MetaFilter posts tagged with rubber

A urinely,Why not use it to make children's toys? Children are always breaking their toys.

Astro Zombie — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:02:24 -0800

What do you get when you mix vegetable oil and urine? No, it's not tome fetish -- well, not yet, anyway. It's self-healing rubber, of course. (Via.)

Motorized cordless twin rubber band minigun, capable of firing 40 bands per second.

Astro Zombie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:34:08 -0800

Rubber band warfare just got deadlier. (Single YouTube link to rubber band gun AWESOMENESS.)

A perfect stealth invasion force.

nevercalm — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:24:50 -0800

The duck diaspora: thousands of rubber ducks condemned never to know the quietude of a suburban bathtub, which have instead spent 15 years wandering the world's oceans like aquatic Cains. Previously

Atomage Magazine

serazin — Thu, 31 May 2007 10:50:41 -0800

Atomage Magazine, possibly the first fetish magazine, produced by clothing designer turned photographer John Sutcliffe, who clearly had a special place reserved in his heart for head-to-toe rubberwear.

Oh the huge manatee

Blazecock Pileon — Sun, 27 May 2007 12:03:40 -0800

The Goodyear Blimp: Building, filling, painting, testing. Structure. People. Signage. Flying.

Boris Plotnikoff's Gasmask Collection

hama7 — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:15:04 -0800

Boris Plotnikoff's Gasmask Collection, Heavy Rubber.

Rubber monsters

Astro Zombie — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 22:51:28 -0800

If you know monster makeup, you already know the name Jack Pierce, who created the makeup for Frankenstein's monster, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, and many others. But Pierce's career with Universal Studios, for whom he created these masterpieces, came to a sudden, and unexpected, end when, in 1945, he and his entire staff were fired.

The trouble? Pierce's methods were time-consuming and painstaking, involving, among other things, building up his creatures features with cotton and collodion, a process that took many hours. Universal had fallen on hard times, with mergers, sales of its catalogue, and the loss of its 1,500-screen theater chain bringing the bean counters to the fore. They wanted to cut back on Universal's grand-spending ways, and out with the bathwater went the baby. The sorts of makeup men the bean-counters like were George and Gordon Bau, two brothers from Minnesota who had worked at Rubbercraft and brought with them a knowledge of how to make reusable appliances from cheap, lightweight foam latex. Their major accomplishment was House of Wax (1953) and they revolutionized the industry (Dick Smith's work in Little Big Man would be unthinkable without it, as would the entire career of Rick Baker. Best still, it's now possible to buy monstrous and gruesome rubber appliances right off the shelf.

Bounce with me

euphorb — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:20:29 -0800

The fascinating story of rubber starts here.

fashion, fetish & rubber - oh my!

madamjujujive — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:40:50 -0800

KariwanZ fetish gallery - fashion, fetish, rubber, and tribal art collide. Do the MeFi meetups need a facelift? (mildly nsfw)

Recycled Latex and Rubber Fashion Chic!

madamjujujive — Sat, 08 Mar 2003 16:11:45 -0800

Look who's wearing your old tires! If you thought recycled fashion was all about clunky rubber sandals, think again - recycled fashion has turned chic. It can be elegant, fun and funky or just plain kinky. Oh, and don't worry guys - there are some fashions designed for you, too! (some links may not be sfw)