Letterpress Dice Prints

Etsy user Stukenborg arranges dice in letterpresses, rolls ink over them, and makes prints. The popularity of this form of printmaking, which formed the basis of Gutenberg’s press, has grown in the past two decades.

Gallery and Process Photos, Via: DudeCraft | Photo: Stukenborg, Via: Neatorama

The Linder Gallery Interior painting: science, art, and mystery

At the intersection of art, science, and mystery lies the Linder Gallery Interior, a 17th century painting depicting a gallery filled with scientific instruments, mathematical and cosmic diagrams, a variety of Flemish, Dutch, and Italian paintings, and a curious collection of other objects. Apparently, it represents the controversial ideas that came to a head in Galileo’s 1633 Inquisition Trial. Once owned by the Rothschilds and swiped by the Nazis, the painting is now in a private New York City collection. Fortunately for us, Michael John Gorman, curator of the Trinity College Dublin's Science Gallery, became obsessed with the artwork and created a Web site and book, titled "A Mysterious Masterpiece: The World of the Linder Gallery." LINK



Michael John Gorman gives his talk 'The Linder Gallery: Art meets Science in a Mysterious Flemish Masterpiece' at the first IGNITE night at the Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin in September 2009. LINK: Youtube

A Mysterious Masterpiece (Science Gallery)

"A Mysterious Masterpiece: The World of the Linder Gallery" (Amazon)

Dice Collection

Dice have been used for gaming and divination purposes for thousands of years. Evidence found in Egyptian tombs has suggested that this civilization used them as early as 2000 B.C. Other data shows that primitive civilizations throughout the Americas also used dice.

These dice were composed of ankle bones from various animals. Marked on four faces, they were likely used as magical devices that could predict the future. The ancient Greeks and Romans used dice made of bone and ivory. The dice of most of these early cultures were made in numerous shapes and sizes. The modern day cubical dice originated in China and have been dated back as early as 600 B.C.

Here's a great collection of dice from all over the world. LINK