Category: Craft
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Living Clay Sculptures By Johnson Tsang
In his Living Clay series, Hong Kong-based Johnson Tsang uses masterfully crafted organic and fluid forms to bring otherwise mundane stoneware to life. The sculptor mixes ordinary crockery, traditional face sculpting and an expressive splashing motif to create sculptures that seem to be frozen in time. Living Clay demonstrates Tsang’s extraordinary creativity, which leaves a…
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The Ceramic French Bulldog in Love With a Cat by Angie Rehe [video]
In October of last year, artFido had the privilege of auctioning off 13 hand painted ceramic French Bulldogs for charity with 100% of proceeds going to Wear for Success, an organisation that provides clothing and training to disadvantaged people seeking employment (read about it HERE). One of our favorite pups was a confused little fella called “The…
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Cai Guo-Qiang at QAGOMA With an Amazing Installation “Falling Back to Earth”
When we last featured Cai Guo-Qiang’s amazing installations (see HERE), it proved to be one of the most popular blogs we’ve ever written. We were therefore extremely excited to learn that Cai is back with an even more spectacular installation entitled “Falling Back to Earth” at the Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art. Our favorite two…
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Hilarious Pinterest Art and Craft Project FAILS!
Just because Pinterest projects involve simple ingredients like toothpicks, watercolors, socks and cookie dough… it does NOT mean that you won’t fail hilariously every time you attempt one of these. Meticulously sewing together all of your socks and then dying them alternate colors doesn’t look fun or easy. Because it isn’t. Have you attempted (and…
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Portraits of “Costume Play” Enthusiasts in their Homes by Klaus Pichler
In his ongoing series of portraits titled Just the Two of Us, photographer Klaus Pitchler gained access to the homes of Austrian costume play (cosplay) enthusiasts where he photographed the elaborately costumed individuals against the backdrops of their everyday life. Via his artist statement: Who hasn’t had the desire just to be someone else for awhile? Dressing up is a…
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These Were Made With a Simple Pair of Scissors!
Hina Aoyama is an artist from Yokohama, Japan. Currently living in Ferney-Voltaire, France, Aoyama began exploring ‘ultra-fine lacy paper cuttings’ in 2000. Using a simple pair of scissors, Aoyama creates intricately delicate works of art. Her steady hand and incredible patience has earned her a variety of awards and her artwork has been exhibited around the…
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Halloween Pumpkin Carving Timelapse titled “Pumpkin Lobotomy” by Chris Soria!
Happy Halloween everyone! To celebrate this wonderful day, check out the amaze-balls pumpkin carving timelapse titled “Pumpkin Lobotomy” by Brooklyn artist and carver Chris Soria. Apparently it took over 15 hrs to carve! The video is by Joe Vaughn. And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to hang on your walls, check…
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Amazing Pumpkin Arrangements at the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze in New York!
Update: be sure to also check out the Amazing Pumpkin Carvings from Villafane Studios HERE! Held every year in New York, the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze is a 25-night-long Halloween event featuring some 5,000 hand-carved, illuminated pumpkins arranged into dinosaurs, sea monsters, zombies, and other spooky sculptural forms. Via Instagram: Although only associated with Halloween as we know…
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Photos of Unhappy Boyfriends Modeling Their Girlfriends’ Etsy Creations
Sad Etsy Boyfriends is a Tumblr blog dedicated to photos of unhappy boyfriends who have been roped into modeling their girlfriends’ creations on Etsy. Not much else to say here… just scroll down and grimace… HandmadeHarvest Medicinew1 freeravin LivingThreadsVintage And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to hang…
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Artist Spends 5 Years Covering Entire Kitchen in Millions of Glass Beads
You might think you know what patience means, but American artist Liza Lou clearly has a bit better understanding about what meticulous work really is. Her first large scale work Kitchen took 5 years to complete (1991–1996), and is, as the title suggests, a life-size replica of a kitchen, covered entirely in millions of glass beads. Liza…