A Photographic Celebration of America’s Vibrant Textile Industry by...
S&D Spinning Mill, Millbury, Massachusetts Typically focusing on obsolete or decrepit architectural structures, photographer Chris Payne's most recent project, Textiles, documents the aesthetics...
View ArticleSurreal Beasts Carrying the Weight of the World by Wang Ruilin
DREAMS-Crocodile, 2013. Copper & paint, 120×46×120 cm. Photo by Zou Shengwu. Beijing-based artist Wang Ruilin (previously) is known for his gentle depictions of animals both real and fictional...
View ArticlePainting in the Dark: The Struggle for Art in a World Obsessed With Popularity
In the age of social media and the oversaturation of information, seeking recognition as an artist or designer can at times be a difficult, self-defeating effort. Creative individuals understandably...
View ArticleHypnotic New Kinetic Sculptures by Anthony Howe
Di-Octo. All stainless steel kinetic wind sculpture. Silent operation. 25’6″h x 10’w x 4’6″”d (7.8m h x 3m w x 1.4m d) 1,600lbs (725kg) Artist Anthony Howe (previously) continues to amaze with his...
View ArticleArtist Kiva Ford Utilizes Scientific Glassblowing Techniques to Create...
By day, Virgina-based glass artist Kiva Ford (previously) fabricates one-of-a-kind glass instruments designed for special applications in scientific laboratories. By night, he retires to his home art...
View ArticleA Mysterious and Abandoned Fishing Village Outside of Budapest Captured in...
A few years ago photographer Viktor Egyed accidentally stumbled upon the town Szödliget a few miles outside of Budapest, and to his delight found this small abandoned fishing village filled with...
View ArticleFlowing Swarms of Animals and Other Beasts Painted on Urban Walls by ‘Pantonio’
Portuguese street artist Antonio Correia aka Pantonio depicts fluid swarms of fish, birds, and other creatures as they interweave dramatically on the sides of buildings. His use of black and blue...
View ArticleWhy Dozens of U.S. President Statues Sit Deteriorating in a Rural Virginia Field
All photos courtesy Patrick Joust. Somewhere in Virginia on the outskirts of private farmland sits the completely bizarre sight of nearly 40 giant U.S. president busts crumbling amongst the weeds. The...
View ArticleArt at Altitude: Watch Artist Simon Beck Trample Calculated Murals onto Snowy...
We just featured new snow drawings by artist Simon Beck earlier this month, but this new short film by Great Big Story takes us behind the scenes as he tramples a number of new pieces at Powder...
View ArticleThe First Trailer for ‘Loving Vincent,’ an Animated Film Featuring 12 Oil...
The first trailer for Loving Vincent (previously) was just released and it promises stunning visuals in a novel format: the film was created from a staggering 12 oil paintings per second in styles...
View ArticleMurals of Faceless Figures by Seth Appear to Witness the Unseen
French muralist Julien Malland (aka Seth) has been extremely prolific over the last year, traveling to far flung locations around the world including China, Tahiti, New Zealand, Italy, Canada, and...
View ArticleNew Ceramic Busts Overgrown With Twisted Vines and Colorful Flowers by Jess...
Jess Riva Cooper (previously) produces smooth ceramic busts, the mouths agape rather than closed in smile or silent contemplation. Tangled vines and rosebuds sprout from their mouths, and in some...
View ArticleAn Early Christian Christian Resurrected in Towering Wire Mesh by Edoardo...
all images © Blind Eye Factory With hundreds of yards of wire mesh artist Edoardo Tresoldi has built an interpretation of an early Christian church that once stood in its place at the current...
View ArticleA New 3D Graffiti Mural in Hong Kong by Peeta
Venice-based artist Peeta merges his passions for graffiti writing, sculpture, and design in his large-scale spray murals that look like swirling three dimensional objects that float just above a wall...
View ArticleRafael Araujo’s Architectural Renderings of Life Now as a Coloring Book
Architect and illustrator Rafael Araujo (previously) drafts beautiful three-dimensional spaces in a studio without technology, connecting himself back to nature while he meticulously demonstrates the...
View ArticleMiniature Treehouse Sculptures Built Around Houseplants by Jedediah Voltz
New Hampshire-based artist Jedediah Corwyn Voltz constructs miniature treehouses wrapped around common houseplants or bonsai trees in his new sculptural series titled Somewhere Small. Voltz relies on...
View ArticleA Vault of Color: A Peek Inside Harvard’s Collection of 2,500 Pigments
Although it’s only been a few months since we mentioned Harvard’s splendid pigment collection housed inside the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, the team over at Great Big Story...
View ArticleNew Architectural Watercolors by Maja Wronska
We’ve long enjoyed the work of painter and architect Maja Wronska (previously) who depicts unique vantages of architectural sites through detailed watercolors. Not only does Wrońska capture these...
View ArticleAncient Skeleton Mosaic Uncovered in Turkey Reads “Be Cheerful and Live Your...
Archaeologists in Turkey recently unearthed an exceptionally preserved mosaic inside the remains of a building from the 3rd century. One section of the three-panel artwork includes a reclining...
View ArticleNew Birds Painted on Pharmaceutical Packaging by Sara Landeta
Artist Sara Landeta (previously) continues to use the back of used medicine packaging as a canvas for depictions of various birds. The artist most recently created a series of 120 paintings for her...
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