Found Art

The Downtown Phoenix Mothership Lands with "Random Acts of Art"

By Claire Lawton Mon., May 7 2012 at 12:00 PM
Categories: Found Art

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Downtown Phoenix Mothership
Stop No. 2 at 365 N. 2nd Ave
If you were wandering around downtown Phoenix over the weekend, you may have noticed a few colorful additions to chain-link fences.

"Random Acts of Art," in the shapes of found images and ephemera, were posted by a group that calls itself The Downtown Phoenix Mothership on a route from Second Avenue to Second Street and in and around Roosevelt Row.

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Bike Tour, Downtown Phoenix Mothership, Pete Petrisko, Stacey Champion
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We're Doomed: Scientists Discover "The Komodo Dragon of Wasps"

By Claire Lawton Fri., Mar. 30 2012 at 11:45 AM
Categories: Found Art
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via DailyMail
​Introducing the Garuda, a wasp found in the Mekongga Mountains in southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. 

 Wasps are common in the area, but the Garuda proved to be a bit extraordinary -- at 2.5 inches long ... with jaws that are longer than its legs. 

 The bug was discovered by Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis. She writes that the Garuda's jaws are "so large they wrap up either side of the head when closed."

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Doomed, Garuda, Giant Wasps, Komodo Dragon
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The Best Butts in Baseball (Spring Training Edition)

By Claire Lawton Wed., Mar. 21 2012 at 12:00 PM
Categories: Found Art
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​As Spring Training continues throughout the Valley and kicks off the regular season, there are plenty of kickass line-ups -- all up for the lookin'.

In celebration, we've created our own fantasy team of players we wouldn't mind seeing around town and on the field. We sifted through stats, filtered through the rosters, and scanned YouTube clips to pick out the best of the best -- with our own definition of "rounding the bases."

Our lineup:
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baseball, best butts, spring training
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Found on Craigslist: One Room in a Quirky House of Placenta Crafters in Phoenix

By Claire Lawton Tue., Feb. 28 2012 at 11:00 AM
Categories: Found Art
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​​If you're on the market for a room in a historic hippie house in downtown Phoenix, light up a celebratory stick of incense.

The place of your dreams awaits on Craigslist -- or, more specifically, in neighborhood of Seventh and McKinley streets. And brother (or sister), this house is way loose. 

The room for rent in this 1923 gem has a small closet, a window, and three roommates who are self-described as a "birth & postpartum doula and placenta crafter," a "paradigm shifter," and a lover of "British culture, playing guitar, and reading biographies of heroin addicted 80s rockers" -- all for the low price of $350 per month. 

And while the three are all "open," "420 friendly," and make their own toothpaste, they do have a few, very specific rules. As a future member of the commune, you must:

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craigslist, phoenix, placenta crafters, room for rent
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Elephant and Panda Poo Paper Flowers: Because Nothing Says "I Love You" Like a Shitty Bouquet

By Claire Lawton Mon., Feb. 13 2012 at 2:45 PM
Categories: Found Art
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http://www.uncommongoods.com/artist?artistId=13341
​Yeah, those will definitely work the magic on Valentine's Day. 

Poo paper roses are made from 100 percent dung pulp collected by these brave souls from elephant and giant panda conservation parks. We won't go into the details, but from shit to flower there's a lot of boiling, steaming, molding, smashing, drying, and peeling involved. 

Of course, your Valentine will not want to know any of this -- nor will she appreciate your "environmentally friendly" gift based on your keen observations of her soy milk and natural face wash preferences. 

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Elephant poop, Panda Poop, Paper Flowers, Poo Paper
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Spotted: Arizona, the Land of History and Mystery (c. 1925)

By Claire Lawton Thu., Jan. 26 2012 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Found Art

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Boston Public Library via Flickr
​If you can't make the trip out to the The Boston Public Library to take a long, drooling look at its print department, take advantage of its updated flickr set. 


Recently added, was an album of the library's poster collection, including more than 350 vintage travel posters from the 1920s and '40s, aka "The Golden Age of Travel." 

The posters were commissioned by travel agents and offices as modes of transportation developed and the railways opened to those looking for luxury travel. Included in the collection are prints of American, European, and Asian cities -- then reachable by boat, plane, and train.
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Boston Public Library, The Willmarths, Vintage Travel Posters
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Cheers to a New Year

By Claire Lawton Fri., Dec. 30 2011 at 7:00 AM
Categories: Found Art
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​Just an idea (or six) on how you might have to get dressed in the morning.

Happy 2012 from your (antlered) friends at Jackalope Ranch.
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Pornaments: Best Hung Low on the Tree (NSFW)

By Claire Lawton Tue., Dec. 20 2011 at 12:37 PM
Categories: Buy It, Found Art
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http://xgenproducts.com
​Hello, stocking stuffer. 

If you're looking for a few conversation starters on the tree or for a few priceless reactions from friends and in-laws, look no further than XGen's line of Pornaments. 

The line of ornaments, described as "festive, phallic fun," are crafted from hand-blown glass and are all about 6 inches.

We'll leave the puns to you. 

Check out our five favorite pornaments (with gift tag suggestions) after the jump ...  

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pornaments, public art, xgen
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Treasure Hunt: Los Angeles Showcases Crafts, Paper Goods, and a Whole Lot of Felt

By Claire Lawton Fri., Dec. 16 2011 at 3:33 PM
Categories: Found Art
Sometimes it's important to have an adventure, and in the spirit of discovery and shallow love for anything (and everything) that sparkles, Jackalope Ranch took a much-needed trip out of town to do some treasure hunting. This time, we trekked to Los Angeles for the Holiday Renegade Craft Fair. 
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Note: We say "paper goods" with emphasis; despite the overwhelming amount of felted, painted, and printed handmade goods covered in mustaches and birds, we came home with piles of letterpress. 

Warning: Hipster craft porn (in Hipstamatic, no less) to follow ... ​

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Los Angeles, Renegade Craft Fair, The Ace Hotel, The Parker, Treasure Hunt
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The No Pants AZ Light Rail Ride is Scheduled for January

By Claire Lawton Wed., Dec. 14 2011 at 10:30 AM
Categories: Found Art
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MrAnathema on Flickr
​A quick public service announcement: if you're not looking to share a bench and some quality skin time with a few pants-less commuters (and yes, they are just happy to see you), you might to take the car on January 8. 

The No Pants Light Rail Ride ride is organized by members of Improv Everywhere, the braintrust who brought you the train station flash mob, the mall santa musical, and hundreds of other "surprise" choreographed scenes in pubic public places. 

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Improv Everywhere, No Pants Light Rail Ride
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