It doesn't take much to knock my socks off

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Today's New Favorite

Bombo Italy, Lucca

Maurizio Santucci, a.k.a. Bombo, constructs his images from paper cut-outs and reworks the colours and textures digitally, playing with contrast and shapes to breathe life into his fantastic creations. He always tries to generate surprise by adding a touch of the unreal to his situations and characters, which seem to exist outside of time and space.

Via Colagene via ShareSomeCandy

Stencil fun

Super easy post on how to stencil with freezer paper. Neat.

from How About Orange

Did I mention I love signs?

Works by Martin Creed saw on Booooooom!

I <3 Haikus...and signs...

Burt Clifton : think-make-think : from 20x200.com

Wall Art from toilet paper rolls from Design*Sponge


it’s not every day that you find a clever way to reuse something from the bathroom, but tali from growing up creative had a simple but beautiful idea that lets you reuse toilet paper rolls. whether you’re looking for a fun afternoon craft to do with little ones or just want to find a way upcycle old toilet paper rolls, this is a perfect afternoon project. i’m tempted to spray paint them in metallic colors to make a holiday-style arrangement…

CLICK HERE for the full instructions from tali below!

Materials:

Toilet Paper rolls
Scissors
White glue
Stapler
Paint + brushes
Glitter
Laundry pins

Steps:

1. Crush paper roll

2. Cut into approximately 5 equal parts don’t have to be exact

3. Place the rolls on a flat surface creating a desired pattern. spend time trying different compositions and patterns.

4. Glue where rolls are touching, hold with laundry pins to dry. You may use a stapler as an alternative, what ever is easier. I find that glue is easier for the younger kids.

5. You may paint and add sparkles. Sprinkle the glitter on the wet paint, this way it will sticks and you wont need any glue.

6. You may expend the pattern in to an organic cell growth. The challenge is when to say STOP.

CLICK HERE for more images from Tali’s project! Thanks, Tali!

Isaac Tobin

From ToothpasteForDinner.com
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Cheer Up, Charlie.

My favorite way to push glum thoughts in a new direction - Christopher David Ryan. Here are some pretty pictures to put it all in perspective. From his 2008 archives.

Team Macho

Thanks to a post from myloveforyouisastampedeofhorses I just spent some time exploring the site of Team Macho, a collaborative art effort from Toronto, Canada. As if their stunning gallery wasn't enough to make me swoon, they also feature this excellent portrait of the artists in their bio. I believe I'll be trying to visit my new best friends next time I head north.

just me.

i made a new header today. i like it. in keeping with this blog as my running notebook to myself, i'm posting the old header too. lest we forget our history...

Instant film heart string tugging

I want a polaroid camera for less than $100. I want it bad. From the Flickr Polaroid pool.

Map to Stephen Powers' Love Letter Project - West Philadelphia Murals

Here is a map to the Steve Powers' murals that are now all along the Market-Frankford El in West Philly. OH, sweet salvation, I'm so excited.

Thomas Doyle's Small Scale Creations

These small-scale works take my breath away. Check out his website for many, many more beautiful pieces.

oh my god.

I can't stop looking at pictures of the largest digging machine in the world.

"This is the largest digging machine (or trencher or rotating shovel) in the world. It was built by Krupp and is shown in one of the pictures, crossing a road in Germany on the way to its destination, an open air coal mine. Although at the mine the treads are unnecessary, it was cheaper to make the machine self-propelled than to try and move it with conventional hauling equipment. Some factoids:

* The machine is 104 yards high and 235 yards long (almost 2.5 football fields in length)
* Weight is 45,500 tons (that's equivalent to a bumper to bumper line of jeeps 80 miles long)
* It took 5 years to design and manufacture at a cost of $100 million
* Maximum digging speed is 10 meters per minute
* Can move more than 76,000 cubic meters of coal, rock, and earth per day"

Catherine Ryan

Another great artist discovery, thanks to my love for you is a stampede of horses.

"Catherine Ryan's drawings investigate the relationships that exist between humans and animals
and the tension created when wild creatures are viewed in close proximity with mankind.
The anthropomorphized animal imagery in her work often emits more dignity and elicits more empathy than its human counterparts. Ryan's dark observations on life (and death) utilize animals as symbols of intensity and power, while at the same time raising questions about man's role as predator and consumer."
From Catherine Ryan's site

Taylor White

Spent more time than I could afford wrapped up in Taylor White's blog. This American lady works as an illustrator in Norway. Not too shabby.

Long Time Gone at MASS MoCA

"Brooklyn-based painter George Cochrane will present the original drawings of the first two chapters of Long Time Gone, a 24 chapter graphic novel he is creating with his six-year-old daughter, Fiamma. The core narrative of this autobiographical work is one 24 hour period, with each 24 page chapter depicting one hour in the day."

See a pdf brochure of the work here

From the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art

Fernanda Cohen

I snipped the piece, On Love, out of a magazine over a year ago because I thought it was so fantastic. Today, I found the artist's portfolio featured on Gawker Artists by Fernanda Cohen.

One quarter of a century

Birthday 25 brings a mish-mash of some rad images from my love for you is a stampede of horses

Some reassuring words from Jen Renninger



Wow, big surprise - more hanging decoration that I want to live with. Images from the Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art show, "the times won't save you (this rain smells of memory)"

A little confidence boost from David Fullarton.