A fascinating short (if you have a quarter of an hour to spare) in which physicist and origami master Robert J. Lang explains his artform’s eleven levels of difficulty: from the folding of a simple, traditional cicada to an extremely intricate one.
Category Archives: Art/Craft
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Surreal, precise monochrome tattoos combining negative space and dotwork (the tattoo equivalent of stippling) in the style of vintage scientific illustrations by Italian artist Michele Volpi.
More of her work here.
Select works on permanent display at the MTA Museum:
Discovering and curating “arts” around MTA stations all over NYC. Open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
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How Windy?
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Salad Bowls
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Decorative porcelain vessels featuring incredibly delicate, part-stylised, part-realistic flower and leaf forms by Japanese artist Hitori Hosono.
Not dishwasher-safe, suitable for biscuits, car keys or eating Rice Krispies out of.
More of her work here.
Since 2015, Henning M. Lederer has been bringing the geometric cover art of vintage books to life. Here’s his latest instalment.
It is pleasing to behold.
Previously: Moving Covers
The impressive work of amateur artist Dianna Wood, who received a power washer as a birthday present this year (she really wanted one, apparently) and discoved a new creative medium – dirty driveways.
Large scale photographs installed in line with their surroundings – the trompe l’oeil, mise en abîme illusions of Olivier Lovey.
