Hole Punch Dots Make Whole Face Portraits by Artist Nikki Douthwaite.

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Artist and huge F1 fan Nikki Douthwaite makes mosaic portraits out of photographs, paper scraps, articles and ephemera, but her Hole Punch Dot portraits really caught my eye. Most of us just toss out those little round pieces of paper punched out from larger pieces without giving them a second thought. What we think of us trash, Nikki has turned into an art medium. (more…)

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New York People, Places and Things Made With Cut Up MetroCards by Nina Boesch.

Nina Boesch's Metrocard Art IIHIH

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…)

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Art to Rave About. Self-Portrait Made Up Of Ecstasy Pills By Artist Scott Blake.

scott blake ecstasy portrait

Scott Blake Ecstasy Portrait, a self-portrait from the Savannah College of Art and Design graduate who specializes in unique forms of digital mosaic and bar code art. A few years back, he created this comprised of Ravers’ favorite drug, MDMA or 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, more commonly known as Ecstasy or simply “e”. (more…)

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