This is a video of ‘Stairway To Heaven’, a collaboration between South African artist Strijdom van der Merwe and Taiwanese artist Chou Sheng-hsien. From just the right angle, it looks like a three dimensional stairway reaching ever skyward. From almost every other angle, it looks like a flat ladder rising
What will undoubtedly be considered the greatest opus of Australian artist Jason Sank, these life-size catmen were made using actual cat hair he collected from a groomer. Some more info about these modern Davids while I hack up a furball: Sank sculpted the fur over chicken wire forms he built
These are a couple of shots from retailers (from the looks of it, one Walmart, one Target) where the soda reps have constructed giant Boba Fett helmets out of 12-packs of soda, including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Dr. Pepper, and Sprite. Clearly, Boba is not a big Pepsi fan.
These are several videos of flipbook style animations created by tattoo artist Phil Berge of Tatouage Royal in Montreal using still shots of tattoos that, when ordered sequentially stop-motion style, create movement. How about that! And how about all the people that were willing to get Snoopy or some other
This is a timelapse video of talented and seemingly appropriately named sculptor Leonardo Ugolini sculpting a proportional replica of the Millennium Falcon out of sand (plus BONUS Barad-dûr/Eye Of Sauron and Hogwarts Castle). Very nice. You know I made a sand castle at the beach once, but then some kid
This is an anamorphic portrait of Nikola Tesla created by Czech artist Patrik Proško using “washing machines, televisions, computers, radios, printers, microwaves, videos, speakers, lamps, and various electro appliances” to honor Tesla’s invention of the alternating current motor. The sculpture measures approximately 3.5m x 2.5m x 2.5m (~11.5′ x 8′
In erotic arts news, this is a video of a potter who appears to be crafting a small to medium-small penis (relative to my own) on the potter’s wheel when it goes limp and starts flailing. Thankfully, the potter is able to re-erect the member before collapsing it back down
This is a video of physicist and origami artist Robert J. Lang explaining and teaching origami based on five different levels of difficulty, starting with child, then moving to teen, college student, graduate student, and expert. Are those actually logical skill levels to define? I mean I have a master’s