Art This set of quilt-inspired prints by Little Things Studio caught my eye. Wonderful color palette. Buy the set, or individual prints, at the Little Things Studio Etsy shop. (via Design Milk) I’ve been amazed by the anatomical sculptures and carvings of Maskull Lasserre ever since I read about them on Colossal a couple days ago. I was particularly intrigued by this picture frame, the corner of which Lasserre carved to look like a (very accurate) jaw. Oh, Sriracha my spicy friend…you make my world a little more palatable. Jessica Kerbawy, an artist and graphic designer from Michigan, has been making these unique works of art by lining up crayons on foam board and melting them with a heat gun. (Images via Etsy) Every time I try tackling a jigsaw puzzle it ends with me angrily stuffing a half-completed puzzle back in its box and convincing myself that the manufacturer forgot to include a piece (the missing piece inevitably turns up under the sofa).
Hundreds of Tourist Photos Weaved into One (18 total) Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow Ready to embark on an adventure? Let's take a trip around the world. Switzerland-based Corinne Vionnet is our guide to the world's most famous landmarks, monuments millions have visited before. Look closely and you'll see dim shadows, vague silhouettes that aimlessly wander around. Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China Taj Mahal, India Mecca, Saudi Arabia La Alhambra, Granada Kinderdijk, Holland Stonehenge, England Pyramids of Giza, Egypt Acropolis of Athens, Greece Chichen Itza, Mexico Mount Fuji, Japan World Trade Center, New York Horseshoe Falls, Canada Coliseum in Rome, Italy Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany Eiffel Tower in Paris, France Louvre Pyramid in Paris, France Himeji Castle, Japan "This work is intrinsically linked to the people who took these pictures," Vionnet says. Corinne Vionnet's website
Falling Leaves Lamp : Daily source of DIY craft projects and inspiration, patterns, how-tos | Craftzine.com Falling Leaves Lamp By Patricia Zapata Light and paper are always a good combination, and indirect lighting can be such a nice way to soften the feeling in a room. The translucency of vellum and the texture of the handmade paper is what makes this project really stand out. Materials 20″×24″ white handmade textured paper Ruler Pencil Cutting blade Cutting mat 19″×30″ double-ply vellum Foam core Compass Stapler Transparent tape PVC glue Scissors Puck light Wooden base, 8″ in diameter Directions Step 1: Draw a 12″×22″ rectangle lengthwise in the center of the white sheet of paper. Step 2: Using a pencil, lightly draw random vertical leaves inside of this rectangle. Step 3: Using the cutting blade, cut out all of the leaves. Step 4: Trim off the ¼” raw edge of one of the long sides of the sheet. Step 7: With a very sharp cutting blade, cut along the lines of the inner and outer circles.Step 8: Repeat Steps 5–7 to make another foam core ring. Step 9: Fold the vellum sheet in half. Goli Mohammadi
Sticker art Sticker art (also known as sticker bombing, sticker slapping, slap tagging, and sticker tagging) is a form of street art in which an image or message is publicly displayed using stickers. These stickers may promote a political agenda, comment on a policy or issue, or comprise a subcategory of Graffiti.[citation needed] Stickers can be placed anywhere accessible, with a much lower risk of apprehension by officials enforcing anti–vandalism laws. Sticker artists use a variety of label types, including inexpensively purchased and free stickers, such as the United States Postal Service's Label 228 or name tags. Artist Cristina Vanko refers to her "I am Coal" project as "smart vandalism Sticker artists often trade their work with each other in order to expand distribution. See also[edit] References[edit] Further reading[edit] IZASTIKUP:A Unique Collection of Stickers Compiled by Bo130, Microbo and The Don. External links[edit] Live New Orleans webcam with sticker art
Christmas Star - never fails to impress Christmas is only 6 months away *eeek*. So let's think about some crafty projects for the next Yuletide season. Here is a beautiful Christmas decoration that looks gorgeous and very complicated but is very easy to make. Plus - it also costs next to nothing.All you need to make it is A4 size paper, glue and staples. First of all you need to cut 6 sheets of A4 paper into square 21x21cm.Fold over the square into a triangle and cut 3 lines with your scissors, each about 1 - 1,5 cm wide, paralllel to the short side of the triangle. The cuts should not meet at the end; there needs to be an (imaginary) 1 - 1,5 cm wide strip going down from the point of the triangle to the long side. When you fold open, the piece of paper should look like this: Now you bend the cut-out strips over and glue the tips together. The last step is fastening 6 of these individual pieces together. Looks gorgeous in the window!
THE DAILY MONSTER: How are you? I'm glad you're here. As always, the Daily Monsters are restless, and they've been waiting for your visit. Here is a very special 7th Anniversary Monster to get you started: Here's what you'll find on the site: Click here to check out all the Daily Monster video clips, and the brilliant stories about each creature by viewers from all over the world. You can also check out this trailer for the amazing documentary Lynda.com recently made about me and the Monsters: You can watch the whole thing on their site at this link. But wait... there's more! Click here if you feel like drawing a few monsters of your own. It's scary stuff! Or click here if you'd like to help me build the World's Tallest Monster! The first 100 monsters are also available as a book/DVD. It's a nifty little item, and a labor of love. (Make sure to keep an eye on the cover monster!) Finally, if you like, you can take a look at my online store if you feel like ordering limited edition monster prints and 344design goodies.
Craft Passion: Free Craft Pattern & Tutorial LEGO Art by Nathan Sawaya Nathan Sawaya, a 36-year-old former lawyer has stunned the world with his incredible LEGO artworks. If giving up a successful career in law that paid a six figure salary, to follow a childhood dream doesn’t spell passion, then I don’t know what does. That’s exactly what Nathan Sawaya did, but he managed to build himself another career brick by brick and now he sells his LEGO masterpieces for thousands of dollars. Right now, Nathan has an inventory of 1.5 million LEGO bricks to use on his sculptures, at his New York studio and says his largest artwork was made up of about half-a-million bricks. His LEGO works are now as valuable as they are beautiful, selling for more than $10,000 each. After posting his early work on the internet, Nathan Sawaya started getting orders for his art and realized the huge potential of his work. This isn’t the first time Nathan Sawaya’s work has been featured on Oddity Central, we posted some photos of his amazing LEGO cello, a while back. via Telegraph.co.uk
The Technique Zone: Acrylic Paint Transfer Supplies needed: Acrylic dabbers, photocopy of an image, water spritzer bottle, paintbrush, card stock, craft sheet and heat tool (optional) Take the lid off the dabbers and brush the paint onto the card stock, ensure you get a good coverage Take your photocopied image ( remember that you will get a reverse of the image, so don't use bold words), flip it over and place it in the acrylic. Lightly press it down making sure it's smooth and not wrinkled Leave to air dry for at least 15 minutes and then if you wish give it a blast with the heat tool Only move onto this step when you are sure your paint is completely dryTake your water filled spritzer bottle, spray the back of the paper no more than two squirts, you don't want it too wet Next start to rub the paper very gently with your finger Keep rubbing and extra spritzing if you need too Eventually you will get rid of all the paper, but it does take a bit of patience as you have to be careful not to wet it too much and rub the image away
Anal-Retentive Miniscule Pencil Tip Carvings « How-To News Dalton Ghetti has been carving teeny, tiny pencil tip sculptures for 25 years. The New York Times reports, "Mr. 'The pencil tip is great; it’s like a pure, very homogenous material,' he said. Insane. UPDATE: Many more images of Ghetti's work can be seen here. Previously, Beautifully Carved Pencils and Baseball Bats. The Technique Zone you will need some beeswax and a means of heating it - if you don't have a melt pot an oil burner with a nightlight will work perfectly ok. I keep a pan for my melt pot especially for beeswax. I also use a brush kept again just for beeswax A photo and some cardstock Paint the beeswax on - gradually bulding up the layers until you can hardly see the photo I scraped the wax away from the faces then soften the wax with my heat gun and stamped all around with swirl image. Gorgeous smell in my craft room - I'll probably use this piece on the front of one of my books
Фото и рисунки, арт и креативная реклама Rhonda's Creative Life Animated stereoviews of old Japan 28 Oct 2009 In the late 19th and early 20th century, enigmatic photographer T. Enami (1859-1929) captured a number of 3D stereoviews depicting life in Meiji-period Japan. [Sumo wrestlers] A stereoview consists of a pair of nearly identical images that appear three-dimensional when viewed through a stereoscope, because each eye sees a slightly different image. This illusion of depth can also be recreated with animated GIFs like the ones here, which were created from Flickr images posted by Okinawa Soba. [Meeting at gate] [Buddhist ornament dealer] [Geisha washing their hands in the garden] [Chujenji Road, Nikko] [Geisha playing music] [Firewood dealers] [Great Buddha of Kamakura] [Torii gates at Inari shrine, Kyoto] [Geisha girls with flowers and cat] [Traveler in the mountain fog near Chujenji] [Clam diggers having lunch] [Tokyo Industrial Exposition, Ueno Park, 1907] [Campfire on the peak of Mt. [Geisha in a tearoom] [Kitano temple, Kyoto] [Road along the Fuji river] [Geisha drinking beer in the park]