An Historically Accurate 19th Century Photo Studio Built in 1:12 Scale
All images via Ali Alamedy Turkey-based artist Ali Alamedy had been building miniature sets for seven years when he came across documentation of Charles Miner's photography studio from the early...
View ArticleTiny Paper Flowers Inspired by Pencil Shavings by Haruka Misawa
All images via Haruka Misawa Attracted to the shape of the shavings that were formed while sharpening her pencil, designer Haruka Misawa decided to explore how they could be formed into realistic...
View ArticleBisected Boulders With Stretched Bronze Interiors by Romain Langlois
A self-taught sculptor, Romain Langlois studied medical books and anatomical charts to understand the human body, building his first sculptures using only plaster and clay. Seeking a more permanent...
View ArticleGravity-Defying Shoes Installed on the Streets of London by Pejac
All photos by Gary Van Handley. For his first ever public intervention in London, street artist Pejac (previously) created four installations of sneakers hanging from lamposts with a slight twist: the...
View ArticleHand-Cut Mandalas and Other Intricate Paper Works by Mr. Riu
All images via @mr_riu Japanese artist Mr. Riu takes paper cutting to an intricate extreme, crafting mandalas and elaborate figures with a precision work tool called the swivel knife. This tool allows...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Finland & Iceland Captured Through Multiple Exposure Landscapes...
Spending an entire evening under the stars in near pitch darkness, photographer Mikko Lagerstedt (previously) captures spectacular landscapes of frozen tundra and misty mornings of Iceland and his...
View ArticleGuerrilla Crocheting Adds a Splash of Color to the Streets of Stockholm
Stockholm-based street artist Julia Riordan became obsessed with knitting and crochet at the age of 10 and eventually launched her own line of knitware in 2012. Soon after she started forays into yarn...
View ArticleThe Magical Realism of Eric Roux-Fontaine’s Dreamlike Paintings
Like a double exposed photograph or hazy dream, Eric Roux-Fountaine‘s paintings capture worlds just slightly outside of our known reality, magical moments dotted with starlight and ghostly orbs....
View ArticleStreet Artist Paints Over Ugly Graffiti to Make it Legible
Artist Mathieu Tremblin recently took to the streets of France on a rather quixotic mission to improve the legibility of ugly graffiti. Mimicking the scale, color, and layering of each tag, Tremblin...
View ArticlePrismatic Paintings Produced From Refracted Light by Stephen Knapp
Stephen Knapp has been making work that is transformed by light for over thirty years, producing vibrant light installations he refers to as paintings. These large-scale works utilize minimal tools,...
View ArticleGiant Starling Mural in Berlin by Collin van der Sluijs and Super A
All photos © Nika Kramer/Urban Nation Netherlands-based artists Super A (previously) and Collin van der Sluijs (previously) teamed up earlier this year to paint this phenomenal mural titled Starling...
View ArticleIntricate Letters Hand-Cut from Paper by Annie Vought
In true-crime books and tv shows, there’s always the point where somebody calls the handwriting profiler to do a behavioral analysis on some unknown criminal’s signature or a quick note left on a...
View ArticleNew Hybrid Wildlife Murals Painted by Alexis Diaz
All images via @alexis_diaz Puerto Rican artist Alexis Diaz (previously here and here) brings incredible detail to the large-scale animals and humans he paints, producing murals that illustrate those...
View Article50 Artists Raid a Polish Scrapyard to Build a Collection of Recycled Metal Cars
In the Polish city of Pruszków you’ll find the Gallery of Steel Figures, an entire museum devoted to dozens of sculptures built from scrap metal salvaged from a local scrapyard. Their most recent...
View ArticleNew One-of-a-Kind Landscape Rugs by Alexandra Kehayoglou
Argentinean artist Alexandra Kehayoglou (previously) produces handmade wool rugs that appear like aerial snapshots of dreamy pastoral landscapes. Mimicking lush environments filled with trees and...
View ArticleCosmic Hand-Painted Animal Gloves by Artist Bunnie Reiss
Artist Bunnie Reiss enjoys transforming the old into new, and has spent her life as a collector of weathered objects with rich stories. Reiss’s ongoing project turns her collection of old leather...
View ArticleArtist Christo Guelov Creates Dozens of Colorfully Alternative Pedestrian...
Seeing opportunity just under his feet, artist Christo Guelov wondered how a mundane street crossing could be turned into a thing of beauty. Like the design of a chair or the face of a watch, it turns...
View ArticleEmbroidered Bread Slices by Terezia Krnacova Combine Food and Textile Art
All photos by Juraj Bartos Photography In this fun series of six embroideries, Slovakia-based artist Terézia Krnáčová brought needle to bread as a way to combine her need for food and textile artwork,...
View ArticleThe Unexpected: Artists Descend on Ft. Smith to Revitalize the Streets with...
Okuda Walking the wide streets of Ft. Smith, the second largest city in Arkansas near the Oklahoma border, one might expect to find small businesses, historical landmarks, the occasional live music...
View ArticleTreacherous Stair Steps by ‘Skurk’
Here’s a fun piece from last April by Norway-based artist Skurk who turned the light fixtures of this stairwell into a creepy anglerfish that lights up at night. You can see more of his latest work on...
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