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Street Art: Inflatable Bag Monsters

Shiffy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:44:44 +0000

Only using tape and garbage bags, Joshua Harris creates giant inflatable bag monsters by taping them down to sidewalk grates. They appear to be just another pile of trash on the street until the air blows, inflating the bags and bringing the monsters to life.

Origami Dollars

Shiffy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:50:55 +0000

Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper, and using only one piece of paper.

Won Park is the master of Origami. He is also called the money folder, a practitioner of origami whose canvas is the United States. One Dollar Bill, Bending, twisting, and folding, Won Park creates life-like shapes inspired by objects in stunning detail.

Amazing Tire Carvings

Shiffy — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:20:17 +0000

Betsabee Romero is a Mexican artist who creates sculptures and carvings in old truck and car tires. Often she uses these carvings to make prints as well.

Fine Art Beverages

Shiffy — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:11:08 +0000

Have you ever wondered what your favorite beer or cocktail looked like under a microscope? Well, the folks over at BevShots did and now they are turning those microscopic photos in to fine art.

Czech Pilsner

BevShot images are made by first crystallizing the drink of choice on a lab slide. Using a standard light microscope with a camera attached, the light source is polarized and passed through the crystal. This creates the magnificent colors we see in our favorite drinks featured on this site.

Scotch

Vodka Tonic

Irish Pale Ale

For more information or to purchase BevShots goto BevShots.com