The annual rice harvest in Niigata Prefecture, Japan can leave quite a lot of leftover straw. To put them into good use, local artists were able to come up with a creative way to transform the leftovers into elaborate giant straw sculptures. Take a look! Twitter/@agedashi0210 Twitter/@amymauscd The “Straw Art Festival” in Kamizeki lagoon park … Read more
In a project that will delight the book lover in all of us, photographer Ellen Cantor artistically expresses how books are the source of her favorite memories. “My current project, entitled Prior Pleasures, is deeply influenced by my love of literature. This series explores memory and preservation of the past while ensuring the creation of … Read more
Cafe Art is a UK-based initiative that has been connecting homeless people with the wider community through art and photography. Since 2012, they’ve hung up artwork in more than 20 cafes across London which has helped the homeless earn a living through art sales. One of the organizations most notable projects happened back in July … Read more
Bosnian artist Jasenko Đorđević aka @TOLDart has been drawn to miniatures ever since he was a child. This fascination grew and has led him to create intricate sculptures from an unconventional material – the graphite tips of pencils. Take a look! Đorđević’s incredibly tiny sculptures depict a variety of subjects including animals, flowers, and … Read more
Perhaps you’ve seen photos of semicolon tattoos in one of your social media feeds. Perhaps you’ve seen or know someone with a semicolon tattoo. And maybe you’ve wondered what they stand for. These drawings and tattoos of semicolons are not to celebrate a punctuation, no; they actually signify something much, much deeper. Just ask Amy … Read more
Artists Alexander Groves and Azusa Murakami of Studio Swine recently sailed 1000 nautical miles from the Azores to the Canaries via the North Atlantic Gyre. But it wasn’t just a leisure trip, the artists had a much meaningful reason for the voyage – and that is to collect discarded plastic. Studio Swine The two brought … Read more