Ghostly sculptures of Bruno Walpoth Ghostly sculptures of Bruno Walpoth. Life-size, his powdered beauties, as if in opposition to their ghostly stature, seem heavy and grounded, their gazes locking whomever sees them into a spiritual arrest. Working with traditional sculptural methods, Walpoth’s work is almost alchemical in quality. Muscles, eyes and fingers that have been carved into wood (lime and walnut) or covered with lead leaf foils, seem soft and supple, sad and pensive. Marks from carving tools show on the surface of the wooden bodies, and serve as quiet reminders that these creatures are not human. “Contrary to Geppetto, who constructed himself a child (Pinocchio) out of a piece of wood to banish his loneliness, Bruno Walpoth attempts, perhaps out of awareness of life’s transience, to immortalize the volatile spark of youthfulness he catches in the eyes of his models – sometimes his own children – into a wooden sculpture,” writes Absolute Art Gallery‘s Diana Gadaldi.
- StumbleUpon We get a lot of emails asking how to use brushes correctly so I hope this helps you out a little! A brow brush is designed to be stiff and angled for a reason. And we use the slanted edge to shade and the tip of the edge to outline. Put those components together and a brow brush is quite frankly a thing of perfection! Here’s how to use it properly: READ MORE… Last week we explored four different ways to wear Spring’s biggest Cobalt blue trend. This method has been around for centuries! A nod to the Uptown Girl, this look is very put together and polished. Highlighting Pencil — Try Too Faced Instant Attitude Highlighting Pencil.Taupe Pencil — I used Le Metier de Beaute Pencil in Champagne. Note: This is a really light nude lip so to keep it as chic as possible, add a hint of blush to the cheek so you don’t get washed out.
10 Best Sexual Drinking Games Some of the best sexual drinking games can be done either in an intimate setting with only you and your girlfriend or you can make it a party and have multiple people. The ten most commonly played sexual drinking games are: Nine cans of beer or the floor. In this game you will need about nine cans of beer per person, (NOTE: not everyone will finish this game) a shot glass and a time keeper.
Contemporary Sculpture Ideas & Tips - Wood Carving Wood carving is a type of sculpture that in the past has been used for religious and funerary art but these days is mostly used for purely decorative art. Many different styles of home decor sculptures and garden sculptures are made from wood. Wood carving is a difficult art to learn and people that are skilled at wood carving can charge high prices for their work because wood carved sculptures are always in high demand for home decorating. There are seven commonly used methods of wood carving. Each one is used to create a different type of effect using different wood carving tools. Chip carving Chip carving is using a small, sharp knife to remove small pieces of wood to create a shape. Relief carving Relief carving is similar to relief carving in stone, it’s created a three dimensional image on a flat background. Scandinavian flat-plane This method is used frequently in folk art sculptures. Caricature carving Love spoon Treen Whittling Whittling is an ancient wood carving process.
An Amazing Collapsible Lamp You remember Hoberman spheres, right? Those collapsing, 3-D gizmos? Pish posh--they've got nothing on this new lamp by Studio Dror, being unveiled this week at Art Basel. The shade itself folds completely flat--it actually looks just like a bit of chicken wire or plastic fencing. But give it a tug, and the thing unfurls into a forest of interlocking cubes. The only way to create something this complex is rapid prototyping--and laser sintering, to be exact. Dror created the lamp for Materialise.MGX, which specialises in producing furniture using laser sintering. If the name Dror sounds vaguely familiar, then it's probably because the studio, founded by Dror Benshetrit, recently designed a line for Target. How to play the Midnight Man Game with Rules It is highly recommended that you do not play the midnight game, however here are some instructions for thrill seekers. Do at your own risk; 1. It must be exactly 12:00 AM when you begin the ritual, or else it will not work. You will need; Candles Paper and Pencils A wooden front door Salt A pin needle All the lights in the house off Step 1: Everyone who is playing the midnight game must write their names on a piece of paper, then use a pin needle to drop a single drop of their blood onto the paper Step 2: Place the paper in front of your front door. Step 3: Light a candle Step 4: Knock on your front door exactly 22 times. Step 5: Open your door, blow out the candle, and close it. Step 6: Your goal for the rest of the game is to survive the Midnight Man. Signs that the Midnight Man is nearby: * Your candle blows out * You suddenly get very cold * You hear a low whisper * You see a black humanoid figure within the darkness
shin egashira » playground This Playground is part of the Playgrounds and Toys project by Art for the World, an NGO that invites artists to contribute their art around the world. This playground was proposed for the community affected by the Tsunami in the Southern coast of India. The playground is inspired by rocks, waves and the wind, and their formal relationship. A seasoned artist: Japanese sculptor creates artworks entirely out of salt - Mirror Online - StumbleUpon Motoi Yamamoto creates stunning sculptures and intricate mazes by filling a plastic bottle and meticulously pouring it on to the floor You may have to pinch yourself when you realise that this seasoned artist’s creations are made entirely out of salt. Motoi Yamamoto creates stunning sculptures and intricate mazes by filling a plastic bottle and meticulously pouring it on to the floor. The Japanese artist became fascinated with salt as a third year student at the Kanazawa College of Art in 1996, after his younger sister died of brain cancer aged 24. In Japanese culture, in times of mourning, salt is used to purify the body from death after a funeral, and to ward away evil spirits hiding in the dark corners of homes. Mourners also sprinkle themselves with salt at funerals. ‘Brain-like’ images are also noticeable in some of Yamamoto’s saltscapes, which allude to his family tragedy. “Memories seem to change and vanish as time goes by.
Create paintings from photos Did you ever wanted to be a great artist? But unfortunately you are really bad at it? Well that's ok because now with Psykopaint you can be a great artist with no skills. things I wish I saw on the playground Naked artist pops her (toffee) cherry There was only one thing on artist Audrey Baldwin's mind after her Dunedin Fringe Festival performance "Canker" last night. "A shower," she said, with a tired grin. Two and a half hours earlier, Baldwin had crawled into a cavity lined with 1m square by 4mm thick panes of pure toffee and begun to lick her way out. She had the challenge half-licked before she even started, because the dodecahedron intended to be constructed for the performance was reduced to a hexagon. "We broke a few panes when we were putting it together," Baldwin said. A crowd of about 30 curious spectators gathered at 5.30pm in the gallery as she crawled naked into the toffee tomb. Asked what it was like inside, she replied: "Sticky". At 8pm, she broke through one of the panes and was greeted by cheers from onlookers. She emerged, covered with toffee, and blew kisses to the crowd. "It wasn't as painful as I thought it would be. "Towards the end I remember thinking: 'I am going to get out of this'. - Otago Daily Times
Great Books Index - List of Titles An Index to Online Great Books in English Translation To obtain an index of an author's works, including any known online editions of each work, and online articles about that author, select the author's name. To obtain an index of online editions of a particular work, select the name of that work. Authors are listed here in order of their birthdates (insofar as known). The Bible -- Homer -- Aeschylus -- Sophocles -- Euripides -- Herodotus -- Thucydides -- Hippocrates -- Aristophanes -- Plato -- Aristotle -- Euclid -- Archimedes -- Apollonius -- Lucretius -- Virgil -- Tacitus -- Epictetus -- Nicomachus -- Plutarch -- Ptolemy -- Marcus Aurelius -- Galen -- Plotinus -- St Augustine -- The Quran -- St Thomas Aquinas -- Dante -- Chaucer -- Erasmus -- Machiavelli -- Copernicus -- Rabelais -- John Calvin -- Montaigne -- William Gilbert -- Cervantes -- Francis Bacon -- Galileo -- William Shakespeare -- Johannes Kepler -- William Harvey -- Thomas Hobbes -- Descartes -- John Milton -- Moliere -- Blaise Pascal -- Christiaan Huygens -- Goethe --
The Singing Ringing Tree If you climb up in to the mountains away from the northern English town of Burnley you may come across something wonderful. The Singing Ringing Tree is awaiting you and it has a song for your heart which may either chill or charm it. Some have compared it to a wrecked spacecraft; others still associate it with the local folklore of the Pendle Witches, comparing the eerie noises that it makes to the incantations of the legendary sorceresses. Most, however, see it as a charismatic and alluring addition to the Lancashire landscape. The remote location of the singing ringing tree is surely part of its charm. Designed to look like a tree the curved and crooked shape of which has been determined by the wind, it is nevertheless very obviously made by the hand of man. The concept is very simple – and therein lies the beauty. Although some of the pipes are simply there to add to the impression of a tree, many are cut across their widths which then, when the wind blows, produce the sound.