I’ve always been in awe of people brainy enough to make magic with Lego blocks, and lately I’ve seen some truly incredible Lego creations on Flickr. Mt. Dew Monkey made this half-skeleton, half Lego man, complete with spinal column and even tiny little phlange-y toes. While you’re at it, check out this Lego Lunatic’s Lair, filled with disemodied Lego heads and other horrors, by Karf Oolhu.
Archive for June, 2009
Brick by Brick
Posted: Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Trip The Felt Fantastic
Posted: Monday, June 29th, 2009
We were checking out the photo pool for Schmancy’s upcoming Plush You show, and oh boy, are we ever excited (and intimidated) to be part of this mother of all handmade art plush shows in Seattle. Naturally we were attracted to the gutsy stuff — the incredible Love Bunny by Little Pieces, left, and the flying heart by altered boxes, and amazing felt rainbow rollerskate by Kinderfluff, center. I am also in love with this Mr. T head pillow. Wowza. Show opens October 9th. We’re also gonna represent at sister store Fancy’s first ever Plush Jewels show!
Toys With Guts
Posted: Monday, June 29th, 2009
Other toys with guts: prescriptive fun from Symptoms Toys, cloth anatomy joy with My Body Activity Center, and lots of guts coming out of thewoodland creatures at Roadkill Toys.
Humans Get Eaten
Posted: Friday, June 26th, 2009
The insides of animals, after having gobbled a human or two. From left to right, whale innards as imagined by Evan B. Harris, what a girl scout looks like inside a dragon’s tummy by Amanda Visell and a bear commandeered by a couple of kids, by ghostpatrol.
Liver Not a Fighter
Posted: Friday, June 26th, 2009
The world is minus one of the greatest entertainers of our time with the death of Michael Jackson yesterday in Los Angeles. He will live forever in our hearts, and his body might live on even longer than that — the Daily Mail reports the King of Pop’s body will be plastinated and put on display in a BodyWorlds exhibit — take that info with a grain of salt, though, they are the Weekly World News of the UK. We wondered if MJ might be the type to have his body cryogenically frozen — a process that supercools the body and removes the body’s fluids so one might be brought back to life in the future. Not so. Apparently the body needs to be frozen almost immediately after death, otherwise the brain builds up with lactic acid, destroying it in the process. Of course first we must wait for the autopsy, and until then we’ll wait to see whether rumors of heavy prescription drug use and possible anorexia contributed to cardiac arrest. All controversy aside, our hearts are heavy over here at I Heart Guts. Until we hear more details, we’re gonna crank up “Thriller” for the millionth time.
Science of Yumminess
Posted: Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Our brains have been hijacked by chocolate! Former FDA head Dr. David Kessler researched the ways in which certain types of products keep you coming back for more — whether you’re hungry or not, and put his results together in a book called The End of Overeating. “By combining fats, sugar and salt in innumerable ways, food makers have essentially tapped into the brain’s reward system, creating a feedback loop that stimulates our desire to eat and leaves us wanting more and more even when we’re full,” writes Tara Parker-Pope in the New York Times. Basically, the brain is working to convince the stomach to get some food in there, the more sugary and fatty the food, the more relentlessly the brain pushes the yumminess.
Heart of a Balloon
Posted: Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Don’t know how we missed seeing this anatomy poster showing the innards of a balloon animal (tibia! metatarsals! awesome!), but it is done by the same fellow who showed us the Lego man’s heart and head, Jason Freeny. Don’t miss seeing his Gummi Bear skeleton and guts schematic. [via Unplugged]
Guts at the Zoo
Posted: Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Puzzle Zoo was one of the first (and remains one of the few) mainstream toy stores to carry our guts, so we’re pleased Toy Directory Monthly chose their Santa Monica store as a place to film our pancreas and plush lungs. She calls “I Love Guts” plush “happy, colorful and educational”. I guess no one prepped her on what the pancreas does, exactly, but who cares, right?
Really Big Sperm
Posted: Monday, June 22nd, 2009
What would you do if your kids were bigger than you — when they were born? Apparently a type of ancient crustacean produced sperm that was not shrimpy at all — the manly cells were even bigger than the full grown adult version of itself. Sounds like a hell of a sea monkey to have to give birth to. [Via DiscoBlogs]
Renegade Hits L.A.
Posted: Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Chicago’s hometown craft fair is coming to Los Angeles, and we can’t wait to climb aboard with our guts! We had so much fun at last summer’s San Francisco show in NorCal, we were delighted to learn Renegade is expanding into SoCal as well. Not only is is heartening to see crafty affairs such as this one expanding in “these troubled times” but we Angelenos enjoy seeing the local craft thrive, even down here in amongst the hell of plastic surgery and Juicy Couture sweatsuits. Now could someone please get the Korean taco truck and Ambient Haircut to hit Renegade and we’ll be in heaven? July 11+12, 11-7 both days. Come visit! Anyone wearing I Heart Guts tees gets a free present! UPDATE: we’re also gonna be at Renegade San Francisco! Come visit, wear guts and get a gift!
