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    Have We All Gone Mad? Museum Paintings Taking Selfies

    Museum of Selfies is a fun art project started by Olivia Muus that shows people in portrait paintings about to take a selfie. Muus explains: “This is a project that started when my friend aka. right hand and I went to the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen. I took a picture for fun and liked...
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    Rare Monkey Orchids to Celebrate the Year of the Monkey

    To celebrate the Year of the Monkey, which officially commences on February 8th, 2016, the Aquamarine Fukushima in Japan has opened a spectacular exhibit featuring the extremely rare Monkey Orchid. “Can a flower look like a monkey?” we hear you ask.  Look at the photos below and we think you will conclude they definitely can!
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    Amazing Steampunk Sculptures Made from Old Watch Parts

    Susan Beatrice is an artist and sculptor based out of Glassboro, New Jersey, USA. She started All Natural Arts as a celebration of nature in the form of jewelry and other whimsical items. The designs are created with the environment in mind. Recycled, upcycled and repurposed objects are combined with natural elements into unique, Earth-friendly items. In the...
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    Keep Fighting Little Butterfly

    The blue and purple palette are the colors of suicide awareness. The butterfly represents hope. The semi colons are a symbol of suicide; meaning that you may think your life has stopped at the moment and their is no other option. You can get through it. Of course the motivational words at the bottom Keep Fighting....
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    Brilliant New Words We Should Add To A Dictionary

    When languages evolve, it’s important that scholars and dictionaries keep up. The internet has spawned a new crop of words for stuff, and while you may not like all of them, some of them are really clever combos that seem like they might actually be useful! Many of these words come from urbandictionary.com, which is basically...
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    Light Hearted Paintings by an Unknown Denmark Artist Called S.E.M

    Following on from Banky’s recent “New York Residency” during October (read HERE), one would be forgiven for thinking that “to make it” in the art world, you need to have a huge support team with tens of thousands of dollars to splash around to get yourself noticed. It’s been a breath of fresh air, therefore,...
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    A Mother Documents the Unusual Objects Found in Her Baby Son’s Mouth

    As anyone who’s ever watched over a toddler for more than ten minutes knows, babies will pick up just about anything and put it in their mouths. British conceptual artist and full-time mother Lenka Clayton explores this adorable yet exasperating behavior in 63 Objects Taken From My Son’s Mouth, a project documenting all the miscellaneous objects...
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    Geometric Sand Castles by Calvin Seibert

    Is it freezing cold or boiling hot where you are at the moment?  Never mind, as artist Calvin Seibert is about to heat you up with his incredible sand sculptures! This very talented artist has mastered the sand-sculpting game, both in construction and conception. The incredibly complex, geometric structures he creates often resemble miniaturized estates, featuring steep...
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    Powerful Photos of New Zealand’s infamous Mighty Mongrel Mob

    New Zealand, the land of the long white cloud and some of the most picturesque land you’re ever likely to see, also has an unknown dark side that photographer Jono Rotman explores in his powerful series of mob portraits. He managed to get members of New Zealand’s infamous Mighty Mongrel Mob, the largest in the nation, to...
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    This Ingenious Rocking Chair Knits a Beanie Just By Rocking In It!

    In 2012, ECAL students Damien Ludi and Colin Peillex created the “Rocking-Knit“, an ingenious rocking chair that uses its own kinetic motion to effortlessly knit a hat. According to the inventors: “Rocking-Knit is a new interpretation of the rocking chair. It offers its user productive moments of relaxation. The to-and-fro movement of this armchair knits...