Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Graphic Art

These two works of art were made by a graphic artist named Gabriel Lactman.

Tom's shoes- Neon Aqua Fade


Transmission- acrylic on canvas

Monday, June 1, 2009

Get creative with your trash

All of the sculptures below were created with recycled materials. The skull was made from aluminum and kitchen materials, the bridge was made from recycled coke cans, and the 21 foot robot sculpture was made from Styrofoam.



Art for India

The picture below was made by some of the 20 artists that took place in Art for India. Art for India is a fundraiser for Rise Up India, a foundation that works to aid schools in the poorest parts of India.


http://riseupindia.wordpress.com/art-for-india-fundraiser/

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Ouch


This is a picture of Elaine Davidson, a former Brazilian nurse. In 2001, she got into the Guinness Book of Records as the most pierced woman in the world with 720 piercings, 192 of those were on her face. She has a total of 3902 tattoos and body piercings, weighing 6 pounds in all. Elaine is a black belt in judo and lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. She is a fortune teller and owner of a piercing/ tattoo boutique, Tropical Rainbow.

knitting's not just for grandmas

This video is by a French-Canadian group Les peaux des lievres. The song is called Tricot machine. The video was animated using over 700 knitted pieces. Enjoy.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Anybody can be an artist

I thought that this guy was cool and he reminded me of another person i saw playing tupperware containers and other box-type things in Cambridge.

Fear the Turtle

My sister is graduating from the University of Maryland today, so I decided to do a Terps- themed post.

These are pictures of art-terrapins that are in different parts of downtown Silver Spring.

Disco Turtle


Wisdom of Einstein Turtle


Life in the Bay Turtle