Pedro Pires Sculpts Large-Scale Skull Using 140 Life Vests And Rubber From A Refugee Dinghy
Pedro Pires’ 14.000 newtons is a large-scale skull sculpture made of 140 life vests and rubber from a refugee dinghy found in the Greek island of Lesvos in 2016. The project derives from the line of work that the Angolan/Portuguese artist has been developing about migration since two years ago, when he visited Lesvos, splitting his time between volunteer work with the NGO ERCI (assisting migrants/refugees that arrived by boat), and documental and graphic recording, as well as physical recollection of items. Continue reading »
Artist Knits Dragon Scale Costumes
“Hello! We are scalemail knitters! We have traditionally knitting since 2004 and started knitting scalemail in December 2015. Currently, we focus on knitting scalemail using our very own developed stitching pattern. We were first inspired by CraftyMutt’s tutorials for how to weave in scales but then ventured off on our own to make our own style of stitch and products.” Continue reading »
Expressive, Large-Scale Pencil Drawings That Are Amazingly Photo-Realistic
Arinze Stanley’s art defies what should be possible with pencil and paper. In his series of hyperrealistic drawings, he breathes life on to the page, using the shadow and depth to make it seem like they are alive and three-dimensional. Sticking to only pencils and an incredible amount of patience and skill, Arinze drawings often take around 100 hours to complete. Continue reading »
Dragon Scale Crochet Gloves For When The Winter Comes
With lots of beautiful colors, crochet dragon scales, and a beautiful crocodile stitch pattern, the fingerless gloves look absolutely stunning. And not only will they make you look like a dragon, but keep you warm too! Well, except your fingers. They’re 100% hand crochet and made with wool, acrylic, and mohair. Are they awesome, or what?! Continue reading »
Large Scale Surreal Architectural Collages By Anastasia Savinova
Anastasia Savinova is a russian-born visual artist currently living and working in Sweden whose background in architectural studies has led her to create these intriguing large scale collages. Continue reading »
Artist Uses Cardboard to Create Full-Scale Replica of Her Grandfather’s 1979 Lincoln Continental
Artist Shannon Goff constructed her Miles to Empty exhibition so that she could pay homage to a quintessential American car that also serves as a personal memory of her grandfather. Using cardboard as her medium, Goff recreated the special edition 1979 Lincoln Continental, which features an impressively detailed interior. Continue reading »
‘The Hobbit’ Cast with their Scale and Stunt Doubles
Used when you only see the dwarves from behind next to a taller person, for example Gandalf and the Laketowners. The scale doubles had to audition like the actors, and they all went to dwarf boot camp together. Continue reading »
