Art
November 23, 2011

Beautifully Crafted Cherry Tree Installation

Inspired by last year's National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C., Tom Price has created his own cherry trees using polypropylene pipe and nylon cables. Price heated the plastic tubing, which allowed the material to conform to his liking. Next, he used the cables to tie the tubing together. Cross-sections of the tubing were used to make the leaves. While Price's cherry trees are beautiful themselves, their shadows certainly add to the installation's beauty.

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Design
November 21, 2011

Indoor Jacuzzi Floor

How nice would it be to come home to this? We've all seen the Manhattan townhouse with the indoor pool and now we present an Australian apartment with an indoor jacuzzi! This funky apartment was designed by the creative minds at West Phillips Architects. With the simple use of a winch attached to the ceiling, the user easily pulls the glass cover off the jacuzzi to enjoy a relaxing dip.

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Art
November 20, 2011

Incredibly Elaborate Non-Photoshopped Scenes

Decades before Photoshop was available, American artist Sandy Skoglund started creating surrealist images by building incredibly elaborate sets, a process which took months to complete. Her works are characterized by an overwhelming amount of one object and either bright, contrasting colors or a monochromatic color scheme. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1946, Skoglund studied studio art and art history at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts from 1964-1968.

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Uncategorized
November 18, 2011

Pixelated Beagle Made of 221K Sprinkles

For a fine arts project at his university, Joel Brochu was tasked with using the pointillism technique, invented by post-Impressionist painter Georges Seurat, where small dots of pure color are repeatedly applied to a canvas until it forms an image. The original project called on him to recreate a piece of furniture. Using 22 different shades of paint to form a chair, he completed the task.

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