On The Sprue Art – Part 5 – Tokyo Auto Salon

This restaurant features a logo design that looks like a model car kit still on the sprue. I don’t know the story behind this picture, apart from the fact that Brandon Shigeta added it to his flickr set called Tokyo auto salon. The

On The Sprue Art – Part 4 – Snap and Dine

The idea that someone may have created physical products from either the cover of The Blind Watchmaker or the McFly video really tickles me and I’ve searched eBay in vain for both. Designer Demelza Hill on the other hand has

On The Sprue Art – Part 2 – Automotive Wall Art

Here’s another piece of On The Sprue Art. This one is a wall sculpture from Jellio “based on the sprue element the model parts were attached to” and which “pays tribute to the chrome-heavy hot rods of the fifties.” This

On The Sprue Art – Part 1 – The Blind Watchmaker

As a child I wondered why plastic model kits came attached to a frame at all; why they hadn’t been removed from the sprue; indeed why they didn’t arrive fully assembled. Whatever the reason, they left an impression on me and I’m still irrationally attracted