Category: Craft
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A chicken lover knits jumpers for her hens
Meet Nicola and her mother Ann from Cornwall, England. In one of the more touching stories we’ve encountered recently, these ladies rescue retired battery chickens by giving them a new home. They own around 60 hens and half of them are former battery chickens, who, unfortunately, having spent all their lives in cages, are not able to acclimatize…
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LEGO Creates Slippers to End 66 Years of Stepping on LEGO Pain!
Let’s face it, unless you’ve lived under a rock all your life, you are well aware of the searing pain associated with standing on a piece of LEGO. Fortunately, there is now a way to protect yourself from these domestic minefields: LEGO, working together with French advertising agency Brand Station, has invented anti-LEGO slippers! It…
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Artist Creates Spectacularly Painted Logs to Show Us Nature is in Trouble
These works are not just spectacularly painted, but they are painted with a distinct meaning in mind. Artist Alison Moritsugu paints these nature landscapes on tree trunks that mimic the art styles of 18th and 19th century to juxtapose the idyllic images of nature with tangible results of her destruction. Moritsugu’s art is supposed to remind people…
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Rings That Become Animals When 3 Pieces Are Put Together
Bangkok artist “m e r r y m e” is the creator of the 3 ring, a set of rings that can be assembled into animals! They are sold in sets of three rings that, when worn together, make an animal. Some, like the crane, should be worn all on one finger. The squirrel set, however,…
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Painstakingly Hand Crafted World Globes By One of the Last Globemakers
Peter Bellerby wanted a globe for his father’s 80th birthday. Unfortunately, he had to choose between flimsy cheap globes and fragile antiques. Bellerby chose the door number three, and decided to make one himself. This was much harder than he realized, starting with the search for accurate maps, and ending up with globe rotation issues. Along…
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Book pages folded into stunning sculptures by Yuto Yamaguchi
Paper sculptor extraordinaire Yuto Yamaguchi has taken the art to a whole new level by transforming hardcover books into sculptures by simply folding their pages. Without using scissors, he crafts the bold designs by intricately creasing each page so that together, they appear as one cohesive form. Yamaguchi’s excellent craftsmanship produces smooth curves and sharp lines, making…
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Artist Quits Her Job To Create Amazing Paper Art
Quilling, or paper filigree, is the art of using shaped strips of paper and artist Sena Runa is one of the best we’ve seen. It involves gluing, twisting, rolling and otherwise manipulating paper to create 3D shapes. Sena discovered the art a few years ago, and recently quit who job to take it up full time.…
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93-Year-Old Grandma Shares 30 Years of Embroidered Temari Balls
Back in 2009, NanaAkua uploaded an incredible 468-picture gallery on Flickr that featured the amazing embroidery work of her then 88-year-old grandmother over a span of 30 years. Her grandmother practices a folk art form known as Temari. Meaning ‘hand ball’ in Japanese, the art form was introduced to Japan by China around the 7th century A.D. Traditionally, Temari…
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Beautiful Hand-Cut Designs From A Single Sheet of Paper!
Artist Suzy Taylor is able to create one-of-a-kind works of art from a single piece of paper. The paper artist meticulously cuts original designs by hand that primarily revolve around her love of folk art and floral themes. During her cutting process, she utilizes only a single sheet of paper and a craft knife, completing her intricate…
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Amazing Artwork Created Using 24km of Thread Wrapped Around 13,000 Nails!
Ukrainian artist Zenyk Palagniuk wrapped 24 km (15 mi) of thread around 13,000 nails to create an amazingly realistic portrait of Justin Timberlake. It took the artist over 200 hours to complete. Palagniuk began by sketching the portrait on a large piece of plywood. He then hammered in all of the nails and wrapped the…