Big Shoes mold made by Zaha Hadid

British architect Zaha Hadid’s latest project is not a new skyscraper or opera house, but a rather small project.

She teamed up with the brazillian plastic shoe manufacturer melissa to create a new design, the shoes features her signature morphed curves transformed into a ballet slipper like form. melissa previously collaborated with local designers the campana brothers and fashion designer vivienne westwood. the melissa team built a massive sculpture of the shoe to show off the design.

Antique shoes molds

Not long ago, I found an antique shoes mold that came from Sweetwater town of American in the year of 1364.It's about 16.5cm long. It is fit for four years aged children shoes.

Here are another two shoe molds from Japan. One is fit for man shoes, the other is fit for woman shoes.


The last pic of the three shoes molds

How to make square watermelons

step 1
Materials and tools

You need 6, 8" square, 3/8" thick (or thicker) sheets of polycarbonate plastic. (Lexan) You will need 4 gate hinges and 2 hinged clasps with flat head machine screws an…

step 2
Cut the stem pass through

In the first sheet drill a 1" diameter hole in the center with the drill and hole saw. Then, using a hand or power saw, cut 2 parallel lines from the hole perpendicular to …

step 3
Add first set of hinges

Use a box to rest the left side sheet, place the top sheet left edge over the left side sheet edge and fasten the sheets together as shown in the diagram with 2 hinges.

step 4
Trim the inset sides

Measure the width of the sheets and trim each side of the the inset sides by this width.

step 5
Fasten sides

The edges of the inset sides will have to be trimmed the thickness of the poly you use so they can be inset and still keep the box mould square. Trimming these edges is probably …

step 6
Do the bottom

Place the box on its top, add the last sheet for the bottom and secure with hinges as you did the top.

step 7
Add the clasps

Clasps go opposite the hinges on the top and bottom sheets.

step 8
Usage

Plant watermelons. As soon they begin to grow large enough to place them in the box mould with the stem through the slit and hole, do so. Remove when ripe.

Complicated Mold

I don't know what this mold is used for. It is very complicated and precision. It looks like an art. It was made by Orient Mold company.They offers a range of tooling from Class 101 molds in hardened steel that will withstand one million part cycles, to less expensive prototype molds in P20 or 7075 aluminum. We specialize in very small and intricate parts that are often molded using MUD inserts (Master Unit Dies). For larger parts with multiple configurations we often design interchangeable inserts than can help reduce up-front tooling costs even further.

Half of a mold Steatite Syria

Half of a mold Steatite Syria, excavated at Dura-Europos, block H2, priest's house, 2nd century AD.

Joint expedition of Yale University and the French Academy of Inscriptions and Letters, 1928-37

On loan to the Metropolitan Museum from the Yale University Art Gallery, Accession # L.1999.66.2

One side of this matrix has a boss with a fine pattern showing a female figure, probably a divinity, surrounded by a laurel wreath; on the lower, flattened surface is an ivy vine. This side may have been employed in the creation of a vessel of gold or silver. At a later period, the other side of the matrix was cut to form half of a two-part mold for casting a small vessel.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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Madame Tussaud's - an interesting place

Audrey Hepburn's waxwork

At Madame Tussauds you can get face to face with your favourite stars! The resemblance is so striking, that you expect them to start moving…

Madame Tussauds offers an experience that makes you forget you are watching wax statues. What about cycling with Lance Armstrong, dress like a model, or show your DJ skills to DJ Tiësto? The collection of Madame Tussauds changes regularly, and it is always kept up-to-date.

The ‘real’ Madame Tussauds was born in Straatsburg in 1761, under the name of Marie Grosholz. Her mother’s employer, dr. Curtius, taught her how to create wax statues at a very young age. When dr. Curtius passed away in 1794, she inherited his entire collection. She took these statues on a tour, which lasted until 1835. She finally settled down in the ‘Bazaar’ in Bakerstreet, London. Her exclusive collection was on display here, until she passed away in 1850.

In 1971 Madame Tussauds opened its doors to public in Amsterdam, which was then located in the Kalverstraat. This was the first establishment outside the United Kingdom. After twenty years, the museum moved to its current location at Damsquare, right in the middle of the city centre.