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That’s no spoon

- Submitted by Kara

- By the amazing Alain Bellino

97 comments on That’s no spoon

  1. incrustacean
    December 17, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    Wow, that’s really cool!

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    • DecoupageDonut
      December 17, 2011 at 2:40 pm

      Use the Fork, Luke!

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      • MsBitchhands
        December 17, 2011 at 3:06 pm

        Dude… this is so awesome, even I’d consider throwing him some s-poon!

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      • jessissippi
        December 17, 2011 at 4:34 pm

        Sdontcha mean “Use the Fork, Luce”? ;^)

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    • Park
      December 17, 2011 at 5:16 pm

      And is also kinda steampunk.

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  2. siriuslee
    December 17, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    I get so jealous of real talent.

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  3. kmeghan
    December 17, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    Now, that’s what would be considered “steam punk”?

    it’s still really awesome.

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    • MrCarol
      December 17, 2011 at 2:47 pm

      More like “steamtable punk”

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    • Ravenclaw
      December 17, 2011 at 5:37 pm

      Luuuuuke… Use the power of steam…

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  4. AnnThrax
    December 17, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    That kicks so much ass.

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  5. azmissmu
    December 17, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    In an odd twist, my son is playing Lego Star Wars on the wii, and the imperial suite song was playing… and I still wasn’t expecting the wonderful results! That is so cool!

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  6. iceicebaby
    December 17, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL o.O It does not belong on Regretsy. It belongs on omgholyshitthatsawesome.com

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    • kayawkay
      December 17, 2011 at 2:38 pm

      Not a real website, but it should be.

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      • iceicebaby
        December 17, 2011 at 3:04 pm

        Well you know where the idea came from, I have my lawyers (Kopy and Paystin, LLC) on speed dial. They’re rolling their hands and licking their lips!

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        • aewgliriel
          December 18, 2011 at 12:27 am

          Better than licking their hands and rolling their lips . . .

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  7. CrankyMommy
    December 17, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    THAT is fucking Amazeballs!

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  8. kayawkay
    December 17, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    NEED.

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  9. loriborealis
    December 17, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    I. WANT. THIS.

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  10. vickybell
    December 17, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    Wow! That is an amazing and beautiful transformation. Very, very cool.

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  11. DetroitMommy
    December 17, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    I want one!

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  12. rage n ribbons
    December 17, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    speechless. barely could even say “speechless.”

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  13. PooJah
    December 17, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    Alain Bellino, will you marry me?

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  14. tesslacoil
    December 17, 2011 at 2:40 pm

    That’s incredible!

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  15. jessiczar
    December 17, 2011 at 2:40 pm

    Now I wanna see this artist do the Death Star.

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  16. slyfroggy
    December 17, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    That’s badass. I want his cockatrice.

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    • steamypink
      December 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm

      Yea, verily, that is what she hath said.

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    • Thats Mrs. Bitch to you
      December 17, 2011 at 4:09 pm

      Yeah, you and me can armwrestle for it. Did you see how huge that thing is, she said? Are these things for sale?

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      • Thats Mrs. Bitch to you
        December 17, 2011 at 4:11 pm

        You and I can armwrestle for it – in case you were concerned that idiot grammar was contagious or something.

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    • Refried_Bears
      December 17, 2011 at 4:22 pm

      Looks more like a Clockatrice to me.

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  17. Alchemical
    December 17, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    Wow! That in absolutely incredible. I didn’t see the end result coming, either.

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    • Alchemical
      December 17, 2011 at 2:48 pm

      Proof reading fail!

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  18. celery
    December 17, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    Wow!!!! I love, I want, I need… in the voice of Craig Revel Horwood ah-mazing dah-ling

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  19. haleystudio
    December 17, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    Gorgeous! I love seeing the process.

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  20. DameChou
    December 17, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    It’s amazing, but isn’t it missing the steampunk octopus??? ^__^

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  21. Fraeulein
    December 17, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    IMO that is “steampunk”.

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  22. thecreightonberyl
    December 17, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    16th Century Florentine Punk. Cellini, to be more precise. AMAZING!

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  23. HelloKnitty
    December 17, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    reminds me of pre-calculator era math class. “You must show your work”

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  24. babayaga
    December 17, 2011 at 3:04 pm

    Gods, as an artist I am SO JEALOUS!

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  25. twoeightnine
    December 17, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    I was totally expecting to see his nuts show up in the reflection as I scrolled down.

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    • Dannemund
      December 18, 2011 at 6:04 am

      It isn’t just the babies that are entertained by mirrored surfaces. :)

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  26. Ree
    December 17, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    Filed under: More things I want when I win all the money.

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  27. pezzazz
    December 17, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    That was such a Woah! as I scrolled down. I was expecting something like the spoons from a few days ago. The husband walked by and was superimpressed, and he’s never impressed.

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    • catherder
      December 17, 2011 at 5:02 pm

      Mine was superimpressed, too.

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      • Kestris
        December 17, 2011 at 6:55 pm

        Mine asked how much it cost.

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  28. phynx
    December 17, 2011 at 3:24 pm

    Man, I’m on this site too much. I thought it was somehow going to become a penis.

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    • Bronc Drywall
      December 17, 2011 at 5:21 pm

      No such thing as too much.

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      • TeslaNoil
        December 17, 2011 at 5:59 pm

        Would it be too much to make a “that’s what she said joke” here?

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    • mbj
      December 18, 2011 at 9:02 pm

      I was expecting a steampunk vulva. Florentine Sith Lord is far, faaaar better.

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  29. MsBitchhands
    December 17, 2011 at 3:27 pm

    The real question is did he use the Force to bend the spoons?

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  30. Truth, Justice and the Pudding Way
    December 17, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    Sing it with me now: A spoonful of talent helps the epic awesome go down.

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  31. Alaria
    December 17, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    When the Green Man joined the Dark Side… amazing things happened.

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  32. Nerdbaby
    December 17, 2011 at 4:12 pm

    Oh wow. That is beautiful. I want it.

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  33. KarenClark
    December 17, 2011 at 4:21 pm

    Some people are just more awesome than the rest of us could ever hope to be.

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  34. Kacky
    December 17, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    Amazeballs!

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  35. catherder
    December 17, 2011 at 5:07 pm

    Tres, tres formidable, Monsieur Bellino! (Just in case he notices an increase in traffic from Regretsy). I wish I could say more, but my HS French is fading away.

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  36. Magical Realist
    December 17, 2011 at 5:10 pm

    That’s no spoon.

    That is, however, completely fucking awesome in every way.

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  37. Lady Kwake
    December 17, 2011 at 5:19 pm

    I think my inner nerd just had about three thousand orgasms.

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  38. Dog Breath
    December 17, 2011 at 5:21 pm

    If Darth Vader wore that, it would be less sinister but X10 creepie.

    It’s almost Star Wars meets Dune meets Martha Stewart.

    It’s possibly the most evil thing I have ever seen.

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    • Berk
      December 17, 2011 at 10:38 pm

      That’s odd. If someone had mentioned “Star Wars meets Dune meets Martha Stewart” to me, I don’t think I would have envisioned this.

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  39. ms.finch
    December 17, 2011 at 5:49 pm

    I spent far too long staring at the first picture, expecting to see something horrible in the reflection of the spoons.

    Ces’t merveilleux Mr.Bellino.

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    • Lady Kwake
      December 17, 2011 at 5:52 pm

      I did too. I was very glad that wasn’t it.

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  40. Princess Buzzkill Crying Glitter Eagle
    December 17, 2011 at 5:59 pm

    So Darth Vader’s headpiece is the Sutton Hoo helmet done in fiberglass…

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  41. Kestris
    December 17, 2011 at 6:54 pm

    That is awesome and the husband wants to know how much it costs (As if we could afford it, lol)

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  42. KawaiiBits
    December 17, 2011 at 7:03 pm

    WOW!!! This is just amazing!

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  43. Zippy
    December 17, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    Alain Bellino, you are my msster now…

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  44. lemon bombs
    December 17, 2011 at 8:59 pm

    Wicked awesome!

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  45. Mistletoe
    December 17, 2011 at 9:56 pm

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  46. RedSoloCup
    December 17, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    That’s just wonderful. The artist did a fantastic job.

    I definitely agree with saying it is Amazeballs.

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  47. AholicRambler
    December 17, 2011 at 11:18 pm

    I have one thing to say about this… WANT! That is all…

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  48. robynofrye
    December 17, 2011 at 11:44 pm

    Way cool :D

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  49. Petja-Herra
    December 18, 2011 at 3:06 am

    We did not do so great, but points with technical matters, what we did when I was a student of Goldsmith.

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    • Petja-Herra
      December 18, 2011 at 7:48 am

      I’ve made small objects by combining old. Now I do not use jeweler’s studio or other place where I could weld, but I have designed necklaces, which comes nine spoons, with clocks,
      and middle parts of the clock and the “porcelain head” components.

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  50. Jackie-0
    December 18, 2011 at 6:34 am

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  51. oohgoboom
    December 18, 2011 at 8:14 am

    This is truly wonderful!

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  52. Lola
    December 18, 2011 at 8:58 am

    Oh my fucking god, the geek in me loves that so much, it’s just unnatural. I’m having flashbacks to science fiction conventions in the 1970′s.

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  53. Sp00kums
    December 18, 2011 at 9:22 am

    Begs the less interesting works the question, “who’s your daddy?”

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    • Sp00kums
      December 18, 2011 at 9:24 am

      Also, very well executed – really changing the conventional, presumed static nature of everyday items and creating something wonderful.

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  54. WTFWhimsicleGlitter
    December 18, 2011 at 9:34 am

    Where’s the “Not Etsy – So Sue Me” tag?

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    • WTFWhimsicleGlitter
      December 18, 2011 at 9:34 am

      Because this is SO not Etsy.

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  55. FluffyBunnyTurds
    December 18, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    *wipes drool from chin* Now, this is what I call talent and artistry! I want!

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  56. denisewalks
    December 18, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    I’m so floored by the amazingness of that. I wish I could create one of my own but I don’t have the vision or the talent for it. I totally want that.

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  57. Trickster
    December 18, 2011 at 12:59 pm

    Why is the crap on the Etsy front page never this awesome?

    Or, IS it ever this awesome? I don’t visit much–does anyone here know if the Etsy goons actually highlight masterful projects like this?

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    • Misantharista
      December 18, 2011 at 2:39 pm

      I don’t visit terribly often either, maybe once every two weeks. But I can’t say I’ve ever noticed anything remotely close to HALF this awesome on the front page during any of my visits.

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    • venusenvy
      December 31, 2011 at 6:37 am

      The only way this makes it to Etsy’s front page is to put a photo of it on a wall decal along with the words, “Luke, I’m You’re Father.”

      Your welcome.

      If anyone needs any more ideals for their shop, CONVO ME.

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  58. jennp
    December 18, 2011 at 4:28 pm

    Holy … Wow. I could see where it was going by the fourth picture, but it still blew my mind. That is awesome.

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  59. lizzielizzie
    December 19, 2011 at 7:52 am

    I think I just squeed my pants.

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  60. crispyduck13
    December 19, 2011 at 7:53 am

    That is ridiculous. I want it bad and I don’t even like Star Wars.

    *Bows down to the astonishing talent*

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  61. CallMeMacPhisto
    December 19, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    Well….

    I feel sufficiently inadequate now, I don’t know about you guys.

    Shall we just call today over?

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    • emanresuyttiw
      December 19, 2011 at 9:26 pm

      Your avatar does not match your emotion. It throws me off.

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  62. Kipluck
    December 21, 2011 at 3:41 pm

    Wow. Just… WOW!!! This link was posted in, yes, my Steampunk group, and it being on Regretsy, I expected to laugh. I am not laughing. I am blown away. AMAZING!!!

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  63. venusenvy
    December 27, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    See now, this is the kind of thing that would never make Etsy’s front page.

    Those aren’t vintage spoons.

    In other news, that is really fucking beautiful, which isn’t something I thought I’d say about Darth Vader’s visage.

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