accidental mysteries

July 26, 2009 8:18 PM

Accidental Mysteries: Toilet Paper Roll Sculptures by Junior Jacquet l 19th Century Japanese Pregnancy Dolls l Hand soaps l An Obsessed Collector (From the Estate of Charles Martignette) [PDF but worth it and mildly nsfw] and other diversions to explore.

Previously about Junior Jacquet.

Bonus link: Yuken Teruya's toilet roll art.

posted by nickyskye (9 comments total)

Neat-o and creepy.
posted by Balisong at 8:58 PM on July 26, 2009

Well that 2nd link may explain my Japanese obstetrician's obsession with ultrasounds.... entertainment!

The toilet paper roll sculptures are very neat.
posted by gomichild at 9:58 PM on July 26, 2009

Are there any of those pregnancy dolls left that won't beat my bank account to death? I'm getting ideas for a shoot...
posted by arishaun at 12:38 AM on July 27, 2009

Is it me or do several of those toilet paper roll sculptures resemble George W. Bush? Perhaps there's a correlation.
posted by wsg at 1:35 AM on July 27, 2009

You can make snowflakes from toilet paper tubes. These are pretty and every pair looks different!
posted by twoleftfeet at 2:06 AM on July 27, 2009

I'm amused that the bog roll faces look like bog people. Boggling bogles.
posted by pracowity at 3:06 AM on July 27, 2009 [1 favorite]

Is it me or do several of those toilet paper roll sculptures resemble George W. Bush?

Definitely not just you - I was about to say the same thing! The beetled brow especially seems to cement the caricature.
posted by FatherDagon at 8:12 AM on July 27, 2009

Here's some accidental, on purpose stuff. Things that fall over.
posted by netbros at 9:39 AM on July 27, 2009 [1 favorite]

I made a lot of my own molds for my soap company. Amongst them were molds that I made from my son's hands...so we made hand soap. He thought it was the grooviest thing ever to be able to use an "extra hand" in the bathtub.
posted by dejah420 at 9:58 AM on July 27, 2009