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Project 5 Week 5 – Large Straw Pendant Light. Welcome to my big 5th week project! This project is so big it took me two weeks to get it together, constructed and photographed. I made myself a really large hanging pendant lamp, out of approximately 3,000 white drinking straws! While this project may have ended up being more difficult than I imagined at first, it certainly resulted in quite a statement piece!

I hooked it up to a dimmer switch, and it can go from a bright and beautiful snowball to a gently glowing orb. I first got the idea from this amazing lamp by Mark Montano, from his ‘Big Ass Book of Crafts.’ I’ve created a couple of these more closely based on Mark’s design (projects to be featured later) but I’d been wanting to create a big spherical pendant for a while, without being constrained by size limitations, and without worrying about how to change the light bulb. I’ve been trying to figure out whether or not I should make this a tutorial.

Step 4: Sew 4 tucks on each side, one for each quadrant of the sphere. Like this: Moss graffiti HOW TO. Land Art. Mélange de photographie, de nature et de style, le land-art de Sylvain Meyer s’illustre avec brio au travers de ces images. Grâce à son sens de l’observation, il passe des heures à collecter des éléments de la nature afin de créer une ambiance envoutante. Plus d’images dans la suite. Art Comes In Many Shapes And Forms , Sometime In The Shape Of a Banana. Keisuke Yamada is an electrician by day, and by night a superhero ! , not really, but the stuff he creates during his free time is just as cool ! He makes amazing sculptures out of bananas ! That’s right you heard us, regular bananas . It all started when he thought the idea of sculpting with fruits would be cool After playing with this idea for a while. he finally uploaded his first piece to the internet After the internet community quickly turned his work to a hit , he was convinced to continue his work He uses a spoon and toothpick to craft his work As we all know bananas rot easily , the artist has only about an hour to complete his master-piece After which – he eats them Yamada’s is a self-proclaimed perfectionist that is striving to surprise his fans with each new piece And the results speak for themselves Scroll down for the rest of the pictures Alien – look at the details Amazing Are you talking to me ?!

Jaws Source : imgur Comments Your Comments. Harmless Weapons Made of Plants by Sonia Rentsch. In her Harm Less series artist Sonia Rentsch defuses the powers of modern weaponry by constructing guns, grenades and bullets completely from organic objects. The shape and form of each piece are really convincing, yet I also enjoy the obviousness of each plant chosen to resemble various gun parts. If you’re reminded of Sarah Illenberger’s work, you’ll be happy to know Rentsch has had the opportunity to work with Illenberger in Berlin. Take a deep dive into her extensive portfolio of work over on her website. (via not shaking the grass) 3D Paper Art By Maud Vantours. If you take a look on Trendologie, you’ll see a lot of this kind of art, because i’m obsessed with two things right now, ink dropping photography and…paper art. This work is from the french designer Maud Vantours. I really love her patterns, roses and swings. It could be great prints for fabrics i think… Like this: Like Loading...

Related This is a very short list of paper art,i looove paper art! In "ART" PIOTR UKLANSKI Paper collages PIOTR ULKANSKI is a renowned artist, who is used to exhibit at the Galerie Perrotin(Paris & HK). Kyle Bean - Forbidden Fruit. Do it yourself, 3D hand | face funny. How to “Tie-Dye” Paper | DIY Maven.

“Tie-dying” paper is a fun and easy project. And, chances are, you already have everything on hand you need to do it. The Props Food coloringFoaming shaving creamCookie sheet, or any large shallow panSomething to stir withPaper (For this project, I used plain laser printer paper)Paper towels The Procedure Squirt the bottom of the pan with shaving cream as shown. Spread the foam around evenly. Drip several drops of food coloring into the foamy mess, like so. Stir food coloring through cream, making far out swirls. Place your piece of paper into your colored foam. Lift out, or rather, peel off paper from foam. Now, using a paper towel, dab the paper. Finally, wipe off the remaining residue with a paper towel. Original post can be found at Curbly. Like this: Like Loading...