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