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.
Boxwood carved rosary bead, circa 1500. Doesn't matter if you're religious or not, the detail and work involved is jaw-dropping, especially when you see how small they are... They look better than a lot of laser cut miniatures today.
A banner from a website? You've to be kidding
A banner from a website? You've to be kidding
although I haven't actually seen it myselfThe Antikythera mechanism (/ˌæntɨkɨˈθɪərə/ ANT-i-ki-THEER-ə or /ˌæntɨˈkɪθərə/ ANT-i-KITH-ə-rə is 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."
A banner from a website? You've to be kidding
Maybe Adam Savage's Maltese Falcon.
although I haven't actually seen it myself
What's the harry potty chest thing to the right ? I WANT ONE NOW
What's the harry potty chest thing to the right ? I WANT ONE NOW
Gorgeous pieces of art and feats of engineering in this thread, and the OP starts with an Ikea showroom.....
Wow.
Mankind can be so awesome sometimes...
The IKEA showroom. Thousands of pieces and the whole thing can be assembled even if you're illiterate and have no electricity.
Bernini
Greatest sculptor of all time
Simple machinery (like pullies). No industrial era shit.I think we need a stricter definition of "Hand-Made" here.
I also like that temple in India where all the people are fucking.
Simple machinery (like pullies). No industrial era shit.
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
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Gorgeous pieces of art and feats of engineering in this thread, and the OP starts with an Ikea showroom.....
Maybe Adam Savage's Maltese Falcon.
Hey the standard for what is impressive and what is handmade is very subjective. It's not meant to be a competition.
Easily the Pantheon of Rome. It was built in the freeakin' first century!
Boxwood carved rosary bead, circa 1500. Doesn't matter if you're religious or not, the detail and work involved is jaw-dropping, especially when you see how small they are... They look better than a lot of laser cut miniatures today.
does James May's Lego House count?