Art – Stuff Accountants Like https://www.stuffaccountantslike.com This blog is dedicated to stuff that accountants like Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:37:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 Staples City https://www.stuffaccountantslike.com/staples-city/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:37:12 +0000 http://www.stuffaccountantslike.com/?p=546 When an accountant (or in this case, an artist) has too much free time (typically during training) and copious amounts of office supplies, this can happen:

Artist Peter Root has created a detailed cityscape over a mirror using staples.

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From his own words,

Low-Rise is a precarious assemblage of thousands of free-standing stacks of staples densely tessellated to create a city-like mosaic. Like a city, the staples are subject to the elements, on a micro scale. The slightest breath or vibration and the domino effect kicks in.

(Via Gizmodo)

]]> Ledger Paper Sculptures https://www.stuffaccountantslike.com/ledger-paper-sculptures/ Sun, 03 May 2009 21:32:10 +0000 http://www.stuffaccountantslike.com/?p=464 Here’s something unrelated to the regular list, but nonetheless should be appreciated by accountants:

Artist Jill Sylvia has created intricate sculptures using ledger paper.

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From her own words,

Ledger sheets are traditionally used to record the financial transactions of a business or an individual. These papers host the data necessary for accounting information to be compiled, and for analysis in determining profit and loss. They are the material of economics.

(Via boingboing)

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