{"id":4511,"date":"2013-02-28T01:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T06:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=4511"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:28:33","slug":"swell-things-no-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/28\/swell-things-no-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Swell Things No. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. A Newton’s cradle out of lightbulbs titled Asobi<\/a> ::\u00a0Yasutoki Kariya
2. Seth Godin has created a public art-sharing project<\/a> inviting artist to jot down what their art is on a bookmark and then slip it into his newest book\u00a0The Icarus Deception<\/a><\/em>
3. The work of Angie H. Iver<\/a>
4. The Sea Chair Project<\/a>: three artist set out to produce three-legged chairs out of sea waste
5. The work of Jose Romussi
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6. Select letterpress prints ::\u00a0Karel Martens<\/a>
7. Chandelier<\/a> made from 3,000 gummy bears :: Kevin Champeny
8. Big Copper Knot Necklace<\/a> :: Otherwild
9. Cement & Metal candlesticks<\/a> :: David Taylor\u00a0
10. Traditional kilt maker Paul Henry makes\u00a0tartan notebooks<\/a>\u00a0with the cloth scraps\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. A Newton’s cradle out of lightbulbs titled Asobi ::\u00a0Yasutoki Kariya2. Seth Godin has created a public art-sharing project inviting artist to jot down what their art is on a bookmark and then slip it into his newest book\u00a0The Icarus Deception3. The work of Angie H. Iver4. 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