The flea circus sounds funny, but it was once a serious (if strange) performance type. The fleas are actually trained to 'behave' and 'perform' in certain ways - even harnassed with tiny wires. Of course, for every such...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/27/victorian-flea-circuses-a-lost-art-form/French Performance Art outfit La Machine unveiled this 3 million dollar steampunk spider, La Princesse, as part of the City of Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture. Over a four day period, La Princesse - in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/01/attack-of-the-steampunk-spider-princess/There's something delightfully fun about these semi-retro and slightly-sexist female merit badges created by Artist Mary Yeager. My female merit badges illustrate female "rites of passage" as well as the myriad physical...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/31/female-merrit-badges/This stunning sculpture is the work Jud Turner, it was created for the 'Different Spokes' sculpture show in 2008. Jud used a combination of welded steel, some found objects and mixed media to create what he calls the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/the-skeleton-bicycle/