Design
November 9, 2011

Mythical Dragon Gate Protects Home

In Dublin, Ireland stands an estate reminiscent of old folklore – complete with its own dragon! Of course, dragons are mythical creatures, so this home only has a dragon made of steel which acts as its gatekeeper. The property, known at Harlech House, was originally built in 1798 by a Welsh immigrant. (The estate is actually named after a town in Wales called Harlech and the national flag has a dragon on it.)

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Painting
November 8, 2011

Extraordinary Brush-Less Paintings

Amy Shackleton, who is only 25-years-old, is a unique artist. While her paintings use tons and tons of paint, she doesn't use paintbrushes to create them! Rather, she squeezes paint onto canvases and then allows the paint to naturally drip. She then rotates the canvas to control the direction of the drips, making her paintings appear natural yet controlled.The subjects of many of her paintings are also quite interesting.

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Art
November 8, 2011

The Last Supper Made of 20,000 Spools of Thread

Showing on 11-11-11, at the debut of the brand new Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas, is an incredibly impressive work of art created by Devorah Sperber. Using over 20,000 spools of thread, Sperber created “After the Last Supper,” a monumental work that's the life-sized recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's “The Last Supper.” A viewing sphere, positioned in front of the work, shrinks or condenses the thread spool “pixels” into a recognizable image.

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Art
November 4, 2011

Amazing Floor-to-Ceiling Graffiti Tree

The TSF crew is at it again! This past summer we wrote about graffiti done by the artists that looked like an Earth-Shattering Shout. Here, they're back again with a larger design that reaches as far up as the ceiling! This anamorphic graffiti tree plays with depth perception and shadows to make it seem like the tree is breaking out of its surface.

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