Art
May 12, 2013

Spectacular Fountain Sprays Water to Look Like a Boat

At first, the image above looks like a boat, one that is caught in a soaking surge of water, but it is in fact a cleverly designed fountain sprinkling water out of its man-made pores. Located at Playa de la Malvarrosa in Valencia, Spain and known simply as Water Boat Fountain (or Fuente del Barco de Agua in Spanish)

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Art
May 10, 2013

Man Finds Incredibly Detailed Pen Drawings on Styrofoam Cup

On a routine visit to his car dealership in Norman, Oklahoma, Redditor SquishyMcPhee came across a styrofoam cup that had been left behind by a former customer, but he immediately knew that it was no ordinary cup. The tiny container was covered in intricately crafted doodles with a simple ballpoint pen. Every inch of the cup is meticulously designed with patterns, text, and characters, as though it were a premeditated execution.

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Art
May 8, 2013

First Look: New Sparkling Chain Link Fence Sculpture

When we first came across American artist Soo Sunny Park's gorgeous sculpture, called Capturing Resonance, we were blown away by two facts. One, that it was made by chain link fencing and Plexiglas, and two, that all the different colors emanating from it were the result of light being reflected and refracted off the Plexiglas squares. As she told us then, “There are no colored plexi used in the work.

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History
May 7, 2013

Historical Figures Transformed Into Modern Illustrations

William Shakespeare A recent project commissioned by the UK's history TV channel Yesterday has artists transforming historical portraits into modern day interpretations. The series is meant to celebrate the station's new series, The Secret Life Of…, which is described as 14-part series that “lifts the lid on established and renowned superstars from history to reveal their secret lives.

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