Beautiful Things

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I like their practicality given the wheels.

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‘John Douglas, from Head of Muir, captured this dramatic picture of the Kelpies.’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-45977480

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https://www.bilibili.com/video/av11498149/

Sam Maloof showing how he builds his chairs, if I won the lottery I would buy one of his rockers.

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I’ve watched the first two videos. Fascinating. I’ll watch the rest tonight.

Thanks for posting that!

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Watched it all now. He’s very talented, however his use of the band saw is somewhat err, unconventional :laughing:

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Sure is, not recommended :slight_smile: but those sculpted arms make the chair stand out from others. Just watched another film on Youtube of him in his old age (worked into his 90s).

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…dragging me away from the wild horses, emerging from hibernation soon…

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The Arc of Noah rebuilt & opened to the public in Kentucky, USA. The exact measurements as God gave in the Bible.

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Love it, apparently god popped some dinosaurs on board too :grinning:

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An ancient cubit is considered the length between the elbow of an adult male and the tip of their middle finger…so over 300 cubits given as the length I hope God had long arms to avoid disappointments.

In feet and inches or metres?

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Q-bits are always in S.I. units, surely?

VTA looks a bit high

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Cracking piccy

That’s massive, no wonder 2 of everything (plus all the food and drink to sustain everything for the best part of 6 weeks) fitted inside.

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His website is well worth a look. Does a lot of photography for aviation magazines & the annual flying legends calendar. Hoping his online shop is fixed soon as I am keen on a few to have printed & framed.

https://www.planepicture.com/

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