The Adlington Post

My new "Sexy Bachelor Cooking Show & Survival Guide" is on the web....activites, updates will be posted to the blog: www.sexybachelor.blogspot.com as well as the new website: www.sexybachelor.webs.com - where there will soon be recipies as well Videos of the show will be on my youtube channel: www.youtube.com/martinadlington The first two programmes are uploaded & can be found on the links below: "How to Cut up a Chicken" "Home-made Beer - the Micro-brewery"

I have just posted my latest video in the "Men Behaving Badly" series - another totally politically-incorrect dating guide with lots of sex'n' rock'n'roll.....

On Sat 14th August I had a stall at the 2010 Auckland Zine Festival in St Kevin's Arcade in Karangahape Road. Attendance was steady thruout the day, & I met some nice people as well as selling some of my altered books. See some of my collages on www.culture-jams.blogspot.com

"BBBBBBBalls"......................... "Best By" "Four Tui"..................... "Fcuk Me Shoes" "Mortagee Sale" Today I picked up some more stuff from the beach after the winds & high seas....I have been reading a new book about the surrealist artist Joseph Cornell, & was inspired to place some of my new & old finds into small boxes. See more of my  recycled, upcycled and environmental works at www.martinadlington.webs.com

After viewing an art exhibition of constructions made with Mecanno pieces, I have devised a 21st Century version : FREECANNO - an open-sourced educational toy made from found stuff. This Freecanno is an educational toy is based on the familiar Mecanno set. The kit includes a variety of plastic, wood, & metal construction components with holes drilled in them, as well as some hardware for joining pieces together - nuts & bolts, screws, & nails. Further holes can be drilled & pieces can otherwise be adapted to suit - tools will have to be obtained separately. As Picasso said: “Computers are stupid- they only give you answers”. The Freecanno concept is designed to both stimulate the imagination & to instigate processes of enquiry: “What can I make?.. how can I make it?.. how can I join these together?.. how can I cut/drill/whatever this?.. what do I need to make......?” As the Freecanno system is open-sourced, there are not more bigger, more expensive, s...

A close-up of a work I made from beach trash with reflections in the window. Recycled art is fun, & when you get tired of the piece it can go straight into the recycled bin! See more of my  recycled, upcycled and environmental works at www.martinadlington.webs.com