Al-ibn Kermit
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The IKEA showroom. Thousands of pieces and the whole thing can be assembled even if you're illiterate and have no electricity.
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The Most Impressive Hand-Made Thing You've Ever Seen?
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The IKEA showroom. Thousands of pieces and the whole thing can be assembled even if you're illiterate and have no electricity.
PaleFolklore
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I saw one at the Met and you really can't appreciate how amazing it is until you see it in person. It's so small I can't imagine the skill required to make it.
A banner from a website? You've to be kidding
I rehosted the image.
Goldrusher
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It sure is more hand-made than an IKEA store.
although I haven't actually seen it myselfThe Antikythera mechanism (/ˌæntɨkɨˈθɪərə/ ANT-i-ki-THEER-ə or /ˌæntɨˈkɪθərə/ ANT-i-KITH-ə-rəis an ancient analog computer[1][2][3][4] designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was recovered in 1900–1901 from the Antikythera wreck, but its significance and complexity were not understood until a century later. (...) The construction has been dated to the early 1st century BCE. Technological artifacts approaching its complexity and workmanship did not appear again until the 14th century CE, when mechanical astronomical clocks began to be built in Western Europe.[7]
Professor Michael Edmunds of Cardiff University, who led a 2006 study of the mechanism, said:[8][9]
"This device is just extraordinary, the only thing of its kind. The design is beautiful, the astronomy is exactly right. The way the mechanics are designed just makes your jaw drop. Whoever has done this has done it extremely carefully ... in terms of historic and scarcity value, I have to regard this mechanism as being more valuable than the Mona Lisa."
But it's an impressive, handmade banner.
Maybe Adam Savage's Maltese Falcon.
What's the harry potty chest thing to the right ? I WANT ONE NOW
The Hermit
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although I haven't actually seen it myself
Wow.
Mankind can be so awesome sometimes...
The Elite
BOSS
Looks like a demon hunting kit.
I think if the average GAFfer would set foot in Adam Savage's house and saw what kind of rad shit he owned, his head would fucking explode.
I am so jealous of his hand-crafted replica of Deckard's gun from Blade Runner.
You shut your mouth. I fucking love IKEA.
luckyarcher
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The IKEA showroom. Thousands of pieces and the whole thing can be assembled even if you're illiterate and have no electricity.
IKEA showroom ? seriously?
For those who don't know, the monument is covered with inscriptions and carvings...eg
Didn't he (like most) used to simply create a small model and be done with it ? while others create the real thing based on the small model
GungHo
Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
I also like that temple in India where all the people are fucking.
Simple machinery (like pullies). No industrial era shit.
khajuraho temple
Hundreds of carvings that's essentially just erotic, all though it only makes up for 10% of the total carvings
I would have liked to have seen the Pyramids before they were worn down, I bet it was amazing.
although I haven't actually seen it myself
This is impressive but I don't know if it can top the IKEA showroom in the OP.
Description...?
Terracotta Army
The Hermit
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I was in disbelief when I saw his post... I expected a lot of things, but an ikea showroom was not even close.
Al-ibn Kermit
Junior Member
Hey the standard for what is impressive and what is handmade is very subjective. It's not meant to be a competition.
Maybe Adam Savage's Maltese Falcon.
Nerd status: Confirmed
I love how he just sticks that Oscar in the back. "This isn't from any movie, TV, or comic! Pfft!"
edit: okay, it's not his.
edit: lol, some of the stuff he has!
http://www.tested.com/art/makers/454252-oddities-inside-adam-savages-home-office/
killdatninja
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While true, if there was a thread that was called "best store/warehouse with most impressive handmade objects" the ikea showroom wouldn't even be considered for top 10.
The Great Pyramids of Giza
Rented a horse for the equivalent of $12 US and rode around the pyramids with a scarf around my neck, head, and face in the desert sands pretending I was Link in Gerudo Desert. I was 13 years old at the time.
Such an epic family trip. Egypt's obviously a certifiable disaster right now, but whenever it gets straightened out, everyone should try and go once. Take a pleasure cruise on the River Nile, see the Great Pyramids in Giza, ride in a death trap (see also: Cairo taxi cab), and go to the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities. When I went they had the entirety of King Tut's stuff in there, along with mummified everything you could imagine - animals, pharaohs, queens, etc.
Amazing.
Rented a horse for the equivalent of $12 US and rode around the pyramids with a scarf around my neck, head, and face in the desert sands pretending I was Link in Gerudo Desert. I was 13 years old at the time.
Such an epic family trip. Egypt's obviously a certifiable disaster right now, but whenever it gets straightened out, everyone should try and go once. Take a pleasure cruise on the River Nile, see the Great Pyramids in Giza, ride in a death trap (see also: Cairo taxi cab), and go to the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities. When I went they had the entirety of King Tut's stuff in there, along with mummified everything you could imagine - animals, pharaohs, queens, etc.
Amazing.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Easily the Pantheon of Rome. It was built in the freeakin' first century!
(yes I know the interior is not all original, but the dome is)
(yes I know the interior is not all original, but the dome is)
diffusionx
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Bernini
Greatest sculptor of all time
This is what I came here to post. Seeing this specific statue in person and being able to walk around it was just awe inspiring. The details are so amazing and the leaves are so thin that they are translucent.
ISS
not sure if this is considered hand made...but I LOVE the ISS. It's really amazing.
Wow, this is impressive.
sixteen-bit
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an aston martin
Sir Walter Taffy
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Also this swingset my dad and cousin built for me and my brother, from ages 7-10 it was glorious.
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