Cafe Art is a UK-based initiative that has been connecting homeless people with the wider community through art and photography. Since 2012, they’ve hung up artwork in more than 20 cafes across London which has helped the homeless earn a living through art sales. One of the organizations most notable projects happened back in July … Read more
Bosnian artist Jasenko Đorđević aka @TOLDart has been drawn to miniatures ever since he was a child. This fascination grew and has led him to create intricate sculptures from an unconventional material – the graphite tips of pencils. Take a look! Đorđević’s incredibly tiny sculptures depict a variety of subjects including animals, flowers, and … Read more
Perhaps you’ve seen photos of semicolon tattoos in one of your social media feeds. Perhaps you’ve seen or know someone with a semicolon tattoo. And maybe you’ve wondered what they stand for. These drawings and tattoos of semicolons are not to celebrate a punctuation, no; they actually signify something much, much deeper. Just ask Amy … Read more
Artists Alexander Groves and Azusa Murakami of Studio Swine recently sailed 1000 nautical miles from the Azores to the Canaries via the North Atlantic Gyre. But it wasn’t just a leisure trip, the artists had a much meaningful reason for the voyage – and that is to collect discarded plastic. Studio Swine The two brought … Read more
Located in Lithuania, this eye-catching mural is the work of New-York based artist Ray Bartkus. Like most of his captivating works of modern art, Bartkus’ fascinating street art offers an interesting visual twist – it’s upside-down! via freshome The artist’s beautiful mural, featuring swimmers, rowers and swans, in the Lithuanian city of Marijampolė, is designed … Read more
There are literally tons of awesome DIY projects you can do using wood. Remember that nail-through-wood trick we’ve posted a while back? Yeah, that’s a perfect example! And here’s yet another one that is equally mind-blowing. This time, a truly one of a kind wooden lamp created by Instructable’s user mikeasaurus. Check it out. He … Read more