Sian Ka’an is an extraordinary UNESCO tropical nature reserve along Mexico’s Carribean coastline, but the currents that pass by this area bring garbage from all over the world to the shores of this paradise. Alejandro Duran, an artist working in Brooklyn, NY, collects this trash and arranges it into works of colorful landscape art to examine “the tension between the natural world and an increasingly overdeveloped one.”
Sian Ka’an is an extraordinary UNESCO tropical nature reserve along Mexico’s Carribean coastline, but the currents that pass by this area bring garbage from all over the world to the shores of...
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Slinkachu is an artist who has been "abandoning little people on the street since 2006." What he does is search the streets of London for unassuming locations in which to hide tiny, little sculptures. If you've spent any time in the U.K. capital in the past ten year, there's a chance you've walked right by his art without even noticing.
Slinkachu is an artist who has been "abandoning little people on the street since 2006." What he does is search the streets of London for unassuming locations in which to hide tiny, little sculptures.
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Jihyun Park, an artist in Korea, has found a unique and quintessentially Asian approach to pointillism – he uses burning sticks of incense to burn tiny holes in huge sheets of rice paper, arranging the tiny holes into beautiful, relaxing artistic compositions.
Jihyun Park, an artist in Korea, has found a unique and quintessentially Asian approach to pointillism – he uses burning sticks of incense to burn tiny holes in huge sheets of rice paper, ...
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Julien Seth Malland’s murals revive crumbling walls with vibrant images of children immersed in galaxies of color. The Paris-based artist, who also goes by the pseudonym Seth Globepainter, adds depth to flat, brick-and-plaster walls with a palette of vibrant hues that seem inspired by a crayon box. These rainbow splashes are contrasted by plain drawings of children that look like they could have been sketched with a pencil. The murals are both playful and thoughtful, inspiring an...
Julien Seth Malland’s murals revive crumbling walls with vibrant images of children immersed in galaxies of color.
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Artist Creates Street Art To Make People Smile On A Rainy Day
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Like a new modern version of invisible ink, superhydrophobic coatings can also be used to create hidden street art that stays invisible until it gets wet. Peregrine Chuch, a Seattle-based street artist, created a series of public works of street art called Rainworks using the same sort of hydrophobic coatings.
Like a new modern version of invisible ink, superhydrophobic coatings can also be used to create hidden street art that stays invisible until it gets wet.
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Ellen Jewett, a talented sculptor based in Canda, creates unbelievably detailed and delicate-looking handmade clay sculptures of creatures that look like they’d be right at home in our wildest dreams (or nightmares)
Ellen Jewett, a talented sculptor based in Canda, creates unbelievably detailed and delicate-looking handmade clay sculptures of creatures that look like they’d be right at home in our wildest...
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Back in 2012, while cutting through a familiar alley in Seattle, I noticed a box of hardback novels sat beside a dumpster. I took one look at them and thought, “Why are these being thrown away? I can use them for something”. Three years later, here I am. I have experimented with a countless amount of novels found in alleys and thrift stores. I have spent sleepless nights curled over my desk with glue up to my elbows, fingers cut from my clumsiness with an art knife, and all of it fueled by...
Back in 2012, while cutting through a familiar alley in Seattle, I noticed a box of hardback novels sat beside a dumpster.
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3D Art Museum In Philippines
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Most museums don’t like to see their visitors take pictures, some going so far as to charge them for the privilege. But this is not the case at the Art In Island museum in Manila, The Philippines. Here, visitors are encouraged to interact and have fun with the art pieces, taking as many photos as they want. “Art paintings are not complete if you are not with them, if you don’t take pictures with them,” Blyth Cambaya, the museum’s secretary.
Most museums don’t like to see their visitors take pictures, some going so far as to charge them for the privilege. But this is not the case at the Art In Island museum in Manila, The Philippines.
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Street Art ‘Surgeon’
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Have you ever wondered what the skeleton of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle or a mermaid might look like? Nychos has – this Vienna-based artist seems to have a fascination with anatomical diagrams, turning some of his murals into creepy dissections.
Have you ever wondered what the skeleton of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle or a mermaid might look like?
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Adam Tran is a high school chemistry teacher in Ho Chi Minh City. In his other life, Tran is a member of the Vietnam Origami Group, a group with centers teaching the art of origami across Vietnam. Tran is definitely one of the masters.
Adam Tran is a high school chemistry teacher in Ho Chi Minh City. In his other life, Tran is a member of the Vietnam Origami Group, a group with centers teaching the art of origami across Vietnam.
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Banksy Sneaks Into Gaza To Create Controversial Street Art
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Banksy, a street artist revered by thousands for his ability to express powerful messages and capture our attention, has finally addressed arguably the most controversial topic he could have possibly used his art to comment on – the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Gaza strip.
Banksy, a street artist revered by thousands for his ability to express powerful messages and capture our attention, ...
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Blind People Can Finally “See” Art
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The Museum of Prado, located in Madrid, is one of the most famous art galleries in Europe, receiving thousand of tourists from all the globe every year. It has just released a wonderful exhibit that will allow the blind to enjoy some of Western art’s greatest masterpieces by recreating them in textured 3d paintings that allow the paintings to be “viewed” when touched. Six famous paintings come with audio guides and braille texts
The Museum of Prado, located in Madrid, is one of the most famous art galleries in Europe, receiving thousand of tourists from all the globe every year.
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It's important for students to feel inspired in whatever they're studying. The best way to encourage this is to surround them with fascinating things to pique their interests. At least that's what a middle school art teacher and Reddit user found. His method of inspiring his students also serves as a great way to pass his free time in the classroom.
It's important for students to feel inspired in whatever they're studying. The best way to encourage this is to surround them with fascinating things to pique their interests.
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The euro is a controversial currency, but one thing that we can agree upon is that this currency might look a lot better if Hungarian graphic design student Barbara Bernat had anything to say about it. She created a series of fictional Hungarian euros with beautiful and elegant illustrations of European plants and animals that I would just love to have a wad of in my lonely and empty wallet.
The euro is a controversial currency, but one thing that we can agree upon is that this currency might look a lot better if Hungarian graphic design student Barbara Bernat had anything to say...
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Chris Bennett and his surreal worlds
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Chris Bennett originally trained and worked in mechanical engineering and then went to art school and studied graphic design. After all that he worked in various advertising agencies in Britain and Germany. Then he gave up his job! He found himself in a remote and beautiful part of the world, German Alps, where he still lives. He became a “house husband” with loads of spare time. Therefore, he decided to create his own pictures in Photoshop.
Chris Bennett originally trained and worked in mechanical engineering and then went to art school and studied graphic design.
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Elisa started doodling on bananas with a biro while bored at desk job. It felt great. This gallery is the result of top tier job procrastination.
Elisa started doodling on bananas with a biro while bored at desk job. It felt great. This gallery is the result of top tier job procrastination.
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In Bea Crespo and Andrea G. Portoles’ delightful “Brunchcity” series, paper dioramas form iconic skylines that pop out of foods for which major cities are famous. Crespo, an illustrator, created the charming drawings, selecting and sketching landmarks that represent each city. For example, the ruins of Athens' Parthenon rises out of a dish of Greek yogurt, Cuba's capital building and a mural of Che Guevera stand on a bedrock of beans and rice, and a paper Coliseum teeters on the...
In Bea Crespo and Andrea G. Portoles’ delightful “Brunchcity” series, paper dioramas form iconic skylines that pop out of foods for which major cities are famous.
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Philippe Echaroux is a French photographer and street artist born in 1983. He invented the concept of Street Art 2.0 with his project, named “Paintings with lights”, and kicked-off in his home city of Marseille in March, 2014. 2 weeks later and his project created the buzz in 44 countries. Philippe’s street art is not leaving any prints on locations he uses to exhibit his art, playing with his favorite tool: light. The beauty of his art is therefore ephemeral.
Philippe Echaroux is a French photographer and street artist born in 1983. He invented the concept of Street Art 2.
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Using layers of paper and a light source, Er creates unique worlds that are at once mysterious and charming. Some of the circular pieces even rotate, creating a moving, living world around her characters. The light behind the paper allows the images to emerge from the darkness, as though you've come from a thick forest into a bright clearing.
Using layers of paper and a light source, Er creates unique worlds that are at once mysterious and charming.
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New York-based artist Maude White is back with some new meticulously crafted paper illustrations. Believe it or not, but these awe-inspiring paper cuttings are made entirely by hand, using only a craft knife. “When I cut paper, I feel as if I am peeling back the outer, superficial layer of our vision to reveal the secret space beneath,” explains White in her artist’s statement. “With paper cutting there are so many opportunities to create negative space that tells its own story. Letting the...
New York-based artist Maude White is back with some new meticulously crafted paper illustrations. Believe it or not, but these awe-inspiring paper cuttings are made entirely by hand, ...
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It was another great year for installations as artists from all over the world brought out their best, most immersive work. Of course, the installation that topped them all was Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red by Paul Cummunis, 888,246 handmade poppies surrounding the Tower of London in one of the most beautifully symbolic works we've ever seen.
It was another great year for installations as artists from all over the world brought out their best, most immersive work.
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Bored at work one day, Squarespace employees Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick decided to recreate a famous work of art using only objects found in their workplace, eventually leading to their imaginative, ongoing project Fools Do Art. Before long, their hilarious recreations started becoming more and more elaborate, as they started recruiting their coworkers to join in on the fun and began receiving idea submissions from around the world.
Bored at work one day, Squarespace employees Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick decided to recreate a famous work of art using only objects found in their workplace, ...
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Back in September 10, 2012, Isaiah Webb uploaded a photo to his Instagram of what he called his ‘Lorax beard’. The photo went viral, and his now ever-changing “Incredibeard” was born. Now the 30-year-old San Francisco Bay Area native has a massive following online with hundreds of thousands of fans,all who can wait to see his next bearded masterpiece..
Back in September 10, 2012, Isaiah Webb uploaded a photo to his Instagram of what he called his ‘Lorax beard’. The photo went viral, and his now ever-changing “Incredibeard” was born.
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Gravity Art
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Miha Brinovec likes the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it’s going to work or not. One of these things is definitely balancing stones – he calls it gravity art.
Miha Brinovec likes the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it’s going to work or not. One of these things is definitely balancing stones – he calls it gravity art.
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In Honor Of Gingerbread House Day
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You probably didn't know that December 12th was 2014's Gingerbread House Day, did you? That's okay, neither did we, but we're rectifying the situation by sharing with you the most outlandish, over-the-top gingerbread houses we could find. These are way too pretty to eat (well, almost), but you can enjoy them all the same.
You probably didn't know that December 12th was 2014's Gingerbread House Day, did you? That's okay, neither did we, but we're rectifying the situation by sharing with you the most outlandish, ...
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Stark's kaleidoscopic sculptures are made of geometric layers of colored paper that spiral inward to form a hypnotic, rainbow-hued abyss. Endlessly mesmerizing, the three-dimensional works burst with such vibrance and texture that viewing them makes for an incredibly psychedelic experience.
Stark's kaleidoscopic sculptures are made of geometric layers of colored paper that spiral inward to form a hypnotic, rainbow-hued abyss.
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Shayna Leib’s Art
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Meet Shayna Leib, an American glassblowing artist, whose magical art can make your heart stop in amazement. She works with different materials but prefers glass “not for its mimetic qualities to capture the look of other materials, but for it’s ability to express flow, freeze a moment in time, and manipulate optics.”
Meet Shayna Leib, an American glassblowing artist, whose magical art can make your heart stop in amazement.
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It's hard to imagine that these wonderful masterpieces of paper art were created just from single sheets of paper without using glue or scissors. However, that's exactly how these origami masters made them.
It's hard to imagine that these wonderful masterpieces of paper art were created just from single sheets of paper without using glue or scissors.
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Baristas worldwide are showing off their knack for creating latte art. Some even take it a step further by creating three-dimensional foam drawings. But one Japanese barista named Sudo-san from Saryo Suisen, a cafe in Kyoto, is whipping up adorable 3D green tea latte art that look too cute to eat.
Baristas worldwide are showing off their knack for creating latte art. Some even take it a step further by creating three-dimensional foam drawings.
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Big Art For Little Kids
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Origami is the art of paper folding. Some origami can be simple and some can be very complex. It is a difficult art form to master, but once someone becomes an expert, he or she can create almost any figure in any shape or size. One kind of origami that is extremely difficult to make is micro (or mini) origami. As you can imagine, the smaller the origami, the harder it is to get the shapes and angles correct. But when it works out, mini origami is incredible.
Origami is the art of paper folding. Some origami can be simple and some can be very complex. It is a difficult art form to master, but once someone becomes an expert, ...
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The artist duo Zebrating is bucking the trend of in-your-face graffiti. These artists in Germany created pieces that blow away any negative distinction of street art, and instead leave you in awe of true artistry.
The artist duo Zebrating is bucking the trend of in-your-face graffiti. These artists in Germany created pieces that blow away any negative distinction of street art, ...
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Portuguese street artist Artur Bordalo, aka Bordalo II, uses mixed media to create his own interpretations of the urban landscape and environment. He often composes his works using various found items that he merges together into beautiful forms. In that sense, his street art is unique because it appears slightly three-dimensional and is presented in surprisingly tactile formations.
Portuguese street artist Artur Bordalo, aka Bordalo II, uses mixed media to create his own interpretations of the urban landscape and environment.
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