...It's the Magic Number

 

Pixel Church: Saving Your Soul One Brick at a Time

 
    Each time we drive to the pet store, we get to pass this church.

   And each time we pass this church it is either raining,
   or I don't have my camera, or we're late.
   So after several months of coveting this eccentrically compelling architectural
   specimen from the passenger window,
   I finally got a chance to pull over and take a look.

   Unfortunately it was a day that the church was closed to the public...
   But if the outside is this good,
   my guess is the interior will be deserving of its own visit.
 
    Until then, please take your time and marvel over the swirling,
    textured, pixel magic that can be achieved by
    using a single, repeating element.
    Who knew a brick building could look this good!

    And for whatever reason,
    all of this very ordered and logical brick work was paired with this
    deeply perplexing Grauman's Chinese Theater-esque entryway.
 
    This royal blue tiled, bulging canopy fiercely battles with the
    rest of the church for style, scale, period, color, and compositional domination.

 
    Yet somehow, while this church really makes no logical sense
    from a design standpoint...
    I haven't seen a church quite this compelling in ages.

    So, anyone want to come to pixel mass with me?
    I'm really hoping that they're performing this song on repeat inside:

2001 Elephants New Arrivals!

    2001 Elephants is pleased to add some new designs to the collection:

    

    elephant dangles and studs

    baby octopi studs

    dark fish

and light rainclouds

    dark green octopi

    and light green octopi

    and for the finale...some rectangle mosaics

2001 Elephants

    In homage to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Oddessy....

   Bjørn Hoffmann and I would like to present:

   

    our line of hand-made, wooden earrings    

   

    there are Octopods

    and Aztec warriors

    tiny elephants

    and rain clouds

    and slightly off topic but just as pleasant are the mosaics

and my personal favorite, the fish

    let me know if something catches your eye

    more photos and concept drawings to follow soon....