Entries Tagged 'Art' ↓
August 31st, 2010 — Amazing People, Art, Creative
Upon first glance these seem like normal insects. But when you pay closer attention, you will notice something which seems like it came straight out of a science fiction film.
Mike Libby creates these from insects & antique watch parts
How did insect lab begin? One day I found a dead intact beetle. I then located an old wristwatch, thinking of how the beetle also operated and looked like a little mechanical device and so decided to combine the two. After some time dissecting the beetle and outfitting it with watch parts and gears, I had a nice little sculpture.
Where do you get your insects? I get safe non-endangered high quality specimens from all around the world; from Africa, China, New Guinea, Brazil, Texas etc. Though I do salvage insects that I find right at hand, the occasional bumblebee or dragonfly.
August 22nd, 2010 — Amazing People, Art, Sculpting
I received these images in an e-mail, and had to search a while before I found the artist who creates these amazing miniature sculptures. You may notice the inscription “Dalton” on one of the pencils, which is how I managed to trace Dalton Ghetti.
Meet Dalton Ghetti, the amazing artist behind these mini sculptures. The 49 year old sculptor lives in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
This man has been carving pencil leads for over a quarter century, and he doesn’t sell these masterpieces! Says Dalton: “I don’t make any money from it but that’s not what it’s all about for me. However, I would love for a gallery owner in England to fly me over to put on a show”
Carving requires patience, as a virtue and also as a character trait of the artist. This extraordinary man is a prime example of super talent, combined with mind numbing patience. One of his pieces took 2.5 painstaking years to complete. His tools: razor blade, sewing needle & sculpting knife – no magnifying glass!
While at school he used to carve the wood of this friends’ pencils and give it to them as gifts. Later in life he started making sculptures from wood. After experimenting with several objects, he set his mind on the challenge “One day I had an eureka moment and decided to carve into the graphite of a pencil” says Dalton.
Needless to say these sculptures don’t always come our perfect, when he ends up breaking the sculptures while working on them. Keeping in mind the fragility of his canvas, ruining a piece, specially when it is almost completed can be very devastating and depressing.
He has however learnt to believe in himself, which gains him confidence with each pencil that he carves.
He also has a box with more than 100 sculptures that he has broken over the period of time and calls it “the cemetery collection”.
“People might think it’s weird I keep them but they’re interesting. I worked on them for months so they might be dead now but at one point I gave them life” explains Dalton.
Whoever said that patience is a virtue, neglected to note that, most of all, its an ART!
February 23rd, 2010 — Art, animal
The first “clayed” sheep…
Made with Bostik CrazyClay
January 5th, 2010 — Art, Creative, Kids-Crafts
I still find it such a relief to know I don’t have to go back to school – even nearly 10 years after finishing school. I’ve had nightmares where I find myself having to go back to school and panicking because I didn’t have half my books there, and didn’t know where the classrooms were.
I found this cute creative project to get those who do have to go back to school into the mood…
Art Stuff Container
You will need
Empty coffee tins
Coloured paper
Pair of scissors
White corrugated paper
Blits Stik Mini Super Glues
Clear Gel Adhesive
Crazy Clay
Rainbow Glitter Glue
Sprayable Adhesive
How to make it:
Using green, red, purple and black Bostik Crazy Clay, make the letters ART STUFF.
Make tiny ridges and holes in the letters before setting aside to dry overnight.
Wash an empty coffee tin thoroughly, remove the label and allow it to dry thoroughly.
Cut a large circle from the white corrugated paper and using Bostik Clear Gel stick the
circle to the tin.
Cut different size circles from coloured paper and using Bostik Art & Craft Sprayable
Adhesive, spray the areas of the tin where you would like to place your circles.
Apply a little Bostik Blits Stik Mini Super Glue to each Bostik Crazy Clay letter and stick
the letters onto the white corrugated paper.
Now further decorate the letters with glitter pens from your Bostik Art & Craft Glitter Glue
set. Allow to dry before using to house your art companions.
These ideas are not limited to creating a container for art stuff, you can also use it to make name plaques for kids rooms, or just decorating kids areas 
January 4th, 2010 — Art, Creative
I usually find it extremely hard to be creative. But once stumble across an idea, I can easily build on it, and make it seem like my own. Not great I know, but like Albert Einstein once said “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”.
A month or so back I subscribed to the Web Designer Depot newsletter. I have always found it fascinating to look at the amazing creations that designers come up with, and have recently become more involved in the creative process, though I will never in my life be an authentic designer!
One of the recent newsletters contained 100 best designed business cards, which once again, were ingenious!!
These three really caught my eye, but if you have a few spare minutes, go through the whole list of 100 – its so worth it!
November 10th, 2009 — Art, Funny, Humor
Apparently the Dead Fly Art has been around for a while, but I have only found it today!! I think this is so brilliantly done, I just have to share it!! If you’re the original artist; please contact me so that I can credit you.
July 14th, 2009 — Art, Creative, Dizzy Dee, Nature
Every two years people can admire the carpet of flowers on the Grand Place in Brussels . This year, 700,000 begonias form the largest tapestry of a Savonnerie carpet in the world: a tribute to the French presidency of the European Union.
Since 1971, it is the 16th carpet of flowers on the Grand Place in Brussels . In recent years, the flower carpet has become one of the biggest attractions of Brussels . This year, the flower carpet designed by floral architect Mark Schautteet is inspired by the tapestry of the French Savonnerie, which dates from the 17th century. 700,000 begonias form a colourfum motif on which appears the patron saint Saint-Michel and the iris of the Brussels Region. One hundred volunteers have brought flowers on the Grand Place. For the floral carpet of flowers to be perfect, the design is fully represented in size on a transparent plastic perforated to create a micro-humid climate which must keep flowers fresh and colorful. The official opening will be accompanied by music created specially for the occasion by the composer Gregory Dune.
I would even consider taking a holiday in Brussels just to see this amazing floral expo – if only the flights were cheaper!
February 26th, 2009 — Art, Dizzy Dee
I got this collection of amazing staircases on an e-mail, and couldn’t resist sharing them.
I would LOVE to have some of these in my home!! (Specially the ones with storage space!)
Though I must admit that the psychedelic would probably give me a migraine.
February 9th, 2009 — Art, Music, People, Perception
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip, a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.
This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?
One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
Source: E-mail (Origin: Unknows)
August 28th, 2008 — Art
Sometimes I come accross some really interesting artwork, and though they’re usually quite useless, its still amusing to look at…
Today, however, I managed to find a more useful piece of art…
Source: CWG Design
