Comments on: A spoon further

A spoon further

Wet Spot — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:26:36 -0800

By: kenko

kenko — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:48:41 -0800

Cool brooch. This is great.

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:05:47 -0800

There's some great stuff in there, some of it wonderfully abstract. I'm going to have to link to A fish (Timur Valiulin) and Fish, oh my fish (German Startsev) (on a theme), though. Aw, geez, but then there's Feed a spoon as much as you like... (Victor Sobolyev), and the wonderful Skimmer for pelmeni (Volodya Denisov), which looks as if it is for a baby that spits up too much (except the spoon leaks), and ...

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:26:11 -0800

nice. tx, ws.

By: pokeydonut

pokeydonut — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:08:02 -0800

It's something to see. They're so pretty.

By: ArcAm

ArcAm — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 22:05:08 -0800

If you are concerned about this post there is always spoonguard. [which is a loudish page you may have seen]

By: of strange foe

of strange foe — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 07:28:34 -0800

Great find!

By: ScottUltra

ScottUltra — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:29:11 -0800

Fantastic post! I tend to most appreciate the abstract or the surreal.

By: ScottUltra

ScottUltra — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:37:26 -0800

I'm also somewhat intrigued by this design. I just wish there were more photos, taken from different angles. The simplicity of the alteration of this particular example is alluring. Does "Mayakoffsky" translate into english, or is it a riff on Futurist poet Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky's name? Other ideas, anyone?

By: briank

briank — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:43:34 -0800

Surreal, and totally devoid of The Tick. Very good!

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 10:03:41 -0800

ScottUltra: It's definitely a reference to Mayakovski, but the root of his name is mayak 'lighthouse, beacon,' which may not be irrelevant. Great post!