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Recent Posts Tagged With 'artwork'
Floral Delights at your Feet
There is no limit to a person's creativity. Many times just a thought or an idea is transformed into something beautiful. Just like in the case of the French photographer Michel Tcherevkoff who has made the most unusual work by creating shoes out of...
Exercising the Mind and Body with Pois
Poi means ball in Māori, its basically a ball attached to a plaited chord. Perhaps you would have seen a poi performance in Goa, fire and LED pois are pretty common. The earliest Poi performances have been dated back to 1905 by the Māori tribes of ...
Intriguing Underwater Sculptures
Art is not only about pretty and abstract paintings, but the thought and the way its executed. Since we started this art section on Fractal Enlightenment, I have come across so many interesting art pieces and innovative ways of spreading a message t...
Consumerism in America through Art
Our lives are ruled by greed and materialistic pursuits, with people showing high level of consumerist behaviour and to an extent that we have reached a state of denial about how our lifestyle is damaging the environment.US-based photographer and a...
Glass Sculptures by Ralli Jacob
Have you ever wondered what happens to those empty beer bottles which you discard in the bin? Some might go for recycling, but there are artists who turn them into beautiful glass sculptures. If you are an admirer of artwork then you are sure to like...
The Changing Face of Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
Mumbai's well known Kala Ghoda Arts festival 2009 took place last week and our one visit showed us two different sides of Kala Ghoda. On one hand the art display and the message behind each installation was impressive as usual. Most of the creative ...
Some Collected Art From my Closet
In phases on and off you come across beautiful things in life, you store them and keep them, beautiful paintings things that you like. Well throughout life I have collected certain images, some that reflect a phase or a moment.Expression, feelings, e...
Innovative Mosaic Art by Saimir Strati
An artist hammering nearly 400 kilos of nails into a wooden surface, sounds like tedious work, and the outcome was a portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci. Saimir Strati, an Albanian artist, is known for using such bizarre materials and techniques to make gi...
The Artistic Side of Adolf Hitler
It was news to me, probably because history was never my favorite subject in school. But reading about the artistic side of the German dictator Adolf Hitler was quite interesting. Art was one of Hitler's major interest, he even tried to make a living...
An Artist who can Make People Invisible
We really hope you are enjoying your holidays and are all set to celebrate Christmas. Whereas for us, holidays are yet to start, such is the life of a blogger. Coming to the Art post of the week, its related to something which we all have wished for...
Artist Uses Hubcaps to Make Sculptures
An unusual form of art made out of lost hubcaps, generally found on the side of the road, and carefully crafted into amazing creatures. Sounds unbelievable, doesn't it? That's what artist Ptolemy Elrington does full time. He has made some crazy st...
Making Sculptures with Forks
Dan Alexandru does something which not many people would have thought of, bending forks to make some amazing sculptures. If you have a look at his work, it will not only leave you totally stunned, but would also make you want to bend the fork, instea...
Alien-like Sculptures Made from Balloons
The Art section is turning out to be a wonderful collection of creative objects, made from used and sometimes very simple materials. You won't believe the level of creativity exhibited by these artists, they use rocks, old books, beer cans, plastic ...
Peter Gibson's Street Art for Pedestrians
The proliferation of cars has made walking on the road difficult for pedestrians around the world. They also pose dangers for cyclists. Peter Gibson or Roadsworth, a graffiti artist based in Montreal, Canada, took up the task in his own hands and b...
Street Art of Invisible Objects
Electrical boxes on the pavements and streets of Mumbai often don't blend with the urban landscape, sometimes I wish something colorful could be done on it, to at least make the walk on crowded streets pleasant. Artist Joshua Callaghan had a way to ...
Morose Paintings of Tetsuya Ishida
Tetsuya Ishida, a Japanese artist, was known for painting dark and morbid scenes, depicting struggles of modern day life in Japan. The characters in his paintings appear to be distressed and sulky, and in a few of them their bodies are in pieces and...
A Rocky Balancing Act of Bill Dan
We are back after a wonderful and a much-needed holiday, feeling rejuvenated and ready to work hard on the blogs. Of course, more on our trip and some pictures coming very soon! Now getting back to our weekly updates. Have you ever played the balanc...
The Art of Carving Eggshells
Egg decoration is an old form of art, that has been on for centuries. Remember the jewelled 'Fabergé egg,' made by Russian goldsmith for the Czars. Well, in modern times egg decoration has taken a new form, carving designs on egg shells, its so det...
Butterflies out of Beer Cans, Paul Villinski's Art
What could you possibly do of an empty beer can? Crush it and throw it in the bin, would be the normal response. But artist Paul Villinski had a different idea. He transformed these crushed aluminum cans into something more pretty; he made butterfli...
Obama Portrait with Lego Bricks
There's a buzz for Obama and people who think that we in India will not be affected by the next president in America, have not yet realized about how important the US presidential elections are for countries around the world, especially Iran.But this...
Mandala: The Sacred Art of Tibetan Buddhists
An art that has been carried on for centuries, symbolising the universe and believed to create a positive environment. I am referring to the Tibetan Buddhist sacred art of Mandala (means circle in Sanskrit), which is made by monks from millions of g...
Making an Artpiece out of Old Books
Do you have old books stacked in your house which are just rotting away? Then you might want to use them as an artpiece or decor. Several artists have used recycled, old books as a medium of artistic expression by converting them into book sculpture...
Painting with Light
Every Monday we bring you creative artwork from around the world. If you are an art lover, or have fetish for unconventional piece of work, then this is for you. Light is generally used for practical purposes. There are some artists who have used l...
Inflatable Subway Art of Joshua Harris
We've heard of wooden and ceramic sculptures, but the beauty of artwork is that there is no limit to creativity of an artist. Joshua Allen Harris has created quite a buzz with his inflatable street sculptures of animals. Guess what he uses to make t...
Shadow Optical Illusions IX
In Optical Illusion VIII Bhavika ran you through illusions created with light on objects, it was extremly beautiful. Today I have some more of these illusions created by shadows that are if not equally, are much more fascinating. Lets begin with Shig...
