Art
June 16, 2016

Artist Sculpts Exquisite City Structures with Over 300,000 Toothpicks

Self-taught artist Bob Morehead has crafted an intricate and labyrinthian cityscape using nothing more than wood glue and basic toothpicks—over 300,000 of them. Weighing around 50 pounds at over eight feet wide, two feet tall, and two feet deep, Bob's Toothpick City consists of tens of unique buildings that contain multiple floors and rooms, with stairways connecting one level to the next.

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Architecture
June 13, 2016

Curving Pavilion of Brilliantly Stacked Bricks Invites Visitors to Interact with Architecture

Each year London’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, locked in the heart of Kensinginton Gardens, is transformed in unexpected ways by legendary names in the field of architecture. This year, the space was taken over by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, of the design firm BIG, who combined simple minimalism with an air of whimsical fancy.

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Sculpture
June 10, 2016

Remarkably Lifelike Wooden Animals Sculpted Using a Chainsaw

Give Jürgen Lingl-Rebetez a block of wood and a chainsaw and watch magic happen. The sculptor's striking sculptures are so detailed and lifelike, that it seems astonishing to think that they were created using such an indelicate tool. The talented German artist is somehow able to breath a sense of animation and spirit into each carefully constructed piece.

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