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Colorful Reminders

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:20:00 +0000

Erin Hanson‘s idea to fill her house with these shiny, colorful reminders seems pretty awesome:

Colorful reminders spattered all about my house might make me more prone to living my life a little better. that or give the appearance that i am completely incapable of being an adult without visual aides.
I can’t seem to stop myself from adding more and more.

Check out her flickr set for more photos.

Hummer With Wooden Wagon Wheels

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:38:08 +0000

What’s the use in equipping a Hummer H3 with wooden wagon wheels? Probably nothing, but when you ask Matthew Harrison, the artist who made this, he says “It’s not a car, it’s art.”

Via Buzzfeed

Classic Cars Made of Lego

admin — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:25:23 +0000

Let’s face it, you can’t not love a Lego set! Many Lego artists have taken it amongst themselves to create classic Lego cars in honor of classic film automobiles.Here is a collection of cool Lego Classic Cars made by flickr user Mad Physicist.

Classic Edsel Lego

Classic Ferrari Testarossa Lego

Classic Jaguar Mk2 lego

Lamborghini Miura Lego

Mercedes W123 Lego

Chevrolet Impala Lego

Hotrod Lego

Mercury Sportsman Lego

Checkout more 1/22 scale models of Classic cars made out of LEGO bricks on this set.

If you like Legos you may also want to check Movie Scenes Made of Legos.

dICEHOUSES: Tiny Dice Shaped Houses on a Frozen Lake

admin — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:45:06 +0000

The Art Shanty Projects is an artist community and exhibition that forms each winter on the frozen surface of Medicine Lake in Plymouth, Minnesota.

From the dICEHOUSES bLOG:

Nowadays, we hardly sit at the same table and interact face to face with each other. As families, we eat in shifts or on the fly. We communicate more through our phones and email than we do with our own smiles, eyes and touch.. With the increasing popularity of video game systems, gameplay has become less intimate as people sit on a sofa facing the television instead of each other.
By creating 5 tiny little dicehouses designed around 2-4 people sitting close together playing games together, we hope to rekindle the warmth and art of face to face interaction and gameplay for our visitors.

Each dicehouse will be heated exclusively by the warmth of conversation and the closeness of the people within it.

The Art Shany Projects 2009 exhibition is open until February 14.

dICEHOUSES bLOG
MNkitemnan’s Art Shany Projects 2009 Photography
Art Shanty Projects

Weird Hospital Themed Restaurant in Latvia

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:44:20 +0000

A unique, weird restaurant has opened in Riga, Latvia named “Hospitalis“.It is a must-see place if you like gore things. The restaurant looks like a medicine cabinet, while you are treated as a patient and taken good care by the long-legged waitresses in nurses uniforms.

The food is served in flasks and operating-room’s dishes and isn’t that cheap (7 and more lats per meal), but this is a bizarre experience that is worth breaking the bank. Besides, the place is owned by local doctors, but unfortunately, the president of Latvia, who is also a doctor, declined his appearance at the opening once he realized how weird this place actually is.

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Casa Batllo : The House of Bones

admin — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:45:35 +0000

Restored and remodeled by the Spanish modernist architect Antoni Gaudi in the years 1905–1907, Casa Batllo is now one the most overlooked buildings by the tourists who visit Barcelona.Although Casa Batllo is a museum now, Gaudi designed it for for a wealthy Barcelona Aristocrat.
The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and indeed it does have a visceral, skeletal organic quality.

Close up of Casa Batllo chimney :: Photo Credit: WikiMedia

Casa Batllo’s roof has been compared to a reptilian creature, the backbone of a gigantic dinosaur, the dragon killed by St. George (Sant Jordi being the patron saint of Catalan).

Casa Batllo roof :: Photo Credit: Klaus Dolle

It seems that the goal of the designer was to avoid straight lines completely. Much of the facade is decorated with a mosaic made of broken ceramic tiles that starts in shades of golden orange moving into greenish blues.

Casa Batllo arched roof :: Photo Credit: WikiMedia

Casa Batllo building, Barcelona :: Photo Credit: Fran Barrero

Casa Batllo arched roof and complex chimney detailing :: Photo Credit: WikiMedia

From the balconies resembling the bones of animals to the scale like surface of the front facade, the building is a tour de force of an artist reaching the peak of his powers. At night the floodlit facade has an iridescence like the scales of a fish. This polychromic finish is known as trencadís.

Casa Batllo, Barcelona in HDR:: Photo Credit: MorBCN

The enlarged windows on the first floor gave it another nickname, ‘House of Yawns’.

Casa Batllo window, Barcelona :: Photo Credit: WikiMedia

Window detail of Caso Batllo building :: Photo Credit: shapeshift

Casa Batllo Interior Design

Inside Caso Batllo :: Photo Credit: (Erik)

Inside Caso Batllo :: Photo Credit: acastellano

Inside Caso Batllo :: Photo Credit: 3dom

Caso Batllo: Spiral Design :: Photo Credit: 3dom

Caso Batllo: Spiral Design :: Photo Credit: Mini Anna

Caso Batllo lobby :: Photo Credit: Kipourax

Planet Panoramas: Popular Spots on Little Planets

admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:48:49 +0000

Planet Panoramas utilize Stereographic Projection to map spherical panoramas.This results in interesting effects: the area close to the point opposite to the center of projection becomes significantly enlarged, resulting in an effect known as little planet (when the center of projection is the nadir) and tube (when the center of projection is the zenith).

Here are some amazing Planet Panoramas of famous places around the world.
Scroll down the page to find some tutorials on how to create these breathtaking Planet Panoramas.

Planet Chicago :: Millenium Park – Gehry by: Sam Rohn – Location Scout

Planet New York :: Central Park – The Gates by: Sam Rohn – Location Scout

Planet Jerusalem :: Western Wall – Kotel by: Sam Rohn – Location Scout

Planet Jerusalem :: Dome of the Rock – Temple Mount – Haram al-Sharif by: Sam Rohn – Location Scout

The Taj Mahal, a world on its own by: Manυ

Paris s’éveille by: gadl

Paris Like a butterfly by: Manυ

Naghsh-e-jahan Planet (Historical Square in Isfahan, Iran) by: 1Ehsan

Saint Germain en Laye church, France by: Seb Przd

Mini Planet: Piazzeta San Marco Venice by: fotofacade

A house in Deauville, Normandy, France by: Manυ

Planet Lincoln-HDR by: Zuiun

Montmartre s’éveille by: gadl

Notre-Dame de Paris by: gadl

HOESCH Phoenix, Dortmund by: ehcsimred

planet hawthorn by: superNova K

Planet Golden Gate by: Josh Sommers

Planet Panoramas Tutorials:

Light Art Performance Photography

admin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:34:11 +0000

Light Art Performance Photography (LAPP) is a one-shot long time bulb exposure photography technique, performed additionally with movement of light.Developed by two talented German artists ,Jan Leonardo Wollert and Jorg Miedza, LAPP is descended from Light Writing (also known as Light Graffiti or Light Drawing) but has been evolved into it’s own art form.

Check their website for more amazing shots.

Exploring The Ghost Town of Rhyolite

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:30:10 +0000

Located in the Bullfrog Hills, Nevada, Rhyolite is a ghost town which came into existence as the result of a gold rush that began in 1904.Rhyolite had its peak population from 1905 to 1910, when decreased gold production led to a decline that culminated in its abandonment by 1919.
Rhyolite has a number of crumbling, old buildings. But before you reach them, you’ll probably be distracted by a collection of odd outdoor art projects.

Ghosts of Rhyolite by: Chris28mm

Perhaps Rhyolite’s most distinctive art exhibit is this re-creation of Jesus’ Last Supper.The sculpture was created in 1984 by Poland-born Belgian sculptor Albert Szukalski, based on the famous Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece.But instead of disciples wearing white robes, this version features only the white robes.

Rhyolite’s Last Supper Sculpture by: shadowplay

Although his Last Supper was built decades before the first Lord of the Rings movie was released, his ghostly white forms resemble the dark “Ringwraiths” in those films.He made the figures by wrapping live models in plaster-soaked fabric to achieve his Apostle o’ Shrouds effect.

Rhyolite’s Supper Sculpture by: shadowplay

Rhyolite’s Ghost Rider by: Primary Colors

Beside the last supper sculpture there’s a two-story-tall silhouette of a miner, and his penguin.This sculpture pays homage to the fact that, in Rhyolite, it was customary for the miners to keep penguins as pets.

Tin Man and friend by: J.Marshall

Rhyolite – Penguin and Miner by: Miss Shari

Although Rhyolite is a religious town, a strikingly different sculpture stands slightly up the hill and across a wash from the Last Supper. It’s a 25-foot tall cinder block woman titled “Lady Desert: The Venus of Nevada,” built by Belgian artist Dr. Hugo Heyrman.The Lady’s yellow hair and pink skin are garishly eye-capturing in this land of brown and gray.Dr. Hugo says the pixels used in his electronic 2D art inspired him to pixelize a nude woman in cinder blocks.

Lady Desert: The Venus of Nevada by: mandj98

Pink Lady Sculpture by: antomic

December 14, 1906 at 7:00pm the first train pulled into Rhyolite station from Las Vegas carrying more than 100 people. (45 of them were from Los Angeles) Six years later, the town was abandoned when the mines played out. In its heyday, the town boasted over 3500 citizens. The railroad tracks now removed, ran on the opposite side of the bldg.

Rhyolite Train Depot by: CameraOne

Rhyolite Depot by: J.Marshall

The highlight of Rhyolite is Tom Kelly’s Bottle House, made of 30,000 bottles by a prospector who used the only building material available. It took him six months to build in the winter of 1905-06, and was abandoned with the rest of the town when the gold ran out in 1912. It lived on as a desert landmark and was featured on vintage vellum postcards.

a lot of work and a lot of thirst by: elfis gallery

Bottle House detail by: elfis gallery

Preservationists rebuilt the Bottle House in the summer of 2005. It now stands behind a locked fence, along with a miniature bottle village that was also Kelly’s work.

Kelly’s Bottle House by: jodice

And finally here is some photos from Rhyolite’s abandoned buildings:

Venus over Rhyolite by: Chris28mm

Remains of the Rhyolite’s bank building by: James Neeley

Rhyolite Mercantile by: Jeff Maurone

P.S: Halloween is coming and we are going to celebrate it with a series of Ghost Towns Photo essays, so if you liked this post subscribe to soothBrush feed so you don’t miss them.

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America The Gift Shop

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:30:17 +0000

If American foreign policy had a gift shop, what would it sell? American photographer, Phillip Toledano, has gathered a series of souvenirs that reflect the US foreign diplomacy in the past eight years, from the Dick Cheney Shredding Documents Snow Globe to the Abu Ghraib Coffee Table.

Abu Ghraib coffee table

Abu Ghraib Bobble-head

Inflatable Guantanamo Bay bouncy prison cell

Check out all the souvenirs at AmericaTheGiftShop.com and see Phillip Toledano’s previous art works at his website.