Art thread.

[cibo]

simply amazing...

[Kev]

Found this earlier- pretty cool mix of Art Nouveau and Christian iconography:

artist website

Christian Visionary Art by Deacon Lawrence Klimecki - Art

[Patriot Ink Tattoo]

I know this is pretty dorky but still awesome!

Unbelievable Lego Art From Nathan Sawaya | Design Inspiration

[irezumi]

Brian Dettmer

uses knives, tweezers and surgical tools. interview

[irezumi]

Sean Avery

i should've donated all my old cd's to this guy.

[Kev]

Finished this last night:

[Shannon Shirley]

wow.....that stuff is beautiful.

Brian Dettmer

uses knives, tweezers and surgical tools. interview

[cibo]

totally agree...simply amazing!! thx for sharing :)

[Kev]

This weekend's project:

[Hands On]

couldn't help but imagine this as a painstaking backpiece.

3.2 million dots...

[cibo]

one sheet of paper + physics...

16' wingspan Pteranodon...

work in progress...

Robert J. Lang Origami

[cibo]

and now for teeny-tiny...

Willard Wigan - the gallery is amazing

[Gregor]

a grey wise owl by Leandroskalispera, on Flickr

[Gregor]

Some nice recent graff stuff :

Smugone - Glasgows best Australian artist lol

Smugs crew ILW

Asone Epik Estum

Asone Epik Estum by ESTUM, on Flickr

Estum and Epik

[cibo]

a grey wise owl by Leandroskalispera, on Flickr

i esp like the way it's perched on the window :)

[cibo]

wasn't sure where to post this...

93-year-old lens hacked onto a Canon 5D Mark II

the hack

Today's Tomorrow; The 5DMKII VIEW CAMERA

[Gregor]

Love this - mysterious paper sculptures - Mysterious paper sculptures « Central Station

[JAllen]

Love this - mysterious paper sculptures - Mysterious paper sculptures « Central Station

amazingly cool stuff

[smiling.politely]

I just finished this painting yesterday... possibly the best idea i've ever had for a piece (including the 12 foot wood/metal straight razor sculpture i made that actually folds away). sorry for the watermarks, but i'll probably post this in a few places that increase it's likelihood of sharing without sourcing. Kuniyoshi warriors, of course.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/534680_10100488762403191_17026783_47484761_1466466552_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/554828_10100488762148701_17026783_47484759_1139198157_n.jpg

they're a bit large, hence URLs in place of the images.

EDIT: also, planning a 2'x3' woodcut version of this for the future (i dual majored in printmaking and sculpture). mainly did the painting as a color study... carving will probably occur in the summer, printing in the fall.

[JAllen]

(including the 12 foot wood/metal straight razor sculpture i made that actually folds away).

i wanna see pics of this

[smiling.politely]

no problem! i don't have many wide shots of it with a size reference, so i'll include a photo of when i was prepping the mold to cast the blade, along with some in progress photos where it was closed, and a final shot or two. looking back on it now, i hate the drawing i did on the handle, particularly the tiger. but, i guess that comes with the territory...

the handle is birch cabinetry plywood, laminated into a 1 1/2" sheet (from two 3/4" sheets), the blade is cast aluminum (or aluminium, for any non-Americans), and the drawing is acrylic paint pen and colored pencil, coated in Shellac. roughly 60 hours of work on the handle, and 250 hours of work on the blade, starting with the foam carving, through moldmaking, time spent in the foundry casting it (which involved a week long trip two states away to Houston, TX... but i'm only counting the time spent casting), and grinding/sanding.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/185599_842687201101_17026783_44414902_3167353_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/215267_953775763731_17026783_44849450_1223271_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/226859_960129420951_17026783_44943596_6851720_n.jpg

(photo credit: Chase Brazzle)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/222261_959317912221_17026783_44941362_2897224_n.jpg

of course, now it's displayed with all the glory afforded by being wrapped in plastic to protect it, tucked away in a room at my parents' house.

[NickelRad]

That is super interesting how artists/scuptors created "hobo" and skull nickels back in the 1900's. History of the Nickel I had no idea about, but so stoked to learn about! Thanks for the share!!

[Abellve]

Here's some that I've done. I don't get into the studio much but I hope to soon and will explore a new direction. All ideas and no time right now.

Intaglio prints onto rice paper.

I made this for my wife. It's of the antique schooner we sailed on on Maine.

This one seems relevant these days...painted just over four years ago.

[JAllen]

@smiling.politely, awesome man. that needs to be hanging up on a wall somewhere. it'd probably take some serious wall mounts but it'd look cool.

[Kev]

a grey wise owl by Leandroskalispera, on Flickr

That's ROA http://www.fatcap.com/artist/roa.html

This is what I've been working on the last few weekends:

5x9 Jaguar:

Spider skull from yesterday. Limited colors/paint on this one, but fun none the less: