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Chair No 35

Chair No 35
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Sure, Winter is coming, but you can start saving up now for Damian Velasquez’s awesome patio furniture for next Spring, crafted from a cool-looking, but comfortable metal mesh. More here.

Skyrim Helmet Build

Skyrim Helmet Build

See this incredible metal Skyrim helmet? Watch and learn a thing or two about welding, grinding, cutting and modern-day blacksmithing in this build video by its creator, Shannon Clawson.

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Shark Bookends

Shark Bookends
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Knob Creek Metal Arts handmakes these killer shark bookends – perfect for standing up your collection of marine biology books or your Jaws and Sharktopus discs. Hammerhead also available.

Arjes VZ 950 DK Shredder

Arjes VZ 950 DK Shredder

Check out the ARJES hydraulic shredder VZ 950 crushing whole cars to bits in seconds. Is it better than when the Terminator dropped himself into the hot molten steel in T2? Your call. (Thanks Peter!)

Bumblebee Sculpture

Bumblebee Sculpture
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Keep Decepticons off your front lawn with this amazing 7.5 foot-tall sculpture of Bumblebee, handmade from various scrap metal parts by ScrapSculptures. Get Optimus Prime here.

Wire Sculptures

Wire Sculptures

UK artist Derek Kinzett creates incredibly detailed sculptural figures using precisely formed lengths of wire. His life-size human forms are pretty amazing, but we’re partial to the motorcycle.

Exposure

Exposure

You may recall Antony Gormley’s sculptures. Turns out he supersized things in 2010, erecting an 85 foot-tall metal man in the Dutch town of Lelystad. We wonder how tall he’d be if he stood up.

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Melting Spoons

Melting Spoons

Looking for a cool parlor trick? Watch this metal spoon completely disintegrate as it’s stirred into water. The trick? It’s made out of 99.998% pure gallium, which melts at 86°F. Try it yourself here.

Ace of Spades Bottle Opener

Ace of Spades Bottle Opener
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How’s this for a card trick? Pop open a bottle a cold bottle of brew (or Coca-Cola) with Kikkerland’s wallet-sized stainless steel opener, which looks just like the best card in the deck.

Construction & Composition

Construction & Composition

Kouichi Okamoto created these seats using a single material each. The Construction chair is made from square tubes of copper, while the Composition chair is made from bent aluminum wire.

Armadillo 161 Bracelet

Armadillo 161 Bracelet

It’s not often we come across a manly bracelet, but the Rogue DZN’s adjustable bracelet definitely fills the bill. Each link is made of 8 precise components, machined from military-grade G5 titanium.

Animal Staple Removers

Animal Staple Removers
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Jac Zagoory’s pewter desk accessories help you live out those cubicle fantasies where your staple remover is some sort of dangerous animal with big pointy teeth. It’s the only thing we use ours for.

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Titanium Drinking Straw

Titanium Drinking Straw

Don’t waste time with plastic straws – ThinkGeek’s Titanium Drinking Straw is tasteless, odorless, has very low thermal conductivity, and is hefty enough to stab it right into the fruit you wish to drink.

Pandora Container Cabinets

Pandora Container Cabinets

Sander Mulder’s latest home furnishings are built to resemble industrial shipping containers, and just like the real deal, units can be stacked and rotated to create a multitude of storage configurations.

Funston Fire Pit/Ice Chest

Funston Fire Pit/Ice Chest

The Funston is a simple but dual purpose outdoor accessory. One container is a (clearly marked) fire pit, while the other one functions as an ice pit with a bottle opener on the side.

Bicycle Cufflinks

Bicycle Cufflinks
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GothamSmith’s gorgeous steel Bicycle Cufflinks are available in 3 finishes, but remember – just because the pedals are on your wrists doesn’t mean you should let go of the handlebars.

Desktop Dumpsters

Desktop Dumpsters
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These substantial steel desktop dumpsters sporting urban art from SteelPlant are conversation-grabbers. They’re cut, formed, and welded up from 14 gauge solid recycled steel. (Thanks Ryan!)

Graffiti Cocktail Shaker

Graffiti Cocktail Shaker

Fill this Krylon-inspired stainless shaker with your favorite cocktail recipe and some ice cubes, put the cap on, then shake to replicate the sound of a fresh spray can full of paint. Delicious, boozy paint.

Aviator Wing Desk

Aviator Wing Desk
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Drawing design inspiration from WWII fighter planes, this unique desk is built from patches of aluminum layered over hardwood, attached with exposed steel screws to simulate rivets.

Mine Field Furniture

Mine Field Furniture

When departing in the ’90s, the Soviet army burned the explosives out of the mines stored in Mädasadam, leaving multitudes of cases as scrap iron. Mati Karmin repurposes these relics as art.

John Beck Industrial Furniture

John Beck Industrial Furniture

John Beck Paper & Steel produces dramatic, industrial styled furniture and lighting using (sometimes shotgun-blasted) steel, with a sprinkle of reclaimed wood and eco concrete.

The Intimidator

The Intimidator

If you can believe, there’s a 45 caliber muzzle-loading pistol in this picture. Once GarE Maxton’s 135-piece metal puzzle is disassembled and the right parts reassembled, it fires bullets.

Jalopy Robot Sculpture

Jalopy Robot Sculpture

Nikola Nikolov’s 6′ tall, 198 lb welded and sculpted Transformer sculpture is the embodiment of the relationship between man and machine, being crafted from his first car, a Lada Samara Diva.

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