Today…a fish with an accordion. And a lotus flower. Very little information surrounds this mysterious vintage gem…but it deserves its own post.
So there you have it.
Category: art
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Yep, these are real birds…
…not Tribbles with eyes.
I wanted so much to believe this is an actual album, but sadly I don’t see it on Amazon or YouTube.
Now THIS is music! I can almost hear their sweet, fruity harmonizing.
1926 skull clock created by the German Oswald clockmaking workshop. They eyes rotate to tell the time.
For maximum safety, place your child in a crib that appears to be a cross between a glass coffin and what magicians use to saw people in half.
A unique abduction? Eye don’t know.
MONSTER SOUP OF THE THAMES!
Never neglect your bowels.
I wish this were part of a large “Things to Do With a Giant Head” photo collection. There are two fine suggestions here:
The Shadow is a force, indeed.
The challenges we rarely think of…
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What Gabriel Picolo calls “doodles” are pretty great little pieces of art (I wish my doodles looked like this! I may be a multimedia craftaholic, but if I just take a pen and draw in a notebook it looks like a kid did it).
I feel like these belong in a graphic novel.
I’m partial to this one due to its symbolic implications; the personas and facades we adopt that hang over us, to be called upon as occasion dictates.
…and I miss having cats. Though I do not miss the unfortunate watery lessons they learned the hard way by falling into a full bathtub when mommy wasn’t looking.
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How NOT to decorate your lobster. I call this Stairway to Hell.
Gorgeous carving work.
Enchanting…
Intriguing…
If only humans could leave behind the tangible structure of their own transformations to look back on.
I love how one happy consumer claims that a tablet of soap whittled her waist from 62 to 48 inches.
But some old ads EMBRACED a little junk in the trunk (how anyone thought the name “CHUBETTES” was a winner for a clothing line, I do not know).
Tick tock…
Adorable little skelly and her pet!
This is amazing in so many ways. Was this mushroom an official mascot of some sort, or just a damn fine costume?
This looks like something a child would paint in art class.
Everybody dance now!
Best search query of the week: “Why is Nicholas Cage on the cover of a Serbian Biology textbook?”
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Rafahu’s brightly colored pieces draw upon familiar aspects of pop culture (many of those famous Warner Bros. bullseyes that most of us associate with childhood), and gives them an ominous gleam.
His paintings often possess a nightmarish intensity that is almost impossible to look away from.
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The face is compromised of multiple strokes, but wait for it. The entire body is done with a single stroke, brilliantly colored and textured via distribution of paint and a series of precise tiny-movements. Watch:
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Lindsay Stapleton has a collection of seamlessly integrated plants and human anatomy.
Gorgeous integration…
In her own words:
I am interested in the idea of constructing organic forms made from incongruous parts. Delving into botany and anatomy, I’m visually researching the similarities between organic life forms and the human body reduced to organic systems and structures.
I would love to have a series of these framed next to each other in my home.
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When I was a kid, I went through a phase where all of my desk supplies, notebooks and stationary were Ebru. Now, I’m dying to learn the technique myself at home.
Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design, which can produce patterns similar to smooth marble or other stone. The patterns are the result of color floated on either plain water or a viscous solution known as size, and then carefully transferred to an absorbent surface, such as paper or fabric. Through several centuries, people have applied marbled materials to a variety of surfaces. It is often employed as a writing surface for calligraphy, and especially book covers and endpapers in bookbinding and stationery. Part of its appeal is that each print is a unique monotype.
Here are two brief videos demonstrating the technique. I find it utterly hypnotic and magical.
Has anyone taken an Ebru class or tried this at home?
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There is very little information about Andy Hixon on his art website or blog, but his subjects are fantastically odd.
Their bulbous heads and tiny eyes remind me slightly of Scott Radke’s work.
I’d be curious to know what mediums he works with…
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“He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good, or he’ll crush your car with his gargantuan hands as you drive.”
I’m not usually into tinsel, but this is absolutely stunning. It looks like real shimmering icicles.
Ah, that is the question:
Walking in a Winter Wonder Lard.
And now for some nifty Christmas art.
That ornament is about to be pawed to the floor and shattered.
Yikes.
Vincent price goes tree shopping!
Gingerbread Enterprise! (Dedicated to my dad and our many nights watching Star Trek TNG when I was a kid)
SheWalksSoftly 