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Amazingly Delicate Paper Cuttings By Akira Nagaya In the masterful hands of self-taught Japanese artist Akira Nagaya, paper is transformed into stunning works of art called kirie, or cut paper in Japanese. Nagaya’s story began when he started working at a sushi shop in his early 20s, and had to learn sasabaran – a cutting technique used to create intricate food decorations out of bamboo leaves. By practicing the technique on his own with paper and a utility knife, the artist discovered his talent and passion for creating elaborate paper cuttings....

Artist Bends His 2D Letter Art Into 3rd Dimension Artist Cyril Vouilloz , better known as Rylsee , has been long captivated by the subtle art of calligraphy. And through his passion, he’s found a way to take letters to another level, and even to another dimension. The Berlin-based artist has been bringing letters to the 3D space with optical illusions, some of which are clever paintings, while some are actual sculptures made out of plywood and acrylic paint....

Artist Cosimo Cheone Caiffa Transforms Buildings Into Living Art By Painting 3D Murals (15 Pics) Street art has often been viewed negatively, with some people even considering it a crime. However, many talented artists transform blank walls and empty spaces into captivating artworks. One such artist is Cosimo Cheone Caiffa from Milan, who adds a unique twist to his creations. He specializes in incredible 3D interactive pieces that make ordinary spaces come to life....

Artist Creates Incredibly Small Paintings On Food Turkish artist Hasan Kale paints on many canvases, but some of his most extraordinary paintings are painted on edible products, be they split almonds, rice grains, coffee beans, or onion peels – as long as they’re tiny! In fact, Kale‘s beautiful paintings are so small that they can only be truly observed and appreciated with a magnifying glass –which Kale probably has to use along with a brush while he works....

Artist Draws Disney Princesses If They Lived In 2017, And The Change Is Incredible Disney princesses have become an obsession of sorts for many internauts around, so it comes as no surprise that another artist has decided to put her own spin on them. What might be surprising though, is that Fernanda Suarez, a Chilean illustrator behind this project has used a more realistic take, and drew the princesses in a true 2017 fashion....

Artist Draws What It’s Like Living With Cats On Post-It Notes Co-creator of Nickelodeon’s Pinky Malinky , Rikke Asbjoern spends her free time scribbling away her beloved cats on simple 4-by-4 post-it notes, which gives them one extra layer of cuteness. “I try to capture all the little fun moments that happen when living with cats,” she told Bored Panda . “My fluffy friends are always a great source of inspiration and entertainment....

Artist Illustrates The Daily Struggles Of Women In This Relatable And Comical Series A 25-year-old illustrator known online as Planet Prudence has come up with a way to share the thoughts and ideas that occupy the mind of a young woman. And she does it with a healthy dose of humor in her comical illustration series. “These comics basically sum up my entire life, being an awkward twenty-something in a society filled with things I’ll probably never understand,” she told Bored Panda....

Artist Recreates Disney Stills By Digitally Painting On Top Of Them Digital artist and illustrator Tyson Murphy used his extensive experience as a digital illustrator to recreate stills from classical Disney cartoons. His digitally enhanced shots from “101 Dalmatians” and “The Sword in the Stone” look as if they were taken from modern 3D cartoons. With this contemporary touch, Murphy pays respect to the classics, leaving their essence undisturbed....

Artist Turns Her Inappropriate Thoughts Into Funny Comics (40 New Pics) All of us have inappropriate thoughts from time to time – some more than others. And instead of hiding them like most people do, one comic artist decided to turn them into a series of funny and slightly inappropriate comics. Kim is a comic artist and the creator of The RedDot comics. Her comics deal with all sorts of topics, ranging from dealing with pets to dealing with periods and we don’t doubt that many readers will get a great laugh out of them....

Badass 88-Year-Old Grandma Has Become Instagram’s Fashion Icon Meet Baddie Winkle, an 88-year-old grandma, who also happens to be an international fashion icon with more than 2.1 million Instagram followers! How did this come to be? Just a couple of years back her granddaughter created an Instagram account to post pictures of her eccentric grandmother. To her surprise, a couple of years later Baddie’s style and sense of fashion has conquered the platform....

Bizarre Bicycle Seat Sculptures By Designer Clem Chen Canadian designer Clem Chen has transformed recycled bicycle pieces into bizarre but astonishing bicycle seat sculptures. The finalist for a recent designboom competition assembled two quirky sculptures, aptly titled “Bite It” and “Pink Eye.” Chen used real bicycle seats that he carved out, inserting plastic-cast taxidermy molds in them to form unexpected features. The works were originally made for the “Saddle-Up” show in Vancouver, which was set to creatively recycle locally donated bicycle parts....

Braille Lego Bricks Is A Fun New Way To Teach Blind Children Literacy Integrating a blind child into society is a big challenge for parents. Which is why the Dorina Nowill Foundation teamed up with Lew’LaraTBWA agency to spread their new idea – Lego Braille Bricks. Braille Bricks is a toy for literacy and inclusion of blind children into society. Literacy is the key when it comes to children’s development and there is no better way to learn than through play....

Caitlin McCormack Crochets Delicate Skeleton Sculptures Using Threads Stiffened With Glue Caitlin McCormack, got into using textiles in her sculpting as a means of dealing with her own grief and generational trauma. The Philadelphia-based artist creates these crochet sculptures using cotton string, glue and found objects. She fastidiously amalgamates these objects to create delicate skeleton specimens of animals and other figures. The fiber artist also draws inspiration for her reimagined works from cinematic body horror, science fiction, osteological displays as well as medieval botanical imagery....

Cassette Tapes Turned Into Celebrity Portraits You probably think that cassettes are dead? Well, think again! Erika Iris Simmons (born in 1983 in St. Louis, USA) uses old cassette tapes to create incredibly artistic celebrity portraits. Since her emergence Erika has blended the concerns and methods of conceptual art with craft-making and popular culture to create her own whimsical installations. She explores the nostalgia of the archaic, using donated second-hand items as her prime media....

Catching time In my University Photography studies, I was asked to create a self-portrait about ‘my relationship with time’. I wanted to make a conceptual photo that portrays the panic time can cause and depict it in a dreamy, almost nightmarish setting – me falling into infinity and desperately trying to catch time. Everyone knows time is impossible to catch or control, even though it’s something we all sometimes wish would be possible to do....

Creepy Human Skin Sculptures by Francesco Albano Francesco Albano is a courageous artist indeed. The Turkish sculptor has dedicated his creative energy to really grotesque and marvelous realistic sculptures of human bodies melting, hanging, dripping down or being distorted in wicked and horrific ways. In his most recent solo exhibition, called “On The Eve,” the artist presented his new sculptures. They seem like creatures, not necessarily of human descent, had shed their skin and run away....

Design by RAW Launches a Crowdfunding Campaign on Kickstarter Design by RAW proudly announced today the launch of a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter which talks about their latest product that is expected to be launched sooner. The company claims that it is a different, unique product that is hopefully to be loved and appreciated by their target clients. The company said that their product is called RAW cubes which are to be made using different materials....

Discover the Dark Side of Luna Park! Ever considered theme parks a little creepy? You may after seeing Chris Rimmer’s deliciously dark portraits of Melbourne landmark, Luna Park. The series, ‘Luna Park and the Dark Heart of St Kilda’ transforms the seaside icon from tourist hotspot, to a gaping mouth, poised to swallow us whole. Underpinning the series is Rimmer’s experience of St Kilda. For him, the once vibrant hub has morphed into something vacant and alien....

Dodo Magazine issue 3. Multi Dodo Magazine´s issue 3, “Multi” is a celebration of multiplicity. It’s inspired by all crazy things with multiple functions, like the drinking helmet, the roller shoes, the swiss army knife, the kitchen robot or even people like Inspector Gadget and the one man band. The issue itself is also “Multi” functional for the first ones to pre-order the limited edition of our upcoming magazine, which doubles up as the ultimate magazine-raincoat....

Dutch Architects Unveil The “Galleria in Gwanggyo” – A Luxurious Department Store With A Glitchy Facade And Opal Windows Dutch architectural firm OMA and partner Chris van Duijn recently unveiled one of their latest projects – “Galleria in Gwanggyo”. It is an upscale department store located in Gwanggyo, a planned city just 25 kilometers outside South Korea’s capital, Seoul, and is the sixth branch of the South Korean “Galleria Department Store” franchise....