Category Archives: Art/Craft

Behold: Skyville – a meticulously crafted 90x40cm miniature village by Bulgarian artist Ognyan Stefanov, who creates these and other lavish architectural wonders in his spare time between stints as an aviation photographer.

Tiny homes, shops, farms and gardens designed to mimic real functionality with a water drainage system, pulleys, and walkways that climb from level to level: two years in the making, complete with luxuriously appointed interiors and a population of teeny-tiny villagers.

More on the project here.

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A project by artist Reuben Wu in which drones and light painting are used to bring a hypnotic visual rhythm to rugged landscapes.

The project uses a stick of 200 LED lights programmed to shift colour and shape – the artist capturing the results in-camera and through a combination of stills, timelapse, and real-time footage.

Previously: Aeroglyphs

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Behold the crispy oeuvre of Japanese designer Manami Sasaki, fully edible, meticulously arranged toast toppings based on Japanese art, geometric patterns and traditional woodblock prints (Ukiyo-e).

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Behold: the monochromatic menagerie of Belgian street artist ROA, currently touring the island of Puerto Rico highlighting the life and death of the region’s biodiversity (indigenous and invasive) and the biologists and conservationists working tirelessly to preserve it.

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The ‘afrofuturistic Lego’ of Toronto based artist Ekow Nimako – hundreds of thousands of sleek black Lego blocks in structures which explore ‘the intersection of technology and race to visualize a powerful future for the African diaspora”.

Nimako’s ongoing project ‘Building Black’ envisages West African mythology and folklore in the form of masks and a huge 1.85m² urban landscape called ‘Kumbi Saleh 3020 CE’ representing the ancient capital of the Ghana empire.

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The sculptures of New Zealand artist Ben Young – hand-cut glass and jagged concrete marine-scapes precision-cut like the facets of gemstones, revealing their topographies.

Also, weeny little human figures dwarfed by the majesty of the oceans.

That’s you and all your mates, that is.

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