some of Villu Jaanisoo’s works, although his works retain a bit more of the feel of the material… check out “Hotei, one of the seven lucky gods” or “Everthing is possible” at http://www2.pirkkala.fi/villusoo/index.html

By: Mike Walshe

Mike Walshe — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:21:00 +0000

I saw these a few months ago in a shopping mall display in Hong Kong – they do indeed look fantastic, but they smell terrible!

By: wawaya

wawaya — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:21:00 +0000

I’m feeling nit-picky today

Unless the tires were recycled when they were originally manufactured, this headline doesn’t make sense.
Headlines that would make sense:

Creatures repurposed from tires
Creatures made from old tires
Creatures made from tires

Thank you for indulging my nitpicking.

By: princessalex

princessalex — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:20:00 +0000

Okay, this is a pet peeve of mine. “Recycling” refers to turning the material of an item back into raw materials, so it can be made into new goods. Like, re-pulping paper egg cartons to be formed into new egg cartons. Or, melting plastic or glass down to be made into new plastic or glass items. Taking an old item and reusing it for another purpose is reusing or repurposing.

That said, this artist is fantastic. He manages to turn strips of old tires into skin, fur, flesh. It’s incredible!