nzafro:

Spin cycle.

geometrydaily:

#347 Rolling – A new minimal geometric composition each day

continuo-docs:

Hollis Frampton (1936-1984), Phenakistiscope. Printed cardboard disk, 6 3/4” (17cms) in diameter, to be spin on a pencil in front of a mirror. Instructions: “Impale on pencil – Spin counter clockwise – Peep through slots – Observe in mirror”. From: SMS issue No. 4, August 1968. SMS, or Shit Must Stop, was a collection of 6 portfolios with various artist multiples published in 1968 in NYC by William Nelson Copley. Original, static picture from Davidson Galleries’ anthology of SMS multiples on PDF.

nevver:

Escher

nzafro:

Guess Who.

steampunkvehicles:

An “air hog” or pneumatic locomotive is an air-powered locomotive used in environments where fire was a risk, such as flour mills and coal mines.  It was charged off of a stationary steam engine.  I like the Russian nickname for them, “ghost scooters”.  

http://steampunkdepot.livejournal.com/24552.html