Ding-a-ling-a-ling. Hello? It's For Ewe. Jean Luc Cornec's Rotary Phone Sheep.

above photo by Frank Rumpenhorst

Reader Mark Shockley sent me some images of this unusual art installation to share with you: Grazing sheep made of old rotary telephones. Although he hadn't known who or where they came from, a little research uncovered the fact that this is was an installation in the Frankfurt Museum of Communications by french artist Jean-Luc Cornec from quite a long time ago. Though the following photos were taken in approx 2004, I believe the installation was first implemented in the early 1990s.


above photo by Alex Hess







Thanks to fellow bloggers for photos and info: swissmiss and BB-Blog, eyeteeth, bookofjoe, and flickr photos for the images.

Other work by Jean Luc Cornec can be seen below.

Words Christmas Tree:

Gummi bear Christmas Tree:

To see more of jean Luc Cornec's work, go here.

Funky Find Of The Week: Jeremy Scott's Longchamp Pliage Credit Card bag

Jeremy Scott has collaborated once again with French luggage brand Longchamp on their famous "Pliage" bag to bring us the new Longchamp X Jeremy Scott 'Pliage' bag, an homage to consumerism.

The original Pliage Bag by Longchamp is shown below.

This time the designer chose the credit card as an inspiration. Once again the bag is available exclusively at Colette and goes for 175 Euros.

Peter Gronquist: Fashion Revolution With Designer Weapons

Bay Area artist Peter Gronquist's solo show of designer weapons called “The Revolution Will Be Fabulous: A Weapons of Mass Designer Show” opened at Gallery 1988 this past May.

The collection of designer weapons includes guns, semi-automatics, chain saws and rocket launchers clad in designer fabrics and adorned with luxury logos by Gucci, Hermes, Prada, D&G, Dior, Coach, Burberry, Fendi, Versace and Louis Vuitton. Also included but not shown are pacman grenades, an LV electric chair and more.

Although as an art form his work is clichéed and 'easy', it certainly is unusual and clearly has its appeal to the public. Prices start at $3,000 for the weapons shown here and several have already been sold.








Artist bio:
Peter Gronquist was born in Portland, Oregon in 1979. He attended the School of Visual Arts, then received his bfa from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2001. Peter currently resides in Oakland California.

For more, go here.

Peter Gronquist