Category Archives: Art

I Made A (foodsafe) Hack On Kintsugi…

Alex Traditional #Kintsugi Technique takes months, but this version only needs a day… update : My cookbook is #1 on Amazon : http://smarturl.it/FrenchGuyCooking Food Safe Epoxy Glue : https://amzn.to/2wWR84W Gold Food Coloring : https://amzn.to/2Cy0SbB Sugru : https://amzn.to/2MYbRQz After 3 different … Continue reading

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Journalist Rachel Lopez Documents the Delightfully Diverse Patterns on the Ceilings of Mumbai Taxis

Rachel Lopez  has a thing with… taxi ceilings. Instead of joining the 200,000+ Instagram posts hashtagged #ihavethisthingwithfloors, the lifelong Mumbai resident flips her phone’s camera into selfie mode. Lopez documents the vast array of eccentric plastic patterns covering the ceilings … Continue reading

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Kintsugi: The Art of Broken Pieces

Kintsugi (or kintsukuroi) is a Japanese method for repairing broken ceramics with a special lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum. . The philosophy behind the technique is to recognize the history of the object and to visibly incorporate the repair … Continue reading

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Mind-blowing stage sculptures that fuse music and technology

It starts with a sketch. Then it evolves into a larger-than-life visual masterpiece, a celebration of human connection. Follow along as legendary artist and designer Es Devlin takes us on a visual tour of her work — including iconic stage … Continue reading

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Step Inside the World of Artist Brothers Icy + Sot in an Exclusive Studio Interview

Icy + Sot (previously) have worked since their youth drawing attention to social justice issues in their artwork both on the streets and in fine art galleries. Through their multi-disciplinary practice, the Iranian-born brothers explore issues of censorship, refugee crises, … Continue reading

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Moments of Isolation and Belonging Explored in Surreal Composite Photographs by May Parlar

Photographer May Parlar punctuates open landscapes with colorful elements like masses of balloons and accessories separated from human wearers. Her work reflects on themes of belonging and alienation, Parlar tells Colossal, and she seeks to “explore the human condition through … Continue reading

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Our House is Flooding: a Semi-Submerged Life-Size Home Floats Down the River Thames

Over the weekend of November 10, activist group Extinction Rebellion launched a dramatic installation in London’s River Thames. “Our House is Flooding” was comprised of a life-size brick house, complete with flood lights, a security camera, and a satellite dish, … Continue reading

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Magazine Cutouts Form Nature Collages Shaped Like Birds and Butterflies by Jennifer Murphy

Toronto-based artist Jennifer Murphy combines cutouts of animals, plants, and other organic objects to create large-scale nature collages. Strung together using gossamer thread, the collages form the silhouettes of birds and surreal outdoor scenes from Murphy’s imagination. The artist sources images of … Continue reading

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Painting With Code: UI Engineer Diana Smith Creates Baroque-Inspired Portraits with CSS

With little more than a text editor—and years of experience as a web developer—UI engineer  Diana Adrianne Smith creates Flemish and baroque inspired portraits using HTML and CSS, the two primary presentation markup languages designed to display web pages. The … Continue reading

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Cutting a Feathery Cascade of Paper

Japanese artist Sachiko Abe sits atop a building in a white gown, cutting countless sheets of A4 paper into thin, wispy strips.The performance piece known as Cut Paper is both calming and mystifying. Abe sits for hours on end meticulously … Continue reading

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