Art

Art inspired by pinball and other coin operated machines.
LYPC capsule vendor loaded with art by Jason Higgins. Artist Jason Higgins at the Crafty Bastards! Arts & Crafts Fair. Vending machine display card promotes artistic corks.

Jason Higgins creates satirical graphic arts that combine verbal and visual puns to make you think twice. He offered some artworks for only 50 cents each in an LYPC capsule vending machine.

David Silverman lectures about pinball at the Smithsonian. David Silverman traced pinball's origins to the Château de Bagatelle. David Silverman's lecture slide shows Knock Out's playfield, backglass, and art David Silverman's games, Nugent and Indiana Jones, in the atrium at the Smithson

Pinball machine collector David Silverman brought nine of his games to the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC on Halloween Day 2009 to promote his planned National Pinball Museum. Smithsonian visitors could play Silverman's games before and after his 90-minute lecture about pinball history and art.

Diagram of Monster Bash pinball machine screen printed onto an old book page. Artist Sara Selepouchin at the Crafty Bastards! Arts & Crafts Fair. Artist Sara Selepouchin explains her design and printing process.

Sara Selepouchin designs offbeat diagrams of everyday machines, which she silkscreens onto handy household items. I could not resist buying her pinball machine diagram featuring Williams' Monster Bash.