Category Archives: Visual Art

Super Flemish

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What if Superman was born in the sixteenth century?
And what if the Hulk was a Duke?
How might Van Eyck have portrayed Snow White?

Sacha wants to confront these icons of American culture with contemporary painters of the Flemish school. The collection demonstrates the use of 17 century techniques counterpointing light and shadow to illustrate nobility and fragility of the super powerful of all times.

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I am absolutely positive I am not the only person who immediately thought of Marvel 1602…

By Sacha Goldberger for the full awesome set.

One Million Beads and the World’s Largest Wedding Dress

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This completely fabric-free masterpiece was hand-beaded in the United States and Mexico. It took twenty-one women over two years to complete. “Fantasy” was made with beads from United States, Japan, Austria, China, Czech Republic, and over 7 miles of beading wire.

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Still in progress, and at over 38 pounds (17.2 kg) in weight, I hope the woman wearing this has some help carrying her train. Just saying.

By and via Gail Be.

Zombie Holiday Ornaments

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It’s that time of year again. Time to decorate the undead holiday tree with this Zombie Ornament Set.

There’s an undead elf, ready to nip at your nose a bit more than Jack Frost; a reindeer, with a horrible hunger for your flesh; a snowman, covered in the frozen blood of his victims; and Santa, waiting to give you a present, before ripping out your spleen. Each one is coated in blood and gore, which will make your holiday tree more festive.

Via ThinkGeek. And yep, available for purchase there.

Ruled Notebook 3D Illustration

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Brazilian artist João Carvalho may be only 15 years old, but the young artist can completely transform plain paper into ruled notebook sheets with 3D illusions popping out of them.

He starts by drawing blue lines on a blank sheet, but distorts them and adds intense shadows at just the right places, adding depth to his designs and creating the effect of three dimensional shapes that seem to jump off the page.

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Whenever I see this style of illustration I always wish I could turn the pictures so my brain could better process the illusion.

By via Oddity Central.

The Color of the Carrot

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Researchers with the Agricultural Research Service may have found the best way to entice consumers to eat their veggies: Surprise them.

They’re breeding carrots that come in a palette of totally unexpected colors including yellow, dark orange, bright red–even purple.

Ironic, since carrots didn’t start out orange, but were originally purple. As Wikipedia notes: “The plant appears to have been introduced into Europe via Spain by the Moors in the 8th century. and in the 10th century, in such locations in the Middle East, India and Europe, the roots were purple.”

Photo by Stephen Ausmus. Courtesy of USDA / Agricultural Research Service.
Via ScienceDaily.

The Last Menagerie

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the last year of the last known Passenger Pigeon known as Martha.

This marker inspired The Last Menagerie, a line of plates designed to commemorate, educate, and remind ourselves about that which is lost but not forgotten.The commemorative plate is such an odd and beautiful object. As it preserves and frames a fleeting moment or event–it also gives dimensional life to a wall.

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The Last Menagerie is a collection of six commemorative plates each featuring a different extinct animal:

  • The Dodo extinct since 1662
  • Pyrenean Ibex extinct since 2000
  • The Quagga extinct since 1883
  • The Passenger Pigeon extinct since 1914
  • Black African Rhino extinct since 2000
  • The Wooly Mammoth extinct since the Pleistocene epoch

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A healthy reminder, particularly the Black Rhino and Pyrenean Ibex, extinct only within the lifetime of anyone reading this.

Nicole Antebi on her Etsy page.