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Riusuke Fukahori Paints Three-Dimensional Goldfish Embedded in Layers of Resin. First: watch the video.

Riusuke Fukahori Paints Three-Dimensional Goldfish Embedded in Layers of Resin

Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints three-dimensional goldfish using a complex process of poured resin. The fish are painted meticulously, layer by layer, the sandwiched slices revealing slightly more about each creature, similar to the function of a 3D printer. I really enjoy the rich depth of the pieces and the optical illusion aspect, it’s such an odd process that results in something that’s both a painting and sculptural.

Wonderful. Everyday Objects Come Alive - Part 3. Cookie Crumbs Terry Border is one of our favorite creative people on the planet.

Everyday Objects Come Alive - Part 3

He never ceases to amaze us, as he takes boring, everyday objects and makes them come alive! What's great about his work is that it can be enjoyed by everyone. Young or old, we can all get a good chuckle out of his hilarious, bent objects. "I always knew that my weird point of view was my gift or perhaps curse, so I'm glad I finally found a use for it," Terry says. Rejection Ice Cube Dreams Pick Him Crime Scene. Wire Sculpture. Coup de coeur pour les étonnants travaux de l’artiste Gavin Worth avec ces différentes sculptures en fil de fer.

Wire Sculpture

Actuellement basé à San Francisco, il conçoit à partir de 2 mètres de fil des oeuvres et des profils de personnages. A découvrir sur son portfolio et dans la suite de l’article. Leaf Cut Art by Lorenzo Durán. Say No to Crack » Blog Archive » Amazing Pencil Carvings. When I was in school, girls would put teethmarks all over their pencils, while boys would chip off the paint with fingernails.

Say No to Crack » Blog Archive » Amazing Pencil Carvings

Those of us who carried pocket knives for sharpening pencils (most of us) might also carve out rings and spirals when we were bored. We had nothing on these guys though. Ball joint pencil: Just one hiccup could destroy a carving in progress. The photos are from a 1990′s Japanese exhibition by Kato Jado and Mizuta Tasogare, titled “The JAD Project”. My favorite – all from the same Ticonderoga H pencil: A Six-fold spiral pencil: Honeycomb pencil: Link Related Posts: No results. Leave a Reply. 70 Photographs That Will Take Your Breath Away. We here at DPShots believe that the easiest way to learn photography is to learn it by example.

70 Photographs That Will Take Your Breath Away

Every now and then we come up with some amazing photography examples that take your breath away. This post is no different. We have collected some of the most amazing, most awesome and THE most beautiful photography we could ever get our hands on. This post will help a lot of budding photographers to see where they are headed. It shows what is possible with Photography and a bit of creative thinking. From wildlife to magic to a guy sleeping on the back of a buffalo, this post has photographs for all kinds of photographers to take inspiration from.

We have collected over 70 majestic photographs that are simply to good to miss. We hope you like this post and endless others that you will get to checkout in future if you are subscribed to our RSS. The Fearless Cat Dael Giraffe says Hi!. Idealists…foolish enough to throw caution to the winds…have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. A Human-Sized Pin Toy, for Cheeky Interactions. Artwork « Derren Brown. Posted in Blog Archive Posted by abeodbart October 14, 2009 at 2:28 am VIENNA – A small crowd of people wonder if the smart businessman clutching a briefcase will jump off the edge of a four-storey building in central Vienna — but he won’t.

Artwork « Derren Brown

He can’t. The man, dressed in a grey suit, dark shoes and a black hat, is a life-size plastic art installation, which will be perched atop the office of an investment and real estate company for the next year. The artist, Austrian Ronald Kodritsch, says the piece — called “Reason to Believe” — is not necessarily about suicide. “It’s not interesting whether he will jump or not. Skateboard Sculptures. Charles A. Birnbaum: 2011's 10 Notable Developments in Landscape Architecture.

It's year-end list-o-mania time and the email carpet-bombing of "best," "worst" and "top 10" lists, etc. is straining global server capacity.

Charles A. Birnbaum: 2011's 10 Notable Developments in Landscape Architecture

The architecture community's seemingly endless thematic round ups include buildings that are green, nature-inspired and spooky, along with free-range, macrobiotic and gluten-free. OK, I made up those last three. What about landscape architecture? Any year-end lists of gardens, parks, plazas and land reclamation projects? That would be a "no. " So, I submit this list of 10 notable developments in the world of landscape architecture to reflect on including new designs, significant transformations and influential publications (because if we do not write about landscape, it will not endure -- publish or perish): 1.

Lincoln Park SoundScape, New World Symphony Campus, Miami Beach, Fla. 2. Christian Science Center, Boston, Mass. 3. Photograph courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation. 4. Miller House and Garden, Columbus, Ind.