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Category Archives: Art
Thread Balls Galore! Temari by Patt Knorpp
Temari are, apparently, traditional Japanese children’s toys. They are balls made from embroidery thread and the remnants of old kimonos, and even though they went out of fashion as toys with the introduction of rubber in Japan, they are still made … Continue reading
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Tagged art, awesome, beautiful, bizarre, crazy, embroidery, fabric arts, handcrafted, insane, insanity, interesting, intricate, Japan, japanese, madness, mental illness, Pat Knorpp, strange, style, stylish, symbolism, Temari, thread ball, toys, traditional children's toys, weird
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Wretched War – The Dream Is Dead
This is “Wretched War – The Dream Is Dead”, a work of art by Damian Hirst. It’s probably one of my favorite works of art, ever. (And as an Art Historian, I can assure you that I have seen … Continue reading
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Tagged anatomical, anatomy, anatomy class, art, artist, awesome, awkward, beautiful, beauty, beheaded, beheading, bizarre, cadaver, crazy, creepy, Damian Hirst, De Anatomische Les, decapitation, dissected, dissection, glorious, Hirst, insane, insanity, intriguing, lunatic, mad, madness, mental, mental illness, mental patient, naked, pregnant, schizophrenia, sculpture, sterling silver cast, strange, style, stylish, The Hague Gemeentemuseum, The Virgin Mother, unsettling, weird
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Knock ‘Em Dead! Casadelgatto Door Knockers
“Casa del Gatto” is a project of the Pennsylvania-based artist Derek Bernstein, who one summer decided to sculpt portraits of his cats, and then turned those into weirdly wonderful door knockers. Bizarre, beautiful, maybe just a tiny bit morbid… If I had the money … Continue reading
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Tagged art, awesome, beautiful, bizarre, casadelgatto, cat, cat and mouse, cats, crazy, decor, decoration, Derek Bernstein, design, door knocker, eerie, handcrafted, insane, insanity, interesting, mad, madness, morbid, strange, style, unusual, weird
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Naked Geometry… Mike Naylor’s 3D-Prints
Have I told you about my love for Shapeways? Probably more than once already. *sigh* If I were rich, my house would be overflowing with their 3D-printed knickknacks… As it is however, I can only browse and dream. One designer … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D printing, beautiful, bizarre, Borromean Rings, crazy, cube, decor, entangled bodies, enticing, erotic, geeky, hot, insane, insanity, jewelry, math, mathematical art, mathematician, mathematics, Mike Naylor, nerdy, pendant, platonic solids, science, sexy, Shapeways, solids
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Jewelry With Mystery… Larissa Podgoretz’ Enamels
I know that I’m featuring a lot of artists lately, but I simply can’t help it; one look at the work of Larissa Podgoretz and I was lost. Every one of her enameled jewelry pieces is a work of art in itself; a beautiful … Continue reading
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Tagged amazing, art, art history, art jewelry, Art Nouveau, awesome, beautiful, brooch, design, enamel, enameled, enticing, Fashion, gorgeous, insane, insanity, Japanese art, jewelry, John William Waterhouse, Larissa Podgoretz, madness, mental, mental illness, mental patient, Mucha, necklace, pendant, schizophrenia, strange, style, stylish, Victor Horta, waterlily, wonderful
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A Sinking Feeling… Hannes Van Severen’s Furniture Art
Hannes Van Severen is a visual artist who lives and works in Ghent, Belgium. (Makes me proud to be a Belgian!) His work is unsettling yet appealing, based on daily life objects yet paradoxically useless. My favorite pieces are his furniture-based works; … Continue reading
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Tagged adjusted furniture, aesthetics, art, artistic, awesome, awkward, beautiful, bizarre, closet, crazy, design, distorted reality, distortion, dresser, furniture, Hannes Van Severen, insane, insanity, lunatic, mad, madness, mental, mental illness, mental patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry, psychology, psychosis, schizophrenia, strange, style, surrealism, unsettling, unusual, weird
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All Shapes And Sizes…
There is beauty in variety.
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Tagged all shapes and sizes, art, artistic, beautiful, collection, colors, differences, insane, insanity, interesting, mad, madness, math, mental, mental illness, models, pain, photography, photospam, platonic solids, shapes, solids, strange
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Memento Mori Monday: The Anatomical Venus
It’s been a while… but it’s monday and I felt like doing something other than freaking out today, so here I am again. An Anatomical Venus is a wax model of a female, that either has her organs in sight, … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th century, anatomical venus, anatomy, art, beautiful, bizarre, corpse, curiosity, dissection, doctor dolls, enticing, female anatomical model, freakshow, insane, insanity, interesting, medical science, oddity, organs, strange, unusual, venus, victorian age, wax models, weird
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