Etch A Sketch art doesnt get much better, or more geeky, than this…

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This great little piece of photoshop art is by Reece Ward (did the watermark give it away?). An R2 unit repair manual in the inimitable style of the famous Hayes car repair manuals. (your dad probably had one).

Reece is also responsible for this great t-shirt design in the style of the English Heritage plaques that […]

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These delicious looking knitted creations are part of the “delectable” series of work by artist Ed Bing Lee…

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Huma Mulji, a Pakistani artist, has created a work of art that caused some concerns at a recent art fair in Dubai: a taxidermy camel stuffed into an oversized suitcase. The artwork consisted of a taxidermy camel, metal rods, cotton wool, fabric and a rexine suitcase.

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Top cheese carver (what a great job!) Troy Landwehr was hired by Showtime Networks to convert half a ton of good cheddar cheese into a Statue of Liberty. It took him four days of chopping which is squished into the 2 mins of video shown below.

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I cant think of a better decoration to go next to the LCD…the female reproductive system and ovary cross stitches.

Oh…and a breast just for good measure!

Christa Rowley (Craftster) has been busy stitching these masterpieces. via

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German artist (who is a little obsessed with death) Gregor Schneider has started looking for willing volunteers to die naturally in a gallery to show “the beauty of death”.
He plans on showing the piece at the Haus Lange Museum in Krefeld, Germany but, if they aren’t interested (i cant imagine why, who wouldn’t!) he […]

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Ondrej Brody is a performance “artist” based in Prague. His website is a feast for the eyes it really is. It features such delights as Domestic Pet Carpets…

Curator Ass Licking…
and a naked muscle guy on a pony(!?)
He also has some delightful videos of an anus farting in the middle of the night thanks to a […]

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Theres nothing a creative bod likes more than a bit of fun with the old Pantone guide. Its a design icon in its own right. Mugs, tshirts, you name it and its been pantoned. But stairs?

This is the work of San Fransisco artist Tamotsu Yagi. (A great web site). via

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This extraordinary sculpture work of Susy Oliveira caught my eye initially due to it being so similar to Bert Simons 3d unwrapping paper art that we featured a couple of weeks ago…
Her work is created on card and foamcore and is intended to remind us of our “habit of replacing the natural world with our […]

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