13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXLVI)

1. Artist uses packaging materials to make ye olde garments Discover the incredible work of Suzanne Jongmans. 2. This Extraordinary Folk Art Antique French Shell Palace For Sale (Dimensions: H 45 cm x W 41 cm x D 75 cm). Asking price: €1,094.92. Found on ArtDibs. 3. The Old Decorative Signs at Jones Beach State…

Is MacPaint the Most Underrated form of Outsider Art?

Readers of a certain age may remember MacPaint’s arrival well: developed by Apple and released in 1984 with the OG Macintosh Computer, it was our planet’s first taste of fancy graphics editing, and it was available to absolutely everyone. For a price, of course (the first Mac cost the 2019 equivalent of $5,000 USD). As…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXLV)

1. Europe’s First Underwater Restaurant At the tip of Norway, beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic in Lindesnes, Under is a restaurant five and a half meters below the surface in Norway, exposing you to the wonders beneath the sea. 2. A Perfect New Life in Newfoundland, For Sale Listed at $350,000 CAD, the Pickersgill Premises on…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXLII)

1. Potemkin Villages: Fake towns and villages designed for police or military training The concept of the “Potemkin Village” can be traced back to Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin, a Russian field marshal and favorite of Empress Catherine the Great. Anxious to spare the grim face of the recently annexed Crimea when she was visiting in 1787,…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXLI)

1. Vintage Roller Skate Boxes Found on Anonymous Works. Lots for sale on Etsy too (with original skates). 2. A 19th Century Tintype of an Orthopedic Shoe Found on Pinterest. 3. Couture dresses made with Vintage Maps By Elizabeth Lecourt. 4. Demonic Children in Mid-century Advertising Found on Plan 59. 5. ‘Witches’ marks’ found in…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXXIX)

1. The ridiculously dangerous sport of “Auto Polo” Automobile polo or Auto polo was a motorsport invented in the United States with rules and equipment similar to equestrian polo but using automobiles instead of horses. The “sport” which was popularised by an automobile dealer as a publicity stunt for Ford cars. …A tally of the damages…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXXVIII)

1. Pyramid of Unas “The sword of Orion opens the doors of the sky. Before the doors close again the gate to the path Over the fire, beneath the holy ones as they grow dark As a falcon flies as a falcon flies, may Unis rise into this fire Beneath the holy ones as they…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CXLIV)

1. Train Travel in the 1800s The interior of a Rococo period Pullman train car. Found on the Newberry Library. 2. An opera house on the US–Canada border where the stage is in one country and half the audience is in another The Haskell Free Library & Opera House. 3. Tarantino’s original cast wish list for…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXXV)

1. Living in a old Sea Captain’s House Our favourite decorator, John Derian, lives in an 18th-century Provincetown home that once belonged to a sea captain. “ I renovated the plumbing and electric, but left the rest of the house how it was, even the peeling wallpaper. A year afterward, my brother visited and said, ‘Take your time…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCCXXXIV)

1. An artist’s interpretation of how iconic faces would look if they fit 2018’s beauty standards By collage artist Mat Maitland. 2. A Hollywood Special Effects Artist turned Hyper-Realistic Sculptor You’ve seen his work in films like Planet of the Apes and the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, now discover the new personal work…