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In January 2021, @Cheaterflums and I released Unigrids.
421 works you could print, animate and listen to, generated by 13,305 bytes of code stored on Ethereum.
Here's the art, the code and the story behind our first project as @Ze_blocks .
Craglet. Boulderette. Crumb. Pebbit. Stonelet. Rockling. Mountlet.
@Ze_blocks didn't just name the sizes — they built a whole scale, from the tiniest scatter of dots to forms so large they fill the screen entirely. The evolution among these sizes creates rhythm and depth, mimicking the way real pebbles settle by size along a riverbank.
This screen shows 10 palettes, each running the full journey from size 1 to size 7. Same colors, same rules, completely different presence.
Some of the Pebbles featured on this showcase and their collectors:
Stonelet · @itsjpower
Rockling · @DKiblerEspresso
Some Pebbles have sold for serious money. BUT here's the thing —
The art already belongs to everyone.
Every one of the 1,000 Pebbles is CC0. You can download it, print it, remix it, sell products with it — no permission, no fee, no exceptions. What collectors own is the registered provenance on-chain. The image itself is public domain, forever. That's what makes this collection radical. The market and the commons coexist.
The 14 Pebbles with the ATH sales values are on display now at Domínio PúbliCC0 6529. Free to visit. Free to use.
Pebbles #0024 · Magma Mambo · ATH sale 15.00 Ξ · Owned by @Ars0nic
Pebbles #0688 · Coral Reef · ATH sale 10.00 Ξ · Owned by 6529Museum
AND 👇
As it was fully on-chain, Certificates had to be on-chain as well. They were generative art done by @Ze_blocks and @6529er
Course was free and certificate fee was 0.25eth (optional). You can check them here (choose an artist under traits to filter)
https://t.co/eKYIzDs0lZ