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Hilarious Photos From the National Beard & Mustache Championships
Facial hair is everywhere at the moment. Take a look around and you will see many a well-groomed Tash and unruly Beard. But did you know that there was such a thing as the National Beard and Mustache Championships? Yes there is! Earlier this month, the 4th Annual Championship was held in New Orleans and Las Vegas-based…
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Burning Man Past Before Present – Beautiful Photos by Trey Ratcliff
The Burning Man Festival has come and gone for another year, and before we share with you some of our favorite shots from the amazing 2013 gathering, we thought we’d share some of the most beautiful images of past festivals. Captured by photographer Trey Ratcliff these photographers capture the joy, freedom, color, majesty and mystique…
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Artist Karla Tomanelli Lifts the Lid on How Her Amazing Art Is Created!
“What pencils do you use?” “What kind of paint do you use?” “What brushes do you use?” These questions and many, many more are frequently asked of the artists on social media sites such as Instagram. Perhaps in response to these questions, artist Karla Mia Tomanelli has started strategically placing the art equipment she used to…
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A King Cobra Folded from a Single Sheet of Tissue Paper Plus Much More!
This accomplished king cobra designed by Ronald Koh was recently folded by origami artist Matthieu Georger from a single piece of specially treated tissue paper. The detail is amazing, especially the hundreds and hundreds of scales that individually require multiple folds to create. The artist also folds a wide range of other exotic animals, mythological beasts, and insects worthy of…
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Ballet Dancers in Everyday Situations!
Following on from our extremely successful blog post about a ballet dancer that danced en pointe on knife shoes on a piano (see HERE), it’s quite clear that an ordinary day as a ballet dancer is never ordinary. Ever wonder what a ballet dancer does on their downtime? With all of those muscles toned and trained…
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A Reflective Six-Legged Wolf Covered in Glass Mirror Shards!
As part of her current exhibition titled Earthshine at Gallery Wendi Norris (which is also her American solo debut), Japanese multidisciplinary artist Tomoko Konoike explores various crystalline structures in sculptures and drawings. Drawing inspiration from manga, Shinto animism, Noh drama, and pop culture, the artist creates surreal, otherworldly artworks that encompass sculpture, drawing, photography, and animation. Among one of her most…
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The Amazing Art of Tree Shaping
Tree shaping is the practice of training living trees and woody plants into artistic shapes by carefully orchestrating how the tree and the branches grow. Techniques such as grafting, bending, creasing, framing, weaving, twisting, braiding, pruning and ring barking are employed to archive the unnatural shapes. According to Wikipedia, tree shaping is a form of…
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Literally Fly Like an Eagle Through the French Mountains
Earlier this week, artist Srachi strapped his GoPro camera to the back of his pet eagle and set him free through a mountain range near Chamonix, France. The results are absolutely breathtaking. This is an absolute MUST WATCH… guaranteed to blow you away! http://youtu.be/r8vSmjskZr8 And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to…
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Decommissioned GUNS Turned into a Musical Orchestra by Pedro Reyes!
Artist Pedro Reyes has recently produced an amazing display where he transforms decommissioned weapons into musical instruments to form a fully mechanized orchestra. Titled Disarm, the collection of eight new instruments was built through a collaboration with several musicians and Cocolab, a media studio in Mexico City. The team acquired a variety of rifles, pistols, and shotguns seized from drug cartels…
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Amazingly Realistic Color Drawings of Everyday Objects by Marcello Barenghi
YouTube and Instagram is abuzz with Italian artist Marcello Barenghi‘s incredibly realistic drawings of everyday objects. They’re so good, that at first glance you might think you were looking at a photo. Here are some of our favorites, but be sure to check out Marcello’s work on Instagram and his YouTube channel where he documents the process of almost…