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Category Archives: Art/Craft
You will need: a cardboard box, drawing materials, pet(s).
You have all the time in the world.
Begin.
An homage to François Josef Bosio’s sculpture ‘Cupid With a Bow’ (1808) by Spanish street art duo PichiAvo for the 2020 Wonderwalls Port Adelaide festival in southern Australia.
The original, famously, had no bow. PichiAvo lined up the Roman god with an ‘arrow’ in the form of an existing horizontal conduit on the wall.
Previously: Classical Graffiti
Some of the 40 wonderful illustrations commissioned from Slovakian illustrator Peter Klúcik for an ill-fated 1990 reprint of JRR Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ .
At that time, shortly after the fall of communism, the publishing house failed to adjust to the market economy, lost the rights and the book was never published. though he was approached by other publishers in the years that followed, Klúcik became disillusioned with Middle Earth, saying “I have had it with illustrations. I am going to paint!” Which he still does.
More here.
Off The Wall
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Impressive 3D typographic murals by self-taught Canadian designer Ben Johnston.
He explains a little of his process here.
Sketchy
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The work of Spanish artist David Moreno: long metal strips and piano wire soldered and welded together to create 3D ‘sketches’ of architectural elements.
Got six minutes to spare?
Of course you do.
Go full screen and enjoy the fruit of many hours of construction by Scott’s Marble Runs – a lone marble rolls a long, long track starting outside Scott’s house, wending its way inside via multiple twists and turns.
