Another creative take on using crayons for non-drawn art:
Self Portrait by Joseph Barbaccia
Via diy happy ; Tags: crayons, art, crayon, crayola, mixed media
More Crayon Happiness
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Art with crayons
Posted in ArtWho knew you could create amazing pieces of art with crayons. Thing is, it’s not what you think. No drawing is involved.
It is, in fact, art with crayons. The crayons are the art. Carved into amazing figures by diem chau. Here is his piece called "Installation View"
His mediums are extensive. From crayons "grandma in beehive" (below) to "pencil girl" (below) to paint, traditional or not, all in rich and vibrant tones of life.
Diem chau considers himself a storyteller:
I consider myself an artist whose medium is stories, especially those that are primarily passed on orally. Coming from a nomadic childhood, what few possessions my family had were necessities. The things of greatest value to us were stories contributed by friends and family. Embedded in these stories are connections to the past, our culture and an occasional escape from reality.
Impressive work. Have a look at diem chau‘s website.
Via josh spear ; Tags: art, crayons, storytelling, culture, artist, crayola, diem chau
Peter Callesen Paper Cuts
Posted in ArtPeter Callesen, a Danish artist, makes a simple piece of A4 Paper into a work of intricate and beautiful art:
Down the River, (detail) 2005
Distant Wish, (detail) 2006
Fire Escape Unable to Escape Fire, 2006
Amazing stuff. Go see the rest of his portfolio.
Via Josh Spear ; Tags: art, paper cuts, paper art, paper, peter callesen
I think even with a how-to tutorial as good as this one from Ray Villafane, my pumpkin would still look like a lump of orange that a chainsaw attacked.
Just as nice as last year’s Extreme Jack’s
Via jwalk ; Tags: pumpkin, jack o lantern, pumpkin carving, carving, art, halloween
This is pretty cool. The Philadelphia Orchestra has launched an online store with DRM-free recordings of its performances:
This service allows fans to buy and download files of soundboard recordings from current Philadelphia Orchestra performances very soon after the performance has happened. These audio recordings are mixed and mastered each night by the Orchestra’s sound engineers.
Ok, so another music store. But the files have no copy protection (they say “hackle-free unencrypted files”) and they are offered in two formats: MP3 and Flac. The MP3s are encoded at 256 kbps VBR so the quality is pretty good, but with the Flac files you get the original 44.1 kHz, 16 bit stereo audio.
The price of the recordings I checked was $4.99 for the MP3s and $5.99 for the Flac format (Flac files are larger and presumably cost them more to distribute).
Amazing wind powered sculptures
Posted in ArtThanks to Travis for pointing me to this video. These sculptures are amazing.
Design your own Heinz label, and print it out for your next classy event. Wouldn’t this be great for a wedding kids party?
