In this video I used this cc-licensed photo by Flickr user mojunk. If you make one, please share your pictures in the CRAFT Flickr pool! Thanks to my pal Matt Mechtley for his help on this one. There's an active message board on the topic which shares sightings and other information. Documentary Competition Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival, and so we asked puzzlemaker Eric Harshbarger to. The earliest examples of these tiles were found in the 70s and 80s on streets in Philadelphia, all bearing the same (or very similar) message: "Toynbee idea / in Kubrick's 2001 / resurrect dead / on planet Jupiter." They are speculated to have been created by the same person until they began to gain a following. The film Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles just won the U.S. You may choose to use a heat gun to make the linoleum easier to cut, or even a laser cutter. Here’s a little Toynbee Tile theory for everyone out there. Filmmaker Jon Foy investigates the mystery of the so-called Toynbee tiles - bizarre plaques that have appeared embedded in concrete in cities throughout. By cutting out a mosaic design in the linoleum and sandwiching it between layers of paper, wood glue, and asphalt crack filler, you can affix the mosaic very permanently to an asphalt surface, such as your driveway. You can get real linoleum (don't use vinyl flooring) for this project by ordering free samples online.
This site describes 'Toynbee tiles,' sidewalk or street tiles placed by parties unknown and bearing bizarre inscriptions apparently having to do with the historian Arnold Toynbee or the film '2001.' The majority are in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York, but the site lists three in Detroit.
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In this video I'll show you how to construct your own from inexpensive materials. Here's a good piece of weirdness for the weekend. Linoleum asphalt mosaics, also called Toynbee Tiles, are artworks permanently embedded in pavement.
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