Ian Willey
@ianwilley.bsky.social
Artist, designer, technician and tutor, helping people of all ages to make things.
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Hooray for trolley wood!
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Hooray for trolley wood!
The time when Tom Carnacki was in a mobile phone game
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The time when Tom Carnacki was in a mobile phone game
I want to know more about the weird personalised Treasury mugs.
It’s like Past Times and Sports Direct teamed up to make Budget merch.
#Budget2025
It’s like Past Times and Sports Direct teamed up to make Budget merch.
#Budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I want to know more about the weird personalised Treasury mugs.
It’s like Past Times and Sports Direct teamed up to make Budget merch.
#Budget2025
It’s like Past Times and Sports Direct teamed up to make Budget merch.
#Budget2025
Old Grey Whistle Test
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Old Grey Whistle Test
More by Sasan. I missed the title.
A small screen on a plinth appears to display an egg-shaped light blue/grey blob with a blurred shadowy circle moving slowly around inside it. The circle appears to have veins attaching it to the edge of the blob.
A small screen on a plinth appears to display an egg-shaped light blue/grey blob with a blurred shadowy circle moving slowly around inside it. The circle appears to have veins attaching it to the edge of the blob.
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
More by Sasan. I missed the title.
A small screen on a plinth appears to display an egg-shaped light blue/grey blob with a blurred shadowy circle moving slowly around inside it. The circle appears to have veins attaching it to the edge of the blob.
A small screen on a plinth appears to display an egg-shaped light blue/grey blob with a blurred shadowy circle moving slowly around inside it. The circle appears to have veins attaching it to the edge of the blob.
A set of rulers with clips for an experiment where students measure the resistance of different lengths of wire.
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A set of rulers with clips for an experiment where students measure the resistance of different lengths of wire.
I have been making classroom equipment for the Science department.
A set of fulcrums:
A set of fulcrums:
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I have been making classroom equipment for the Science department.
A set of fulcrums:
A set of fulcrums:
And that conveyor reminds me a bit of David Smith’s welded sculptures.
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
And that conveyor reminds me a bit of David Smith’s welded sculptures.
This is a skull to put in your fish tank.
💀 🐟
💀 🐟
October 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This is a skull to put in your fish tank.
💀 🐟
💀 🐟
Of course Vermeer had his own personal art algorithm along the lines of:
Studio corner by window + carpet on table in foreground + girl in ermine trimmed jacket + white ceramic wine bottle + allegorical painting in background + sometimes add a bloke.
<When bored do two paintings outdoors>
Studio corner by window + carpet on table in foreground + girl in ermine trimmed jacket + white ceramic wine bottle + allegorical painting in background + sometimes add a bloke.
<When bored do two paintings outdoors>
October 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Of course Vermeer had his own personal art algorithm along the lines of:
Studio corner by window + carpet on table in foreground + girl in ermine trimmed jacket + white ceramic wine bottle + allegorical painting in background + sometimes add a bloke.
<When bored do two paintings outdoors>
Studio corner by window + carpet on table in foreground + girl in ermine trimmed jacket + white ceramic wine bottle + allegorical painting in background + sometimes add a bloke.
<When bored do two paintings outdoors>
I guess the AI results for “The pearl with the girl earring” were too weird?
October 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I guess the AI results for “The pearl with the girl earring” were too weird?
The gallery itself is quite wonderful. The last building by H.P. Berlage.
Art Deco with a De Stijl palette.
Art Deco with a De Stijl palette.
October 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The gallery itself is quite wonderful. The last building by H.P. Berlage.
Art Deco with a De Stijl palette.
Art Deco with a De Stijl palette.
The beach entertainment economy of Scheveningen uses shipping containers as sea-weatherproof equipment storage and as large scale windbreaks.
Ugly and out-of-place looking in the daytime, they become almost beautiful at night.
Ugly and out-of-place looking in the daytime, they become almost beautiful at night.
October 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The beach entertainment economy of Scheveningen uses shipping containers as sea-weatherproof equipment storage and as large scale windbreaks.
Ugly and out-of-place looking in the daytime, they become almost beautiful at night.
Ugly and out-of-place looking in the daytime, they become almost beautiful at night.
I enjoyed discovering the playful and eclectic work of Vilmos Huszár.
From mechanical men to plant pot stands.
🤖 🪴
From mechanical men to plant pot stands.
🤖 🪴
October 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I enjoyed discovering the playful and eclectic work of Vilmos Huszár.
From mechanical men to plant pot stands.
🤖 🪴
From mechanical men to plant pot stands.
🤖 🪴
Bit of a De Stijl binge at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague.
October 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Bit of a De Stijl binge at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague.
October 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The wheel turns to move the sea 🌊
October 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The wheel turns to move the sea 🌊