Coin art

Más cosas con morralla. El caliorniano Robert Wechsler hace arte con monedas. Solo eso, bonitas monedas fundidas entre sí en formas muy complejas
Bueno, tiene otros proyectos, como una bicicleta circular y un globo con LEDs. Pero por ahora solo me interesaron las monedas…

Robert Wechsler makes sculptures by notching and connecting coins to one another to great effect, thanks to the familiarity of the materials and the seeming impossibility of their arrangement.

http://www.robertwechsler.com/

Charity Arcade

Esta camapaña de donación creada para la Cruz Roja en Suecia, es una de esas ideas tan simples que cuando la ves piensas: cómo no se le había ocurrido antes a nadie…

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Ms. Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Galaga – at Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Göteborg Landvetter Airport you can now play some of the most classic and loved arcade games.

Play with whatever foreign left over coins you have in your pocket – and at the same time help the Red Cross. Behind the project is Swedavia Swedish Airports and the Swedish Red Cross, together they have developed a more refined version of the traditional collecting box…

http://bit.ly/1ECCOsU

Charity Arcade

LOTR money

It’s nothing as radical as Gandalf Dollars or Bilbo Bucks or Gollum Wheat Pennies, but yes, money emblazoned with actors Ian McKellen and Martin Freeman’s mugs will soon be legal tender in New Zealand.

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On November 1, the New Zealand Post will release a series of commemorative coins and stamps bearing the faces of sundry Tolkien characters.But don’t expect to stumble upon these coins in circulation — the price tag alone should inspire Smaug-like hoarding among collectors…

http://bit.ly/SRp7ns 

LOTR money