Category: Craft
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Injecting Paint in Bubble Wrap to Recreate Iconic Paintings
Who says bubble wrap is just for packaging or stress relief? New York-based artist Bradley Hart, known for creating amazingly realistic pixelated portraits, has expanded his bubble wrap painting series Impressions to include recreations of iconic masterpieces such as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, and Vincent van Gogh’s Self Portrait with Grey Felt Hat.…
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This Intricate Boat Carving Was Made Out Of A Single Olive Pit In 1737
The term “mind-blowing” gets thrown around way too often online, but in this case, it definitely applies. This detailed statue of a Chinese boat was carved out of a single olive pit! This work of unimaginable craftsmanship, detail and skill was created in 1737 by Chinese artist Ch’en Tsu-Chang during the Ch’ing Dynasty. The boat…
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Animals Drawn with Moiré Patterns
This beautiful series of animal illustrations by Milan-based designer Andrea Minini began as a design experiment to obtain complex shapes and depth starting with just a few lines. Using Adobe Illustrator, Minini created textured moiré patterns that give each illustration a surprising intensity. You can see more from this series over on Behance. And don’t forget, if you’re looking…
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LIX: The World’s Smallest 3D Printing Pen Lets You Draw in the Air
LIX is the latest contender in the handheld 3D-printing field. Launched just a few hours ago on Kickstarter, the developers say the super compact design is smaller than any other pen on the market and it can even be powered by the electricity from a USB port. After turning it on the LIX takes less than a…
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Portrait of Jackie Chan Made Out of 64,000 Chopsticks
Whether she’s constructing innovative birds made out of flower petals or building portraits with candles or dyed flowers, artist Hong Yi, aka Red is always up to something fantastic. For her most recent project, the artist wanted to use something meaningful to celebrate actor and martial arts master Jackie Chan’s 60th birthday this year. So, she chose chopsticks—a symbol of the Chinese…
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Illuminated Cut Paper Light Boxes by Hari & Deepti
Deepti Nair and Harikrishnan Panicker (known collectively as Hari & Deepti) are an artist couple who create paper cut light boxes. Each diorama is made from layers of cut watercolor paper placed inside a shadow box and is lit from behind with flexible LED light strips. The small visual narratives depicted in each work often play off aspects of…
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Japanese Sculptor Turns Old Skateboards Into Beautiful Sculptures
Japanese skateboarder and self-taught sculptor Haroshi has creatively combined his two passions by creating striking and stylish pop-culture images out of the wood of trashed skateboards. The unique appearance of his sculptures is all thanks to the composition of the skateboards he uses, which are created from multiple layers of processed wood. These layers are…
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Famed Portraits and Paintings Recreated with Found Objects
UK-based artist Jane Perkins produces incredible pieces that recreate classic works of art and portraits of iconic figures using thousands of multicolored found objects. Each of the artist’s creations is a compilation of numerous objects that range in color, size, and texture. She works with anything from buttons and beads to LEGO pieces, shells, plastic…
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How to Build A Super Bowl Snack-Stadium
In just a couple of days, Super Bowl 49 will take place between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. Some people look forward to the day with nervous excitement, while others think it sounds about as fun as a root canal with no anesthesia. Whichever camp you fit in, you’ll still appreciate the effort…
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Scientifically Accurate Botanical Yarn Art in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s current exhibit, Knit, Purl, Sow, is an entire show devoted to knitting! At the exhibition, expert textile and knitting artists have created finely detailed botanical renderings of plants, flowers and vegetables. The exhibit has been two years in the making and contains 21 works with 19 provided by artist Tatyana Yanishevsky, who studied…