Mosquito Nail Paintings by Chen Chun-Hao
Taiwanese artist Chen Chun-Hao is bringing a thousand year old art form into the 21st century, using modern tools which would rarely be considered for making art. Using a nail gun and small “mosquito nails” (tiny headless nails), he shoots thousands into canvas covered boards to reproduce the look of traditional Chinese ink landscape paintings. From a distance...
Sound Wave Art by Epic Frequency
We all know a picture is worth a thousand words, but up until now the value of an audio file has been hazy. Epic Frequency clarifies this by turning sound visualizations into canvas artwork suitable for framing. Epic’s site creates oversized waveform images of famous speeches and quotes from the likes of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Albert Einstein, Ronald Reagan,...
Maximo Riera – The Animal Chair Collection
After the success of his Octopus and Walrus chair, spanish designer Maximo Riera, has continued his ‘animal chair collection’ with ‘the elephant chair’ as an homage to the largest animal walking the earth, known for memory, intelligence and wisdom. The sculptural furniture object is a representation of the supreme deity Ganesha. Through the head of the mammal, who...
InstaThis
At first glance of the name, in my head I mumbled to myself ,”Here we go again. Another spin off company courtesy of social media.” After taking time and looking into the product hands on, I was not only pleased with the quality of the print,but just how neat this concept really is. The team...
Chuck Close: Photorealist
The remarkable career of artist Chuck Close extends beyond his completed works of art. More than just a painter, photographer, and print maker Close is a builder who, in his words, builds “painting experiences for the viewer.” Highly renowned as a painter, Close is also a master print maker, who has, over the course of more than...
