Beau Coffron is a dad from SanFrancisco who sends his daughter to the school everyday with exquisite lunch designs that would make any child cry with envy. Even the cafeteria lady has to snap a quick shot when seeing these works of culinary genius come through the lunch doors. Must be nice to have your pick of the liter when it comes to trading for that capri-sun or pizza.
Tag Archives: unusual art
Imperfect Sculptures by Bruno Catalano
Here are some more unusual art sculptures for you to enjoy.
Imperfect Sculptures by Bruno Catalano
January 5, 2014 · by SunScreen
Bruno Catalano was born in 1960 in southern France. This current series is called “Les Voyageurs” and was displayed in Marseilles as the city was the European Capital of Culture in 2013. His aim is to capture audience’s attention and with this series he surely did. By creating sculptures with missing parts the spectator is momentarily puzzled but when she or he understands the whole concept relaxes and enjoys the scene. Remarkable sculptures. Enjoy the rest of the series.
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Car Dashboards as Artforms
This is a collection of car dashboards. Which one would you pick? Of course, some come attached to pretty awesome cars as well. I have also included a couple that I own or have owned… Enjoy!
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- My current dashboard on my S2000
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- A former dashboard of mine on a Fiat Spyder
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- Another former dashboard of mine from my Mercedes 450sl
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- Purple
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- I like this one
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- Looks like it would leave a mark in an accident
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- Strange
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- Very cool
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- A former dash of mine as well, off a 1960s Ford Galaxie, gun metal blue. Used to love to peg that speedometer
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- Crazy
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- Too much glow for me
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- Drove one of these, but it was a friends. Shifter was a bit sticky
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- Classy
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- Not sure what to do with that one…
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- Pretty…
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- Inside horn ring, loved those
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- Nice
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- Dream Car
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- Not sure whether to drive it or play Call of Duty
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- Engage Warp Factor Six!
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- 1950 Ferrari
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- 1937
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- 1912
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- 1958 Vette
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- Farm chic
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One man, 100,000 toothpicks, and 35 years
One man, 100,000 toothpicks, and 35 years: An incredible kinetic sculpture of San Francisco
Thirty five years ago I had yet to be born, but artist Scott Weaver had already begun work on this insanely complex kinetic sculpture, Rolling through the Bay, that he continues to modify and expand even today. The elaborate sculpture is comprised of multiple “tours” that move pingpong balls through neighborhoods, historical locations, and iconic symbols of San Francisco, all recreated with a little glue, some toothpicks, and an incredible amount of ingenuity. He admits in the video that there are several toothpick sculptures even larger than his, but none has the unique kinetic components he’s constructed. Via his website Weaver estimates he’s spent over 3,000 hours on the project, and the toothpicks have been sourced from around the world:
I have used different brands of toothpicks depending on what I am building. I also have many friends and family members that collect toothpicks in their travels for me. For example, some of the trees in Golden Gate Park are made from toothpicks from Kenya, Morocco, Spain, West Germany and Italy. The heart inside the Palace of Fine Arts is made out of toothpicks people threw at our wedding.
See the sculpture for yourself at the Tinkering Studio through the end of June. Photos courtesy of their Flickr gallery.
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Art Using Coins
Interlocked Coins Form Complex Geometric Sculptures
Source: My Modern Art via StumbleUpon
When artist Robert Wechsler comes across a large number of coins, he doesn’t just trade them in for dollar bills like everybody else. Instead, he sees an opportunity for art. Using quarters, dimes, and pennies, Wechsler recently developed this series of complex geometric forms, simply called Money, as a commission for The New Yorker‘s October 14, 2013 money-themed issue.
Whether electronic or material, we all use currency on a daily basis. Through his work, Wechsler invites us to look at the highly valued metal and paper forms with a different perspective. From fresh, shiny, and new, to aged and completely worn, Wechsler uses not just US currency, but also coins from places including Canada, Belize, and Hong Kong. He carefully cuts notches into each coin and manually joins them together to create the fascinating variety of shapes and patterns.
In all of his art, the artist reworks objects and shapes into creative shapes and structures, and he says, “My work seeks to awaken undiscovered virtue in everyday objects and spaces by challenging commonplace associations through careful intervention.”
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The Mysterious Cones of the Egyptian Desert
Source: I09 via StumbleUpon
The Mysterious Cones of the Egyptian Desert
These strange cones and holes look like a bizarre wind formation in the Egyptian desert, until you see the pattern they make from the air.
Created by Greek artist Danae Stratou and the DAST art team in the mid-1990s, this earthwork art is called “Desert Breath.” It covers 100,000 square meters in the Egyptian desert near the Red Sea, and took several years to create. At its center was a fairly deep pool of water, and the whole project was designed to slowly erode over time. Which is exactly what’s happened
This is a view of the project via a satellite photo taken shortly after it was created.
And this is what it looks like today. It is eroding beautifully.
For more information, and more photos, check out Stratou’s gallery.
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Art Made Out of Colored Pencils – Not With Them
As you know, I look for unusual and/or bizarre things that I like in the world of art. My favorites are using different materials – such as street art, the finger art, dots, nails, etc. In this case I came across the work of Jennifer Maestre who used colored pencils not too color, but as the materials for some sculpting. See if you like them as well. – MB
Art Made Out of Colored Pencils – Not With Them
From a very first look at these wonderfully detailed colored pencil sculptures by Jennifer Maestre, it should come as no surprise that her artwork was initially inspired by spiny sea urchins – beautiful be dangerous to the touch. For each sculpture, Jennifer hacks apart hundreds of colored pencils, cores them perpendicular to their length and turns them into beads, essentially, which she then meticulously stitches back together and slowly shapes into solid sculptures. Though her beginnings were with creatures of the water, Jennifer quickly expanded her subject matter to cover other organic objects – from plants and flowers to house pets and more abstract animals.
While some of her work has a planned form from the very beginning, other pieces morph and shift as they take shape into something completely unplanned but nonetheless compelling. While her work continues to evolve, this incredible artist has had dozens of exhibitions over the past decade and has also won numerous awards, pushing herself in new directions while exploring the limits of her unique approach.
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Amazing People Art
These are photos of art by Johannes Stoetter. You can see more of his work and information here:
http://www.johannesstoetterart.com/
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Latte Artwork
This is all artwork made in latte drinks.
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Flags Made from Country’s Food
You will need to click the flags to see the complete picture.
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- BRAZIL – Bana leaf, limes, pineapple, passion fruit2
- AUSTRALIA – Meat pie, sauce
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- CHINA – Pittaya/dragon fruit and star fruit
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- FRANCE – Blue cheese, brie, grapes
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- GREECE – Kalamata olives and feta cheese
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- INDIA – Curries, rice, pappadum wafer
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- INDONESIA – Spicy curries and rice (Sambal)
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- ITALY – Basil, pasta, tomoatoes
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- JAPAN – Tuna and rice
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- LEBANON – Lavash, fattoush, herb spring
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- SOUTH KOREA – Kimbap and sauces
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- SPAIN – Chorizo and rice
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- VIETNAM – Rambutan, lychee, starfuit
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- SWITZERLAND – Charcuteries and emmental
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- THAILAND – Sweet chilli sauce, shredded coconut, blue swimmer crab
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- TURKEY – Turkish Delight (Lokum)
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- UNITED KINGDOM – Scone, cream, jams
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- UNITED STATES – Hot dogs, ketchup and mustard
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