That’s exactly what the Blender Foundation has done. Not only can you see the movie for free, you can download any of the elements that were used in the film. Even the software they used to create it.
Big Buck Bunny from Blender Foundation on Vimeo.
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Roadside Giants
I stumbled on this in the Waymarking site. There’s a category of Giant Fiberglass Statues a.k.a. Muffler Men. I noticed a lot of them looked alike and must have been produced by one company for sale. After a quick Google search I found my answer and an interesting story.
Steve: These characters — and many others — were made by a company called International Fiberglass, which I owned and ran during the mid 1960s until around 1974. They were sold as attention getters for retail stores.
Our main business was working with the large oil and tire companies and restaurant chains for nationwide programs. For example, we built a series of Phillips Petroleum cowboys, Texaco Big Friends, and US Rubber Miss Uniroyals. We also did ENCO and Humble tigers, and Sinclair Dinosaurs.
We had a variety of figures which we adapted from one mold — such as golfers, cowboys, spacemen, Indians, muffler men, etc. We also built a bunch of different animals such as horses, steers, cows, giant chickens, etc.
Origin of the Species on Roadside America
On a high volcanic rock plateau in Ethiopia stands a unique Christian holy site, Lalibela. In the 12th century, a crossed-shaped church called the House of St. George was built by cutting away the surrounding rock to leave a 12 meter by 12 meter cross. It is formed out of a single rock without a single seam. The interior was also hollowed out from rock. Lalibela has eleven stone churches, which are connected by tunnels. They were built by a ruler named King Lalibela in the 12th century.
from World Heritage Site UNESCO
Video explaining the history http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/18/video
Awesome aerial pictures of Africa (which lead to this discovery)
http://www.eyes-over-africa.com/
Travel Video on Youtube showing various angles and countryside.
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Plastic Bag Crochet
Cristen says we consume 1 million plastic bags a minute worldwide. So she’s come up with a creative way to reuse them, crochet them into hats, koozies and purses.
T-shirt factory lets you design the shirt. Designs are voted on by site visitors to determine which ones are chosen to be printed. If only I had time!
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Sculpture from Saplings and Twigs
This artist builds unique sculptures by bending saplings and twigs into shapes and buildings.
Here’s a site that will take your 30 second video and turn it into a flip book!
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Fascinating Steel House Sculpture
I ran across this fascinating “house structure” made by artist/sculptor Robert Bruno in Texas. It’s made completely out of steel plate and he’s been working on it since 1974. Watch the movie as he describes the house and how he accomplished it.
Here’s an interesting idea, miniature sculptures out of crayons. I’d like to see how this is accomplished.
http://diemchau.com/storytelling/index.html?0
