Entries categorized as ‘art’
We all remember sticking our hands in pots of paint and then daubing the stuff all over canvases to create ‘masterpieces’ that our parents, grandparents and other long-suffering relatives then had to stick on the fridge and laud as works of genius. [Of course, being Babies, this was rather more recent for us than for some...] However it turns out we were all amateurs.
Judith Ann Braun creates these absolute masterpieces using just her fingers, and either charcoal or chalk – just like every kid at nursery or kindergarten does.
Which just puts us all to shame, really… We love the intricacy of these things, especially given the media she works in.
(Judith Ann Braun via Notcot)
Categories: art · creative · design
Tagged: art, chalk, Charcoal, creative, drawings, finger
We reckon these things could be every child’s dream… and every parent’s nightmare.
These crayons from Luxirare may look fairly normal, but they are in fact completely edible.
More to the point, they actually look pretty tasty, being made out of fruits, chocolate and nuts, and crucially being held together with marshmallow. And you can of course draw with them, should you be so inclined.
We can see children loving the ability to draw for a bit and then just start eating whenever it gets boring. We can see parents hating the fact that they have to buy a new pack of crayons every five minutes.
(via Notcot)
Categories: art · baby creative · creative · food
Tagged: crayons, edible, Luxirare, marshmallow
We can’t help but be impressed with this poster from aspiring graphic designer Tenzing Gaychey, entitled “Avoiding Chinese Censors”.
Just in case you didn’t get there, what it of course should read is “Tibet will be free”. And sitting just behind the tree branches is an outline map of Tibet, cunningly obscured by the branches…
(source: boingboing)
Categories: Plants · advertising · art · creative · design
Tagged: graphic, poster, Tenzing Gaychey, Tibet
Now admittedly you’ve probably never asked that question. In fact, nor has anybody above the age of five. However, artist Nathan W. Pyle has given us an answer.
So there you go, there are whole forests of these things out there somewhere, with little men to chop them all down…
(source via Notcot)
Categories: art · baby creative
Tagged: art, cursors, Nathan W Pyle
Any Londoners out there may well have noticed a number of giant elephants cropping up around the capital, in aid of the charity Elephant Family. Now we love most of them, but this in particular caught our eye.
The taxi elephant is Benjamin Shine‘s contribution to the event. In case you hadn’t guessed, it is inspired by the quintessential black cab, complete with taxi sign and headlamps for eyes. The elephant has a solar panel for power, so the eyes and sign light up periodically throughout the day.
The taxi elephant has in fact become one of the event’s most valuable assets, and has been relocated to the Royal Exchange where it can be kept under guard. It will be auctioned at the end of the month and is expected to fetch around £2 million…
(source via Notcot)
Categories: Conservation · art · baby creative · charity · creative · design · environment
Tagged: auction, benjamin shine, charity, design, elephant, taxi
Which just about says it all really. Brilliant set of posters from Catrin Dulay that we absolutely love. It really is the small things in life…
(via Design Fetish)
Categories: art · baby creative · creative · design
Tagged: Catrin Dulay, perfect world, posters
We’ve seen this kind of thing before, but that doesn’t stop it being cool.
Erika Iris Simmons uses good old-fashioned audio cassettes to create portraits – usually of famous musician types.
The level of detail she manages to capture is staggering when you remember this is actually tape she’s working with. We are just a bit confused about how enough tape to make Bob Marley’s hair comes out of one cassette…
You can view the entire series of cassette tape portraits here.
(via Design Fetish)
Categories: art · baby creative · creative · design
Tagged: art, Bob Marley, Cassette, Erika Iris Simmons, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Michael Jackson
We saw this image of a project by Katie Sokoler and loved it. We got all nostalgic for Pac-Man and really liked the idea of brightening up the streets.
So then we had a look at the rest of her stuff and saw this was just part of what seems to be a general philosophy to brighten up life. Her motivation seems to lie in making people smile – usually in surpising and quirky ways – such as this adaptation of a parking meter…
We’re not claiming any of the work is absolutely brilliant, but as a project, we love it. Anything that injects some fun into the dull bits of life this much gets big thumbs up from us.
(source: Vidafine via Notcot)
Categories: art · baby creative · creative
Tagged: brighten, Katie, Pac-Man, Sokoler
Eyafallajokull is of course the Icelandic volcano which is currently covering most of Europe in ash, making it impossible for planes to fly in or out of any country north of the Mediterranean. This is annoying really quite a lot of people who want to go on holiday, and it may well start to have implications for imports – especially food. However, we think we’ve found the silver lining in a set of truly beautiful photos.
Apparently the lightning is actually generated by some kind of electrical discharge within the ash column, which is slightly scary, but the results are stunning – from a distance.
So, for anyone upset or annoyed by this whole business, at least its given the rest of us some pretty photos to look at.
(source via Notcot)
Categories: art · environment
Tagged: beautifulkull, Eyafallajo, Iceland, Lightning, photos, Volcano
The wonders of Lego never cease to amaze us, particularly in the huge variety of things designers seem to be able to do with it, from turning into computer accessories to building huge sculptures. However this project by Philadelphia Zoo stretches Lego into a new field – environmental activism.
The zoo has comissioned world-renowned Lego artist Sean Kenny to create a series of sculptures of endangered animals to sit around the zoo where the animals should be. The idea is to engage and educate a younger audience about the possible extinction of these species.
We’re particularly impressed with the 95,000-piece polar bear, and the penguins are also pretty amazing.
Each sculpture is accompanied by a brief description of its habitat and the dangers it faces, as well as information on how people can help to save it. Overall, we’re not sure how clear the messaging is, but we’re loving the idea behind it, and are looking forward to more sculptures to follow throughout the year.
(source: TreeHugger)
Categories: Conservation · art · baby creative · creative · environment
Tagged: endangered species, Lego, sculpture, Sean Kenney
