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Artysyn Crafts. New Artista. Artists. New Artsy. ART. COOL STUFF. Joker Mosaic. One fine day, totally out of the blue, the startup I work with(Digital Jalebi) received a box overflowing with small stock image prints.

Joker Mosaic

Turns out we had purchased a few hundred images from Images Bazaar way back for a client's project, and they mailed us these prints for promotion. Such an awesome opportunity simply cannot be allowed to be wasted and I volunteered to put these images to good use. I decided to make a mosaic of 392 images from these totally random 700-800 images(coincidentally, the stock images we bought were also used to make a digital mosaic). Having never made a mosaic myself, I was informed that the mosaic making process is best left to computers, which can analyze each image, tint them and find the best spot to place them. Neither having such awesome processing power while doing it manually, nor willing to tint my images with markers(nor being an artist), I was told it's not possible.

65,000 Watch Base-Plates Create A Magical Rain Installation In Tokyo. The DGT Architects firm, together with Japanese watchmaker CITIZEN, has created an amazing piece of installation art that breathes magic and life into an otherwise mundane object.

65,000 Watch Base-Plates Create A Magical Rain Installation In Tokyo

Their installation, called “LIGHT is TIME,” features 65,000 watch baseplates hung on black thread in a black room, making them look like shimmering golden raindrops. The installation was initially presented in Milan with 80,000 plates but is now located at SPIRAL in Tokyo, so if you can make it there before November 28th, it’s worth taking a look! More info: dgtarchitects.com | spiral.co.jp | citizenwatch-global.com (h/t: spoon&tamago) Doug Beube - Fold. Mosaics by Becca Hirsbrunner. Bottle cap mosaic from John T. Unger Sculptural Firebowls + Art. Click image to enlarge This bottle cap fish mosaic was a recent commission based on Bottle Cap Mosaic Fish No. 47.

bottle cap mosaic from John T. Unger Sculptural Firebowls + Art

I love the fins, which were cut from an old Chevy van of some kind… the grooves in the car body metal were perfect for fins. The other difference between this and No. 47 are the silver caps. On No. 47, I used the old style of Bud Light caps which have been discontinued. Here, I used Becks for both the face and the silver belly. : John T. Unger Sculptural Firebowls + Art. New York Mosaics from Discarded MetroCards.

It’s the perfect example of the time worn phrase: “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

New York Mosaics from Discarded MetroCards

Ever since artist Nina Boesch stumbled upon the idea in 2001, she has been creating these Big Apple themed mosaics out of discarded plastic MetroCards. As an exchange student living in New Jersey, she found herself wanting to make an inexpensive gift for her host family, but the only thing she had available was her used MetroCards. “So I made them a map of the United States,” she says. “My host family liked it so much, they kind of motivated me to go on.” Discarded Barbie Dolls & Toys Made Into Strange Characters. We thought it was about time we featured a home-grown Australian artist here on So Bad So Good and what better individual to focus on this week than innovative artist & sculptor Freya Jobbins?

Discarded Barbie Dolls & Toys Made Into Strange Characters

Some of you might be old enough to remember Mr Potato Head from the 80's, who's influence can certainly be seen in her work. But in truth, that novelty toy isn't her source of inspiration. Jobbins states that she's been influenced by firstly Giuseppe Arcimboldo, the Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables, flowers & fish.Secondly by Gunther von Hagens the controversial German anatomist who invented the technique for preserving biological tissue specimens called 'plastination'. Thirdly by another Australian artist called Ron Mueck - an extremely talented hyerrealist sculptor. And finally, and probably most tellingly of all - the Toy Story trilogy.

View more of her ingenious work here. ↬ TheMag. A Masterpiece Made of 4,242 Rubik's Cubes. Martin Luther King wasn’t the only one who had a dream: artist Peter Fecteau had a dream one night while working with the design company Spout.com (now Pomegranite Studios) about making an gigantic image out of Rubik’s Cubes.

A Masterpiece Made of 4,242 Rubik's Cubes

Bringing his dream into reality, he created a mosaic consisting of 4,242 “rented” Rubik’s Cubes (from You Can Do The Cube), weighing about 1000 pounds, in which not a single colored sticker out of 38,178 were tampered with or moved. The project involved a donation of $9,000, $8,000 just to rent the cubes. A personal donation of $4,000 was made as well as fundraisers and events with the help of Kickstarter.com. With his piece, titled “Dream Big,” he entered the 2010 ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he placed 50th out of over 1,700 entries. Would Fecteau have received closer to 1st place if it weren’t for an error in the contests text-message driven voting? Evil Mad Scientist Shop. Recycle Reuse. Crafty. Craft. SS DIY. Sculptura. New Artsy. Ways Places Means. Doodads. Eco Solutions. AE Stuff.