Category Archives: Design / Arts / Crafts

Akira Yoshizawa – Origami

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Akira Yoshizawa was a Japanese origamist, he is considered to be the grandmaster of origami, credited with turning origami into a living artform. Yoshizawa estimated in 1989, that he had created more than 50,000 models, of which only a few … Continue reading

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Life in 873 Images: A Stop Motion Film Made with Stock Photography

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I discovered this incredible film made up of stock photos; Research work using over 5,000 photographs produced a 1 minute film by AlmapBBDO to advertise Getty Images, an image database for creating and distributing visual contents. The film shows 873 … Continue reading

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Yoko Hishida Illustration

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Japanese illustrator Yoko Hishida has a wonderful style, I discovered Yoko’s artwork on pinterest and enjoyed looking through the gallery, I have included some particularly interesting pieces below;

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Elsita – Paper Cutting

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Cuban born artist Elsa Mora / Elsita has a variety of blogs, but the ones that caught my attention are her blogs about paper cutting and miniature artists books. I have picked out some of my favourites to share with … Continue reading

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Melvin The Travelling Mini Machine

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Earlier this year, HEYHEYHEY built a second chain reaction machine called Melvin. The machine is built in two old suitcases, Melvin the Mini Machine is a Rube Goldberg machine designed to travel the world. Each complete run of Melvin produces … Continue reading

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Nick Veasey – X-Ray

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Nick Veasey is a British photographer, the majority of his work creates images from X-ray’s. He has received many photographic and design awards, he claims to be responsible for creating the largest X-ray to date, of a Boeing 777 jet … Continue reading

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Kristi Malakoff

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Kristi Malakoff is a Canadian visual artist, I particularly like her installation work; a swarm of butterflies, a flock of birds and migration of caribou’s.

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Paul Cadden – Hyperrealism

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Scottish artist Paul Cadden‘s Hyperrealism work is incredible, his pencil drawing skills are of such a high quality and detail that his portraits look as if they could be photographs. . .

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Learning to Knit

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I got a great book for my birthday; Knitty Gritty by Aneeta Patel. I have been wanting to learn to knit for a long time so now is my chance. I will update this post with photos of my efforts, … Continue reading

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Paradise Parking – Peter Lippmann

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Paradise Parking is Paris-based photographer Peter Lippmann‘s photography project capturing abandoned cars being ravaged by nature, some still recognisable and others almost entirely demolished and devoured by the surrounding plants. Peter Lippmann’s photo project Medicinal Plants is also very interesting. … Continue reading

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