Chuck McCarthy’s “not a suspicious package” art series & project
Chuck McCarthy ( @chuckmccarthyart ) makes small cardboard and mixed-media sculptures, labels them “Suspicious Package,” and gives them away on Facebook Marketplace. They’re unique,
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Lucy the Elephant Vintage Postcard
Here’s a beautiful, recent find of a vintage postcard depicting Lucy the Elephant standing in front of the Elephant Hotel) in Margate City, New
What Los Angeles neighborhood am I in?
Have you ever wondered exactly which Los Angeles neighborhood you’re in? With hundreds of neighborhoods, plus surrounding cities and unincorporated areas, it’s hard to
Typewriter Art Decoder UPDATED to solve… mysteries!
The Hanttula Typeworks’ Typewriter Art Decoder received a significant upgrade today to help typists solve mysteries that have plagued us since the 1950s. Mysteries,
New Version of Endless Exotica Archive
For the first time since it’s original build, the Endless Exotica site has received a full rebuild to modernize the display, interaction, accessibility, and
Camp Fire Girls 1943 Membership Card
Some looks at the design & content of a 1943 Camp Fire Girls “Certificate of Membership” including the tenets of the Camp Fire Girls
Crispettes Popcorn Confection
Scans of an antique “Crispettes PopCorn Confection” wrapper, a gift from the collection of the artists Betty Cleeland and Kate Ingold. There isn’t a
WordPress Accessibility Day Merch Design
LAUNCHED TODAY: the merch design I created for WordPress Accessibility Day, centered on one phrase: BUILD FOR ALL. It’s meant to be the simplest
Lemon Hart Rum Recipe Book
A Lemon Hart Rum mini book of cocktail & food recipes that would most likely accompany a bottle of the rum (with the string
Vintage Fortune Cards (c1930s)
Vintage, possibly 1930s, novelty fortune telling cards that may have been dispensed in a vending machine. Some instances of similar cards look formatted to
Typewriter Secret Message Encoder/Decoder
The Typist’s Cipher: an interactive tool to encode or decode secret messages for typewriters
Type-written Secret Message Bracelet
I brought my typewriter to an artist’s workshop that explored wearable hidden messages and how various cultures & artists have concealed information within items
An Interactive Typewriter Anatomy Tool
In the interest of helping us all understand these mechanical beasts a bit better, I’ve put together this interactive “Typewriter Anatomy” tool. Based on
Hot Dog Friend (Balloon)
As some know, I’m working on a series of conceptual pieces that gallerists are referring to as my “Hot Dog Phase.” In response to
Kava (Awa) Drinker Sculpture & Label
Came across this vintage wooden, carved sculpture labelled as a “Kava (Awa) Drinker.” Really enamored with the visual quality of the label that accompanied
Vintage Photo Processing Envelope (1945)
Ephemera specimen (in high detail): a 1945 photo processing envelope from the Pacific Palisades Drug Co. (which was within a beautiful, land-marked building that
Transparency
A view from the past. A color transparency slide from the 1960s or 70s showing a backyard pool with two inflatable toys (a whale
Vintage Air Mail Envelope & Postage (1934)
A selection of scans from a recently acquired air mail envelope from 1934 (name & address removed for privacy). Interesting that “Air Mail”was written
Vintage/Antique Transit & Tax Tokens
Entered into the Hanttula Dept. of Future Antiquities, a collection of old transit and tax tokens. Scanned in high resolution for your inspiration and
FORECASTAGRAM v2 Launched
🔮JUST RELEASED! 🔮 A new era of the FORECASTAGRAM has arrived: one in which YOU may place your hands upon the levers of fate
Play CHOMP ATTACK! (aka Chompy’s Lament)
A BRAND NEW game from Hanttula ⚡️⚡️⚡️ CHOMP ATTACK – a… legally distinct… 1980s video game mashup. No cost, no downloads. Just for your
Mt. Wilson’s 100-inch Telescope (1916)
A wonder-filled illustration from 1916 detailing the then-new Mt. Wilson Observatory 100-inch telescope. From the Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.), Sunday, August 20, 1916. Full
Sounds of Forests Around the World
Tree.fm turns the Sound of the Forest soundmap into a broadcast-style playing of random forests across the globe. Turn on, tune in, relax out.
Typewritten Bottle & Cocktail Labels
With all the holiday entertaining, I find it’s a welcome gift to arrive at a party with a homemade, pre-batched cocktail. To underscore the