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Little worlds inside of loo paper rolls by Anastassia Elias. The artist Anastassia Elias uses manicure scissors and a cutter to carve tiny paper shapes of the same color as the roll.

Little worlds inside of loo paper rolls by Anastassia Elias

She aims to create the illusion that the paper shapes are part of the roll. Afterwards she carefully arranges the paper animals, men, trees, forms and objects inside of the round shape with a tweezer so that they won´t overlap each other and to make best use of the incidence of light. Elias is 36 years old and studied philology and journalism, she lives in Paris and works as a full-time artist and illustrator, focusing mainly on paper collages and paintings. These Embroidered Newspapers Are The Most Gorgeous Thing You'll See Today.

Think Invisible Posters. 65 Awesome Threadless Shirts. Mark Jenkins Art Outside. Besançon Rome Rio de Janeiro Tudela London Dublin.

Mark Jenkins Art Outside

Street Art. I couldn’t help but direct everyone to fellow public art loving blog Street Art Utopia as they have compiled a pretty decent list of the best street art of 2011.

Street Art

If you are just getting into the wonderful world of pasting, spraying or making the streets a more creative place, this list is a great place to start (short of Wall and Piece). One of the best things about this genre is it’s diversity – you can decided what you find gimmicky/twee or meaningful and awe-inspiring. Street art has always been the public’s voice, and the art world has yielded success to those with great ideas and a call for change. 3D Sidewalk Art. 3D Goldfish Painted in Layers of Resin. First: watch the video.

3D Goldfish Painted 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 Have a (Puzzling) Dream. Webs from Packing Tape. Packing tape has gotten MacGyver out of many a jam, but he never managed to make an entire home out of the stuff.

Webs from Packing Tape

So he could probably learn something from Viennese/Croatian design collective For Use/Numen. The team uses nothing but packing tape to create huge, self-supporting cocoons that visitors could climb inside and explore. Brush-Less Paintings. Amy Shackleton, who is only 25-years-old, is a unique artist.

Brush-Less Paintings

While her paintings use tons and tons of paint, she doesn't use paintbrushes to create them! Rather, she squeezes paint onto canvases and then allows the paint to naturally drip. Melting Crayons. EDIT 11/5/2012: We are no longer selling custom crayon pieces in our Etsy shop.

Melting Crayons

We are now focusing on a new jewelry project, so please check that out and we hope you enjoy the tutorial below! Edit: We are now selling custom crayon pieces in our Etsy shop! If you have questions about commissioning your own artwork, please see the shop or email us at lightandspoon@gmail.com. Here’s our contribution to the melted crayon craze on Pinterest. My original inspiration was this one, though original source is apparently unknown, because I found it on Pinterest.

Leaf Art. Cooking strainers - portrait shadow art. Cooking strainers are usually used to strain liquids off food products.

Cooking strainers - portrait shadow art

It’s usually something we don’t take much notice of. Artist Isaac Cordal adds another purpose to strainers through his urban installation called Cement Bleak. RGB. RGB Color est e pluribus unus RGB is a work about the exploration of the “surface’s deepness”.

RGB

RGB designs create surfaces that mutate and interact with different chromatic stimulus. The Obliteration Room. This December, in a surprisingly simple yet ridiculously amazing installation for the Queensland Gallery of Modern Ar, artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas.

The Obliteration Room

Over the course of two weeks, the museum’s smallest visitors were given thousands upon thousands of colored dot stickers and were invited to collaborate in the transformation of the space, turning the house into a vibrantly mottled explosion of color. How great is this? Given the opportunity my son could probably cover the entire piano alone in about fifteen minutes. The installation, entitled The Obliteration Room, is part of Kusama’s Look Now, See Forever exhibition that runs through March 12. If you liked this you’ll also enjoy Roman Ondak’s Room of Heights and Karina Smigla-Bobinski’s helium-filled kinetic drawing sculpture. Colour Palettes. #ededed #e8dcca #b08a61 #66503c #6b636a #aba2a4 Find The Palettes You Love seasoned tones posted 04.27.14 comments 1. Paintbrush Evolution.

'the paint evolution' by culdesac for valentine valencia-based designers culdesac have created 'the paint evolution' for the paint company valentine . their collaborative project celebrates the ever changing nature of artistic tools and implements within the valentine brand. brushes and rollers in this creative collection feature an interactive, form-as-function approach to the construction of each piece. one may anticipate the mark and movement of the implement in an artist's hand simply by examining the form of each object. {*style:<i>'genetic mutations give birth to imaginative instruments: the brush compass, pendulum or whip give us a clue. Photorealism by Paul Lung. Water and ink.

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