design

  • Macabre Art made with Human Bones

    Human skeletons have been used as architectural decoration for centuries. Human bone art has been used to scare enemies or to commemorate the dead, as in the case of The Bone Church. Artist Francois R...
    Nov 08, 2011 No Comments

  • Leaf Carvings Leave Little to be Desired

    Leaf carving is the art of carefully shaving away the top layers of a leaf to create a pattern or image. The veins of the leaf are left intact to strengthen the art work and to showcase the natural pa...
    Nov 06, 2011 No Comments

  • 6 Surreal Stone Balancing Art Works

    Stone and rock balancing requires large amounts of patience and in some cases, physical strength. This activity can be considered a hobby, an art, or a discipline, depending on what a person expects t...
    Nov 06, 2011 1 Comment

  • The Dark Side of Hello Kitty

    Hello Kitty  (Harō Kiti in Japanese), is a cartoon character designed by the Sanrio company to decorate clothing and accessories. The character is typically portrayed as having white fur and either ...
    Nov 05, 2011 No Comments

  • 10 Tasty Tongue Tattoos

    The earliest recorded tongue tattoo was worn by Queen Kamamalu of Hawaii in the 1820s, as a mark of her grief over her mother-in-law’s death. Tongue tattoos are not common, as many tattoo artist...
    Nov 04, 2011 No Comments

  • Tattoos with a Smile

    In 1963, artist Harvey Ball was asked by an advertising agency to create a happy face that would appear on promotional buttons. The design that he came up with is what we recognize today as the “...
    Nov 03, 2011 1 Comment

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