Art
May 16, 2017

Syrian Refugee Builds Mini ‘Blue Mosque’ with 15,000 Popsicle Sticks to Celebrate His New Home

Artist Husam Muhajer recently completed a scale model of Istanbul’s iconic Blue Mosque. In an interesting twist, the finished model is composed of 15,000 wood popsicle sticks. Muhajer is a Syrian refugee who was forced to leave his country 2.5 years ago and is currently living in Istanbul. When Muhajer was suddenly evacuated from Syria, his models were destroyed and he was left without any documentation of his past work. So what inspired him to begin again?

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Art
May 14, 2017

Artist Draws Countless Lines and Dots to Capture the Majestic Beauty of Mountains

Inspired by her local landscape, Canada-based artist Christa Rijneveld creates pen and ink drawings of mountainous scenery. Each stark and stylized piece is rendered entirely in black and white, allowing the artist to focus on form and experiment with tonality. Though most of Rijneveld's inked landscapes depict different scenes, they have compositional characteristics in common. In each depiction, a line drawing of rocky mountains dominates the foreground.

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Photography
May 12, 2017

Photographer’s Camera Dies at Beginning of Shoot, So He Uses His iPhone Instead

Australian photographer Aaron Browning was just starting his photo shoot when the unthinkable happened—his camera didn't work. Instead of wasting the sunny day and perfect model, Browning thought on his feet and decided to forge ahead, using his iPhone 6. Surprisingly, the results are flawless. Browning used an app called Camera+ to shoot his images in RAW, which he could then manipulate in Lightroom.

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