Homeless in Japan

Found in Shinjuku, Japan, these cardboard structures used by the homeless were destroyed by fire in February 1998.

The cardboard house painters were Junichiro Take, who once spent 22 days in jail for performing his art in Shinjuku station, along with Takeo Yoshizaki, Yasuhiro Yamane, Itohisa Takano and others. Though in Japanese, it is worth it to scroll through all of the pages of this gallery as the styles and content of the house paintings vary greatly. Check out the full gallery. LINK

GPS Drawings

With the advent of GPS came the creation of GPS drawings! On land, on water, in the air .... Many can be seen in multiple dimensions! LINK

Customised Fruit :: Sarah King

Sarah King has created this short series of typographic fruit. Cool. LINK

Food Carving :: Jim Victor

Jim Victor works in "any" medium, butter, cheese, chocolate. (He also does wood, plaster, bronze, etc.) But featured here, for the Thanksgiving holiday, are his food sculptures. I love the cow on the motorcycle but all of his pieces show amazing abilities and sense of humor.

Check out all of his work. LINK

Fork Art :: Matthew Bartik

There is no welding, soldering, glue, or strings attached to these art forms. Each and every piece of fork art is constructed from stainless steel forks and is shaped fromt he strength of Matthew's arms and hands and the tool of his trade, pliers. And he's available for children's parties too! Check out examples at his site, updated to buy online! LINK

Scissor Sculptures - Christopher Locke

Christopher Locke made these spiders from scissors confiscated by the TSA at airport security checkpoints. View more pictures at his site. LINK

SkyPlay :: hb19

Not sure of the artist's real name. He has done a whole series of photos that seemingly allow the man on the ground to create the clouds in the sky. See them all at his flicker site. LINK

Portraits :: Travis Louie

These painted portraits seemed like a fitting post for the Halloween season. Check out the entire family at his site. LINK

Kid Creatures :: Drawer Geeks

Inspired by Dave DeVries' Monster Engine, multiple artists share their interpretations of kid's creatures. LINK

The Monster Engine :: Dave DeVries

Dave DeVries takes childrens' drawings of monsters and reinterprets them from and adult artist's point of view. See the childrens' originals side by side with his recreations. LINK

At last check the link wasn't working properly. In case it is still down when you try it, you check out a few examples posted elsewhere. LINK

Animatus :: Hyungkoo Lee

Hyungkoo Lee creates hand-fabricated skeletons of cartoon characters along with detailed anatomical drawings. Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Road Runner and Coyote and more. LINK

Museum of Unusual Specimens

From the online Museum of Unusual Specimens, this "exhibit" can be found in Room 9. These creatures are all imaginary, made from resin and other materials.

Room 1 is devoted to beasts and dragons. Room 3 includes demons. Room 5 is reptilian, etc.

Though in Japanese, the creations are worth struggling through the navigation. Multiple links included here to help the process.

ROOM 1
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
ROOM 4
ROOM 5
ROOM 6
ROOM 7
ROOM 8
ROOM 9
ROOM 10

Street Art :: Banksy

Banksy is the most widely known graffiti artist in the world and has inspired many others with his stencil technique. Many of his pieces make political statements while others are just downright funny. In addition to checking out his own site, I'd recommend seeking out some of the news articles about his work. Some pretty wild stuff.

Although the picture shown is not as recognizable as some of his other work, it is one of my favorites.

And though his own site doesn't show all of his work, other examples can be found elsewhere online. A must click! LINK

Post-It Note Art

After I first tracked down Post-It Note artists, someone else put together a good combination of different projects done by various artists.

Check out this blog. LINK

Sand Sculptures

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Bennett Robot Works

Created by Gordon Bennett, these sculptures are made from a mixture of found objects both old and new. Visit his site to check out all of the robots! LINK

Fly Maker :: Graham Owen

It seems a waste to use a Graham Owen lure for fishing. They are truly works of art! He has a whole gallery of flies and scorpions, spiders and wasps ...
Worth clicking! LINK

Fishing Lures :: Crankbait

Learn more about these artist-painted fishing lures at Crankbait. LINK

Fish Faces :: Unknown

Unfortunately, the identity of the artist is currently unknown. Check out the series. LINK

Sidewalk Drawings :: Julian Beever

Many more examples of Julian Beever's artistic and advertising sidewalk drawings on his site including shots of the views from the "wrong side".

I like the cleverness of those that he works himself into. LINK

Shadow Works :: Tim Nobel and Sue Webster

Tim Nobel and Sue Webster, Real Life is Rubbish, 2002

See a few more shadow sculptures from various artists. LINK

Cut Paper :: Peter Callesen

Receiving an email of the art of Peter Callesen was actually the catalyst for starting the Creativity Email, was the first send, and subsequently, the blog that followed.

I love the rules he imposes upon himself and the results those rules produce. LINK