Art

August 8, 2013

Beautiful African Beach Calligraphy by Andrew van der Merwe

While we've seen incredible sand drawings before, like those by England-based artist Tony Plant, and while we'll always be a fan of calligraphy, especially when it's mixed with graffiti, we've never thought of putting the two art forms together…until now. Today, we stumbled upon the work of Andrew van der Merwe, a professional calligrapher, based in Cape Town, South Africa, who also goes by the title, “world's first beach calligrapher.

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August 7, 2013

Miniature People Living in an Unusually Whimsical World

In this series entitled Minimize, photographer William Kass produces an unusual viewpoint of life as experienced by miniature little people. He blends toy figures with a variety of regular sized props to create the illusion of great proportions within a very small space. Utilizing immense patience and precision, Kass composes each scene within the frame of his camera, obtaining the perfect perspective in order to capture the playfully whimsical narratives.

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August 5, 2013

Ghostly Silhouettes of People as Faint Memories

Fleeted Happenings is a series by photographer Andrew Lyman that presents portraits of people who appear like ghostly figures on Earthy landscapes. The Savannah, Georgia-based artist's collection explores “the transcendence of memory through time in relation to space.” Like a scene from one's own memory, each frame presents a dim, translucent snapshot of these people yearning to recall their time in a specific location.

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July 31, 2013

Cute Dress Design Created Out of Old Book Pages

If you are always looking for something good to read, then this dress is for you! Redditor jorimoo recently created this detailed garment design completely out of the pages of an old book. Rather than leaving them to collect dust on a shelf, this seems like as good a purpose as any for pages that are, in this digital world, becoming more and more obsolete.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.