Tag: artist
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The Best Perfectly Timed Photographs Ever
It’s okay. You can blink. Life is full of jaw-dropping, inspiring, and unbelievable moments. We’ve posted a few of these in blogs in the past (see HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE) and they’ve been extremely popular. So here is another one! What image is your favourite? And if you’re craving more and want your very own…
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Ai Weiwei’s ‘Forever Bicycles’ Installation in Toronto
On display from October 6 – 27 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Canada, is renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei‘s Forever Bicycles installation. The 3,144 interconnected bicycles served as the centerpiece for last weekend’s Scotiabank Nuit Blanche art festival, a dusk til dawn celebration with installation and performance artworks located around the city. Having just…
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Artistic Mom Turns Meals into Masterpieces
When Lee Samantha was pregnant with her second child, she began making food art in an effort to encourage her elder daughter to eat independently. If she could achieve this, it would make the impending birth easier to manage. That was 2008, since then Lee’s food art has evolved and garnered her a massive following. With a…
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BANKSY vs KING ROBBO (STREET ART vs GRAFFITI)
UPDATE: according to TEAM ROBBO and confirmed by banksy.co.uk, Robbo passed away on 31 July 2014 due to health complications. R.I.P. http://youtu.be/0z3_-JoEQ1M With Banksy taking over the streets of New York City during October 2013 as part of his “Better Out Than In” residency (follow it all HERE), we thought we’d look at the history of…
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Amazingly Detailed Sculptures Carved from Single Lead Pencils
Hungarian artist Cerkahegyzo creates amazingly detailed miniature sculptures from single lead pencils. He says that it’s a form of relaxation and most importantly, a fun hobby to take his mind off the daily grind as a professional tool-maker in Hungary. Cerkahegyzo says he started carving after coming across the highly detailed sculptures of artist Dalton Ghetti…
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Watching the Earth From Space: Incredible Satellite Photos from the European Space Agency
The European Space Agency has an incredible Observing the Earth archive that’s updated every week and each satellite image is usually accompanied by a brief essay to explain a bit about what you’re looking at. Collected here are some of our favorite images from the last few years taken with too many different satellites to mention, and you can…
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50 Life Hacks to Simplify your World
UPDATE! This post has been so popular that we’ve searched the web and posted another, even better-rer, 40 Clever Life Hacks which you can see HERE and HERE! Life hacks are little ways to make our lives easier. These low-budget tips and tricks can help you organize and de-clutter space; prolong and preserve your products; or teach…
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Celebrity Hand Painted French Bulldogs Auctioned for Charity!
UPDATE: the auctions have been run and won and over $12,000 was raised for Wear for Success! To see the prices that each individual dog sold for, scroll down… From Tuesday 8 October 2013 to Monday 21 October 2013, artFido will be auctioning off 13 hand painted French Bulldogs with 100% of proceeds going to Wear…
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Hilariously Bad Book Covers
Sometimes, creativity goes wrong. Very wrong. Sometimes lack of funds or lack of creativity simply ends in disaster. Not much else we can say here other than “which is your favorite?” :) Enjoy! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.…
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Futuristic Video Shows Us What’s Spain’s Sagrada Familia Will Look Like in 2026
When Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi was tragically killed by a train in 1926, he was in the middle of building of his masterpiece—the Barcelona basilica, Sagrada Familia. Eighty-six years later, the church still isn’t complete. But according to Jordi Fauli, the current architect on the magnificent life-sized sand castle, it’ll be done by 2026. This…