Tag: fetching art
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Paintings Created with Bicycle Tire Tracks by Thomas Yang
Artist Thomas Yang creates some of the most unique artworks using a medium that might seem strange to some… bicycle tire treads! Yang has explored landmarks around the world that merge his passion for cycling and architecture including depictions of the Eiffel Tower, the Tower Bridge, China’s Forbidden City, and the Empire State Building. While it…
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The Most Adorable Dog Portraits You’ll Ever See by Alicja Zmyslowska
Alicja Zmyslowska is a pet photographer based in Poland that takes incredibly vibrant and lively portraits of dogs for a living. Talk about a dream job! When it comes to dog photography, Zmyslowska has all her bases covered – she says she’s done everything from sports photography (read: fetch) to show-ring photos. Our favorites, however,…
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Spectacular Paper Sculptures That Appear and Disappear from Different Angles
Korean artist Ho Yoon Shin creates delicate paper sculptures that appear to alternately solidify and disappear when viewed from certain angles. Made from hand-cut, urethane-coated strips of paper joined together with paper joints, the intricate sculptures display amazing strength and fragility, with a fluid opacity that changes dynamically according to perspective. Busts and figures fade…
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Hamsters as Shopkeepers Running Miniature Restaurants and Bars
In his free time, Twitter user @Kawanabesatou creates tiny restaurants and bars for his pet hamsters. The level of detail in the shops is simply wonderful. There are miniature sushi boats, tiny kitchen appliances and a very impressive selection of drinks! Kawanabesatou posts all of the adorable photos on Twitter where you can find nearly 500 photos and…
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Australian Artist Creates Magnificent Sculptures Using Spanners Only
When John Piccoli was a young boy, polio left him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Determined not to let that stop him, the Australian artist took up perhaps the most active art form: large-scale metalworking sculpture. He starts with a pile of old wrenches. To most people, this looks like junk.…
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The Magical Rainbow Mountains of China
There is a reason why someone, somewhere, originally coined the phrase where “life imitates art“. We could not find a better example than these layer cakes of amazing colors is a real landscape located at Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park in Gansu Province, China. Even for the undeniably powerful Mother Nature, creating something this arty wasn’t…
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Competition Showcases the Most Amazing Cakes You’ll Ever See
The Threadcakes online cake competition, which wrapped up on November 3rd this year, features some of the most stunning works of cake art we’ve ever seen. The contest, which has been running annually since 2007, invites both professionals and amateurs to create cakes in either the 2D or 3D categories based on art from the…
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Amazing Geometric Paper Animal Sculptures by Wolfram Kampffmeyer!
Wolfram Kampffmeyer, a talented artist based in Germany, creates beautiful geometric paper animal sculptures in elegant pastel colors that look like computer models that have come to life. These paper critters’ resemblance to 3d computer models is intentional. Kampffmeyer, who studies Computer Animation, writes, “if you are sitting in front of the computer all day…
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Amazing Photos of ALCOHOL Under a Microscope!
Ever wondered what Vodka looks like under a microscope? Or Pina Colada? Or Whiskey? Thankyou, then, BevShots, which are literally ‘photographs of alcohol under a microscope … taken after they have been crystallized on a slide and shot under a polarized light microscope. As the light refracts through the beverage crystals, the resulting photos have naturally…
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Amazing Aerial Tour of Tulip Fields in the Netherlands
The Netherlands is world-famous for their tulip fields. Every year from March to May the Dutch countryside transforms into a sea of colour. According to Nat Geo, the first tulip was planted in Dutch soil in 1593, and it has become a national symbol ever since. In the series below you will find incredible photographs taken…