May 26 2009Modern Fossils: When A Dino Bone Won't Do
Christopher Locke makes modern fossils using gadgets of yesteryear and concrete. Then he sells them to make a profit because he's smart and doesn't want to hold a real job. I'm with you, Chris.
The modern Fossils are made from actual archaic technology that was once cutting-edge. Most of these examples were discovered in the United States, although the various species are represented all over the world.
In a special process, these items are reproduced in a proprietary blend of concrete and other secret ingredients, giving them the look and feel of real stone fossils. Each fossil is made one at a time, by hand, in an individual mold.
Depending on the species, expect to pay between $65-$100 per fossil. Or, make your own with a bag of concrete and a broken controller. Here, I'll even give away Chris's secret ingredients: rocks and sand. GO GO GO!
Hit the jump to see a bunch more and a link to the product page.
Product Page
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Modern Fossils [nextnature]
Thanks to Dan, who digs(!) these things, no bones(!) about it.
Reader Comments
1. boogle - May 26, 2009 10:27 AM
first
2. boogle - May 26, 2009 10:27 AM
second. crsxftw
3. STOMPY - May 26, 2009 10:30 AM
@1 2
cock gobblers..
4. Daisy - May 26, 2009 10:38 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene int he movie Never Back Down Where Max explauined to Baja that terminator series robots are designed to infiltrate human settlements, and they are very hard to detect, but interestingly enough Dogs can tell very easialy.
5. FunkyNutbar - May 26, 2009 10:39 AM
These are pretty cool, check out the guys site for "Scissor Spiders", well creepy.
6. STOMPY - May 26, 2009 10:40 AM
DRUNK!!!!
Daisy is a complete drunk. You can tell she is drunk because the spelling's are all wrong.
7. Bert - May 26, 2009 10:40 AM
the n64 one s sick
8. Bert - May 26, 2009 10:41 AM
and for future reference, Comment number 23, F$@# you.
9. Well... - May 26, 2009 10:57 AM
I like the cassette one.
10. PsychoSane13 - May 26, 2009 10:59 AM
hmmm...
cool.
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12. naas - May 26, 2009 11:35 AM
like the idea, especially if you live by a museum
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14. dubba - May 26, 2009 11:48 AM
we did a similar thing in college, for fun we plaster casted our units and made a "fossil" with the casting....
we then buried our "fossilized phallus' near where they were digging up arrowheads and other indian stuff...
...nothing made the news...
..we conclude that they didn't do a good job digging around... or they didnt have a sense of humor
15. Crazywow - May 26, 2009 11:54 AM
I did the same thing years ago with a dog turd and some mud...which really just turned out to be a mud encrusted dog turd, but it was very realistic...and with a soft centre, kinda like a twinkie only made of shite.
16. Proteon - May 26, 2009 11:55 AM
REAL!!!!
You can tell this is real because it's just like the part in Back the hell Up where the eight year old kid discovers a pacman machine in his neighbors shed and cleans it up and takes digital photos of himself playing it and does a little photoshop and puts it on his myspace page and tells everyone he's really 40 years old and that the picture was taken in 1982.
That and the fact that the square nintendo controller is both probably easier to replicate in stone and old enough to have completely been before the artists time.
17. Brandon Reeves - May 26, 2009 11:59 AM
These are not Goliath's modern fossils, they are his drink stirrers.
18. Chris Locke - May 26, 2009 12:43 PM
Hey everyone. Thanks for looking.
Just to clarify... I DO in fact have a day job. And I sell these at a minimal profit, so they can be affordable to the average nerd. And they are not photoshopped. Anyone who says so is either ignorant, cynical, or mocking those who are ignorant and cynical.
Either way, thank you for your time, attention, and comments. I appreciate them.
That is all. Carry on.
19. Rhialto - May 26, 2009 12:46 PM
That looks great and cool! Although i've always thought that only organic material fossilized but i've to look it up.And that's why it's even cooler!
20. proteon - May 26, 2009 12:54 PM
Oh thank god they can be affordable to the average nerd!
Jesus Christ almighty.
21. Larrythefatcat - May 26, 2009 1:08 PM
@ 8
What the F@&# did I do!?
22. Larrythefatcat - May 26, 2009 1:09 PM
@ 8
What the F@&# did I do!?
23. Crazywow - May 26, 2009 1:27 PM
@ 22 & 23
You FAIL...so he hates you. Don't take it personally we've all been there, well except for me and everyone else here, of course.
24. Jaded Icon - May 26, 2009 3:21 PM
@24
You must embrace the FAILers. That way it makes it so much easier to stab them in the back with your spork.
25. E of R - May 26, 2009 4:19 PM
Golden Eye will NEVER DIE!!!!
26. aids - May 26, 2009 5:32 PM
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28. Mosrhun - May 27, 2009 7:51 AM
This is actually a really cool idea, I will attempt to make some of my own.
29. Captain - May 27, 2009 7:51 AM
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30. Beavis & Butthead - May 27, 2009 12:26 PM
Heh-heh-heh ~ she said "blow me"
31. cranktrain - May 27, 2009 6:00 PM
are they casts, or the actual controller embedded?
'cause FYI about fossils, it's minerals that have replaced tissues and bone... and you know PLASTIC isn't going to fossilize.
At all.
I think fossilized game character's skeletons would be epically cooler, and if you steal that idea I'm going to find you and rape you.
Now make them for me, sell them, give me some of the better ones and all the money.
32. Kyora - May 27, 2009 6:18 PM
Being the huge gamer geek I am, I'd probably invest in the Nintendo ones. The SNES and N64 controllers are awesome, but a Nintendo Zapper? Gtfo, that's epic.
33. Kyora's mom - May 30, 2009 11:30 PM
@33
You're a big looooooser.
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35. Steve - June 10, 2009 7:02 PM
Where's the NES control? :D
36. bork - August 7, 2010 11:30 PM
These are easily made but you must use a rubber mold and quick - crete. NOT CEMENT!!! too grainy! I have some for sale !