Most of the tiles have been discovered embedded into public roads including highways that are busy at all times.
The tiles are believed to have been made of original linoleum which is hard to come by. In this video I used this cc-licensed photo by Flickr user mojunk. Shop toynbee tiles pins and buttons created by independent artists from around the globe. The Toynbee tiles are a mystery which various people have attempted to solve since the 1980s. Pittsburgh was home to 6 Toynbee Tiles but two have been paved over. 150 original tiles appeared between 19 in 25 cities in the United States and South America. If you make one, please share your pictures in the CRAFT Flickr pool! Thanks to my pal Matt Mechtley for his help on this one. Toynbee Tiles began in Philadelphia in the 1980s. There's an active message board on the topic which shares sightings and other information. The earliest examples of these tiles were found in the 70s and 80s on streets in Philadelphia, all bearing the same (or very similar) message: "Toynbee idea / in Kubrick's 2001 / resurrect dead / on planet Jupiter." They are speculated to have been created by the same person until they began to gain a following. You may choose to use a heat gun to make the linoleum easier to cut, or even a laser cutter. By cutting out a mosaic design in the linoleum and sandwiching it between layers of paper, wood glue, and asphalt crack filler, you can affix the mosaic very permanently to an asphalt surface, such as your driveway. You can get real linoleum (don't use vinyl flooring) for this project by ordering free samples online.
Toynbee tiles how to#
In this video I'll show you how to construct your own from inexpensive materials. In late 2001/early 2002 artist, musician and Toynbee tile lover Justin Duerr discovered the last original tile ever glued, just minutes after it was put to the street. Linoleum asphalt mosaics, also called Toynbee Tiles, are artworks permanently embedded in pavement.
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