Comments on: Beauty of overwrought repair

By: OtherMichael

OtherMichael — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:57:00 +0000

“All art is inherently useless.”

Although some art is less useless than others.

By: dermot heaney

dermot heaney — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:56:00 +0000

But is it art!?

By: timquinn

timquinn — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:43:00 +0000

The ultimate skeptical statement is to be so unimpressed that you don’t even bother to comment. I want you all to work on that. I feel you are not committed to this.

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 06:50:00 +0000

For some reason I am reminded of the Foxfire article about how to make shoes starting without much more than a cowhide. Now that was impressive.

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:48:00 +0000

Thank you, Red Green.

By: vonbobo

vonbobo — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:58:00 +0000

Great piece- it reminds of that “area” between identifying a project, and deciding on the final design that I will fabricate.

My project criteria usually include cost, time, function, simplicity, and often repurposing materials. This guy is playing with those wonderful designs that would never make it past all of the normal criteria.

By: retrojoe

retrojoe — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:56:00 +0000

I like the chair as it has an architectural slant to it but, much of it reminds me of steampunk frippery; with the exception that these add-ons serve a purpose as opposed to an assortment of randomly stuck on watch gears. I like that he’s using odd bits to repair broken items but they’re also forced. Go into rural/poor areas anywhere in the world and you’ll see plenty of the same thought process done with a more practical end product. But because it’s not done as “art” it doesn’t earn a blog post.

Grumble, grumble…kids these days.

By: endrest

endrest — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:40:00 +0000

I bet he’ll have no problem getting those earbuds through airport security… In fact, it reminds me of a guy that makes steampunk-like watches. Ask him about the TSA and he has nothing good to say.

By: Listener43

Listener43 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:40:00 +0000

I seem to have a different definition of “repair” … oh, and of “beautiful” as well.

By: bolamig

bolamig — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:39:00 +0000

Good vice.

By: Ladyfingers

Ladyfingers — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:26:00 +0000

Not a patch on There I Fixed It.

By: TheOven

TheOven — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:24:00 +0000

So, did the bits that stuck out the side of the chair help keep it stable in any way? This seemed more like chair decoration than repair.

By: shutz

shutz — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:13:00 +0000

I only came here to say, “Duct Tape”.

That is all.