Okay, immediate bonus points for the name. Quantum Creative Glass has some amazing glass blown creatures.
The cephalopods are fabulous…
And you’ll find some intriguing land-roaming species, too.
Category: craft
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You won’t find too many standard rainbows on this blog, simply because I gravitate toward the darker side of art. But the recent US Supreme Court decision for nationwide marriage equality warrants a special celebration.
Julie Seabrook Ream, a dedicated mother and artist who could never pick a favorite color, has endeavored to make a rainbow collage every day for 100 days.
These collections newly frame the most mundane household objects. Anything can be art in the right hands.
Soapbox side note:
While I’m ashamed to live in a world where race, gender, sexual orientation (or other arbitrary factors determined by the dominant power structure) has any bearing on an individual’s rights or happiness, I’m heartened to see that human beings are evolving enough to begin dissolving our self-created boundaries. Congratulations to the LGBTQ community on an embarrassingly long overdue victory! -
When I was a child, occasionally I’d experiment with “shaping” my pencil point in different ways (which involved simply flattening or rounding one side more than the rest).
Salavat Fidai takes the possibilities of pencil points to a whole new level.
He is a master of miniatures (as evidenced by his other work in different categories on his site as well…but the pencils are the most impressive!).
You’ll find iconic buildings and familiar pop culture faces. In other words, the very largest…rendered the very smallest.
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If only illustrator, comic and poster artist Michael Hacker would paint my washing machine! What a perfect vision this would be upon opening the laundry closet doors.
I rather wish I could just pour some detergent into my brain and give it a good cleansing when there’s too much grime built up. Wouldn’t that be great?
His two dimensional art is full of fun, lowbrow goodness, too.
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Gregory Halili creates these gorgeous skull pieces by carving and painting mother of pearl found in shells.
Isn’t the effect stunning? I would love to have one of these in my library.
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Why do I call it THE Cat Dress? Because once you’ve seen it, all other cat dresses don’t seem quite catty enough.
Some fine craftsmanship, eh? This stunner debuted at CatCon LA (Yes, that’s a thing. No, I haven’t gone. Yes, I absolutely would.)
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We’ve all seen traditional crisp, pointy origami figures defined by their straight lines and sharp edges. Hoang Tien Quyet uses wet folding to bring some soft curvature to his creations.
This technique seems to bring these creatures extra dimension, life…personality.
Has anyone ever tried wet fold origami?
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Tinplate Studios makes incredible creepy crawlies to add a little nightmare fuel to your tea parties.
The teacup creatures are my favorite, but you will also find wall art and specimen jars. Take a look!
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Julie Alice Chappell describes herself as “Portsmouth Artist/Painter/Photographer/Creator of miniature worlds and subversive taxonomies exploring themes around the exploitation of nature.”
These gorgeous creatures are made of old Nintendo consoles! (Hopefully broken ones…I love the idea of re-purposing).
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When I first saw Dan Reader’s amazing faux taxidermy trophies, I thought “Wow…this isn’t the paper mache I did in grade school.” Then I clicked on his homepage and saw the tagline “Not your grade school paper mache.”
Indeed.
He specializes in dragons that have, shall we say, personality.
This light up Maleficent received a great deal of attention around the Internet, for good reason.
And have you ever seen a ZOMBIE dragon? You have now.
I love the fact that Reeder never duplicates commissions, no matter how high the demand, because he wants his patrons to have truly unique, special pieces.
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