750 Pairs Of Socks Make A Portrait Of Chinese Film Director Zhang Yimou.
Red Hong Yi Sock Portrait. When Artist/Architect Hong Yi, who goes by the nickname "Red", first moved to Shanghai she was fascinated by how many…
New York People, Places and Things Made With Cut Up MetroCards by Nina Boesch.
As the name suggests, these “Metro Card Collages” are made from cut up pieces of used and expired MetroCards® (MTA cards or New York City subway tickets). (more…)
Little Owl Design’s Altered Perspective – Plates As Canvas
The mixed media collection, Little owl Designs' Altered Perspectives is a mixed media collection that merges classic, traditional and Fauve fine art paintings with various…
Planet Of The Apes Portraits Created With 57,000 Stainless Steel Ball Bearings.
Artist Joe Black doesn’t monkey around when it comes to interesting mosaics. Known for his assemblages crafted from vintage badges, Lego bricks and plastic toy soldiers, he’s used ball bearings to recreate two portraits of Cornelius and one of Zira, the monkeys played by Roddy McDowell and Kim Hunter, respectively, from Escape From Planet Of The Apes the third movie in the original movie franchise. (more…)
Famous Faces and Frames Made With Sticks And Sunglasses.
A couple of months ago photographer Philip Karlberg came up with the idea of pin or stick art, a concept he'd had in mind for…
Doll Limb Art and Altered Barbies. The Wonderfully Weird Work of Deborah Colotti.
Welcome to the Weird Work of Deborah Colotti. A few of my favorite textiles, installations, assemblages and altered Barbies by artist Deborah Colotti of Sebastopol. (more…)
Ready, Aim… Frame. Bullet Casing Portraits of Lennon, Lincoln, Kennedy and Others.
Another artist who has found a way to use ammunition in his work, David S. Palmer, joins the ranks of these talented folks about whom…
Portraits of Black Icons Made With Thousands Of Colorful Thumbtacks.
Andre Woolery's work depicts his journey as an artist and reflects his personal cultural experience as a young black man. His current work, comprised of…
Nick Gentry Puts Obsolete Technology, Floppies, To Good – And Artistic – Use.
Nick Gentry is a British artist from London whose majority of his artistic output has been generated with the use of contributed artifacts and materials.…
Nonpareil Pet Portrait. One Sweet Beagle Made of 221,184 Colored Sprinkles.
What began as a university fine arts project on Pointillism and Georges Seurat by student Joel Brochu, evolved into a remarkable artistic idea. The Nonpareil…
