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Most Amazing Miniature Food Artworks by Shay Aaron. Shay Aaron is a brilliant artist from Israel who makes the most astonishing miniature food jewelry.

Most Amazing Miniature Food Artworks by Shay Aaron

These foodstuffs look so beautiful that we would desire to eat them. Actually, there’s a whole market out there for miniature food. Not actual stuff you can eat, but beautifully hand made designs of steaks, burgers, pies, vegetables, eggs and pretty much food artworks you can think of. Comments comments. Bathsheba Sculpture. Portraits of giant insects ... that are actually stunning close-ups of tiny creepy-crawlies. By Mike O'brien Updated: 14:39 GMT, 4 December 2011 Nobody really likes insects, bar a few cranks, natural historians and curious toddlers.

Portraits of giant insects ... that are actually stunning close-ups of tiny creepy-crawlies

But these amazing images lend them the kind of pictorial beauty normally reserved for fluffy kittens. The pictures are from the style of macro-photography where typically the finished portrait of a subject is greater than the life size. Red alert: A stunning close-up of a fly caught up in some pink wool is an incredible example of macro-photography The stunning examples here capture insects not normally seen by most of us. From a colourful dragonfly holding a raindrop between its legs to a caterpillar nestling in a flower, each picture presents a level of detail rarely seen before. The photos were shot all over the world but one thing for sure, you wouldn't be so impressed if one of these fine subjects was making its way up for shoulder. Dream Worlds Revealed On Canvas. Along with some magnificent dreams, Jacek Yerka finds inspiration for his masterful paintings from his childhood memories: the places, remembered feelings and smells of 1950′s Poland.

Dream Worlds Revealed On Canvas

He studied fine art and graphic design before becoming a full time artist in 1980… and we’re glad he did. His paintings will take you through incredible worlds of imagination, bending reality in captivating and clever ways fit to inspire a novel or film. See many more examples of his find paintings at yerkaland.com. See Also ENDEARING MONSTER DRAWINGS POP FROM THE SCREEN Via: hypeness.com.br. FantasyArt-Tutt2527Art2540-1.jpg (Slika JPEG, 640x395 pik) The Only Pair of Matching Singing Bird Pistols, Attributed to Frères Rochat. Contact Juggling With Rings. The Coolest Elevator in New York.

Last week, I was scouting office space in a building in Queens.

The Coolest Elevator in New York

My guide brought me to this totally unassuming elevator: Really, I have to show you this as I encountered it: WOW. It’s like Willy Wonka built an elevator to the land of Oz! Easily the coolest elevator I’ve ever been on in New York: Here’s a full panorama looking toward the rear of the elevator (that’s a railing beneath the mirror)… …and a reverse pan showing the front: Lining the ceiling are these great monster heads made out of mechanical bits… Each is poking through its own hole: More characters, including a king: Another character: The elevator is a last remnant from when the former Macy’s warehouse building catered to a more artsy clientele.

Best of all, there’s a cool fish-eye mirror at one end, which makes it look like you’re leaning out of some parallel dimension: PS – One other installation was left in the lobby – a school bus, apparently paused in the midst of an avant-garde crash: Creatures from Ellen Jewett Part 2. B_an-old-pine-on-a-coast.jpg (Slika JPEG, 1920x1200 pik) - Prilagojeno po velikosti (65 %)

Joeri. 21 ways of turning pallets into unique pieces of furniture. Dear Photograph. Leaf Cut Art by Lorenzo Durán. Designers' List - Great resources and websites for designers. A different way to build a house: Adding secret passages and hidden rooms. Maker Profile - Kinetic Wave Sculptures on MAKE: television. Awsome.