Surreal Self-Portraiture of Kyle Thompson

 Surreal Self-Portraiture of Kyle Thompson Flickr, Facebook or Tumblr Chicago-based photographer Kyle Thompson wowed us with his surreal self-portraits nine months ago and he hasn’t quit churning out striking photos yet. The 21-year-old has been on a roll, introducing one compelling shot after another for his own ambitious 365 photo project. Having just recently completed …

Landscape Architect and theorist Charles Jencks

Landscape Architect and theorist Charles Jencks  The garden is inspired by science and mathematics, with sculptures and landscaping on these themes, such as Black Holes and Fractals. The garden is not abundant with plants, but sets mathematical formulae and scientific phenomenae in a setting which elegantly combines natural features and artificial symmetry and curves. It …

Artist uses little everyday items to create something else

Artist uses little everyday items to create something else Instagram In her series 100 Days of Tiny Things, artist Desirée De León  challenges her imagination by creating a hundred ink drawings with small everyday objects. Currently a neuroscience student in Atlanta, the artist says she is continually “inspired by the inspired by the complexities of …

Fire Paintings Draws With Flames And Soot by Steven Spazuk

Fire Paintings Draws With Flames And Soot  by Steven Spazuk More info: spazuk.com | Youtube | Facebook Steven Spazuk is a Canada-based artist who uses candle soot to create elegant drawings. After depositing soot on his media with a candle or torch, he etches lines and patterns in the soot with  pencils and feathers. Though …

Abstract Neon Lighting Suspended Within Tate Britain

Abstract Neon Lighting Suspended Within Tate Britain Suspended from the ceiling of Tate Britain's Duveen Galleries is Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans' latest installation, over a mile of bright neon lighting broken into abstract lines and monumental curves. The piece, Forms in Space… by Light (in Time), changes with perspective, each of the work’s three sections …

Artists Enlist Caddisfly Larvae to “Build” Aquatic Cocoons from Gold Gemstones and Pearls

Artists Enlist Caddisfly Larvae to “Build”Jewelry From Gold, Gemstones Humans aren’t the only animals with yen for self-decoration. Caddisfly larvae protect themselves by constructing elaborate armors from gravel, sand, twigs, and other debris, which they “glue” together using excreted silk. The tiny moth-like insects scavenge whatever material is suitable from their environments, including anything you …

Your Beautiful Eyes photo series by Suren Manvelyan

Your Beautiful photo series by Suren Manvelyan on Behance Be warned, looking into somebody else’s eyes might never be the same again after seeing the following pictures by Suren Manvelyan. He captures the human eye with macro photography and this look into our windows of the soul is simply unbelievable. I don’t know how much …

3000 Years Of Women’s Beauty Standards Compressed In 3-Minute Video

WATCH THIS: _____________ Ancient Egypt (c. 1292-1069 B.C.) – Slender – Narrow shoulders – High waist – Symmetrical face Ancient Greece (c. 500-300 B.C.) – Plump – Full-bodied – Light skin – Women were considered “disfigured” versions of men Han Dynasty (c. 206 B.C.-220 A.D.) Slim waist – Pale skin – Large eyes – Small …

Lives of Grass: Living Sculptures by Mathilde Roussel

Lives of Grass: Living Sculptures by Mathilde Roussel French artist Mathilde Roussel creates fantastic “living sculptures” made of recycled metal and fabric filled with soil and wheat grass seeds. “Mathilde Roussel’s work is a sensible and symbolic research about the nature of physical life. She is interested in the cyclic metamorphoses that transform organic matter, …