Rocks with Gooey-Bronze Innards and Rippled Wood by Romain Langlois

rock split open to reveal bronze guts

Combined in this post are a couple of types of amazing sculptures by Romain Langlois. Using rock, bronze and wood, he has achieved very unique-looking works of art that are intriguing and captivating. I especially like the way that the bronze almost looks wet, like you could touch it like some sort of shiny goo! See the rest of the set below…

Gallery // Bronze, Wood & Stone Sculptures by Romain Langlois

A wooden sculpture by Romain Langlois

rippled wooden plank

15 Metal Spiral Staircase Designs to Warp Your Senses

If you’re planning a custom Metal Spiral Staircase Design in your home or workplace, this ideas and inspiration gallery that may interest you. I have searched and found a variety of designs, each showing a different way that one of these iconic structures can be made to look. My personal favourite is the stairwell that leas to the swimming pool. Check out the rest below…

1 // Spiral Stairs at Small Duplex Apartment Remodeling in Montmartre

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2 // Metal Spiral Staircase Design

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3 // Beautiful metal spiral staircase in Emerald Green Hallway

Image of Beautiful metal spiral staircase encased in an Emerald Green hallway

See also: 25+ of the Best Man Caves Ever Imagined!.

4 // Hyla Architects Metal Spiral Staircase that Leads to Swimming Pool

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5 // Intricately-Patterned Metal Spiral Stairs

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6 // Shiny Metal Intricate Spiral Staircase with White Steps

Image of Shiny Metal Intricate Spiral Staircase with White Steps

7 // Edmund Pearce Spiral Staircase

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8 // Fabulous Bronze Looking Spiral Type Stairway

Image of Fabulous Bronze Looking Spiral Type Stairway

9 // Artistic Spiral Staircase by Bonansea Scale

Image of an awesome and captivating 9 // Artistic Spiral Staircase by Bonansea Scale

10 // Flat Iron Building / Rosenbergs Arkitekter: © Tord Rikard Söderström

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11 // Metal Spiral staircases in Blue!

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12 // McCarthy residence – Metal Spiral Stairs – Stanley Saitowitz of Natoma Architects

Image - McCarthy residence - Metal Spiral Stairs - Stanley Saitowitz of Natoma Architects

13 // Nam Dger Apartment in Tel Aviv, Israel – Spiral of Metal Stairwell Designed by Gerstner Architects

Image shows Nam Dger Apartment in Tel Aviv, Israel - Spiral of Metal Stairwell Designed by Gerstner Architects

14 // Aluminum or Steel Metal Spiral Staircase

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15 // Metalic Staircase Interior of The Allyn Morris Studio

Image of Metalic Staircase Interior of The Allyn Morris Studio


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Building Stairs Tutorial: Straight Steel Stair Construction Straight Steel Stair Construction

This 70-minute video goes through the steps of constructing straight steel stairs. It’s probably invaluable if you’re training fabricators in your shop to fabricate steel stairs or if you want a review for yourself. Chris Maitner, owner of Christopher Metal Fabricating, Grand Rapids, MI, leads the demonstration as he describes how to fabricate a steel pan stairway with concrete fill for a large commercial project.

The video is broken down into six segments: field measuring, reviewing blueprints, revising blueprints for shop fabrication, tools of the trade, layout and fabrication, and stair assembly. You could literally watch the video in segments and fabricate a steel stair as you go… [read more here].

Setting out and making a simple Stair

What we are going to be talking about here is the actual marking out of the stair strings. The most important thing to do first is to check the actual measurements on site. Make sure that if an error has happened in the building process that you find it and use the correct overall rise. The most common mistake is to measure what you have, floor to floor and forget to add for the floor finishes. That is you have to add to the measured height for say, ceramic tiles that will later be added to the top… [read more here].

Fast-Stairs: Steel Stair Stringers Assembly Tutorial

Manhole Cover Art Photographed by S. Morita

Numerous manhole cover art examples

Japan-based Photographer S. Morita has taken scores of photographs of manhole covers throughout Japan. The manhole covers were designed by artists entering design contests, and there are now more than 6000 of these colourful and artistic covers.

SEE ALSO: Stunning Street and Sidewalk Chewing Gum Art.

Apparently, there are loads of these that feature trees, along with landscapes, birds and floral designs, too. Check out the rest. My favourite is the one with the Panda, what’s yours?

Gallery // Manhole Cover Art

This is an example of manhole cover art which shows a tree next to some water

On this manhole cover there are flowers and the word Takahamar written

Jill metric pattern on manhole cover which is square

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The Intriguing Anatomy of a Sliced Bullet

gold bullets

Photographed from with an old World War II bunker in Switzerland, creative photographer Sabine Pearlman has managed to capture the ‘anatomy of a sliced bullet’. The images shown below are both fascinating and intriguing, to say the least…

See Also: Past War and Present Peace in Berlin, Moscow and Normandy.

sliced bullet with ball bearings

cross section of sliced bullet

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The $9550 BBQ Gun!

Yes, you heard me correct! For a ‘mere’ $9550, this Double-Barrel Pistol-Grip Sawed-Off Shotgun BBQ grill could be gracing the concrete floor of your personal saloon. Maybe not. Well, in any case, I can imagine this metal beast being quite the talking point in the Wild West at 10:10…

Double-Barrel Pistol-Grip Sawed-Off Shotgun BBQ and grill.

Brilliant Custom BBQ Branding Iron

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Check out this custom BBQ Branding Iron! Now, you can “Be the Man”…unless you’re a woman, of course. So yeah, you can add your mark to any steak or burger, and if someone gets food poisoning at your latest get-together—you know who to blame! Available here (Not an affiliate link).

Walk-on Roller Coaster

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Check out this really cool walk-on roller coaster! To be honest, I’m unsure as what happens when people try to walk around the loop, as there’e no roller coaster photos showing this, but it’s great non-the-less. Located in Duisburg, Germany—it looks stunning during the day, but even better at night