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]]>Bauhaus remains influential in modern times, with its principles still being used in architecture, product design, and art. It also serves as an inspiration for artists, who are applying Bauhaus to their works in an unexpected way.
One of them is Australian artist Elisha, aka Bauhaus Your Haus. She creates artworks in which, as she puts it, “Bauhaus design meets pop culture.” These artworks use recognizable elements of Bauhaus design, including clean lines, bold colors, and simple geometric shapes.
Elisha’s art features depictions of celebrities, superheroes, and characters from movies, TV shows, and video games. The list includes retired sprinter Usain Bolt, Lieutenant Commander Data from Star Trek: Next Generation, the version of superhero Wolverine from the X-Men ’97 animated series, Heath Ledgers’ version of the villain Joker, Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch aka Cap’n Crunch, and many more.
Elisha shares her newest creations on social media and offers them as posters on her Etsy shop. You can check them out by scrolling below.
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]]>In her own words, Burgess creates “handmade ceramic silliness.” Her ceramic figurines and vessels are everything but ordinary. They usually feature animals with expressive faces, unexpected gestures, and disproportional body parts. Each looks like it has its own personality, and they are absolutely charming.
According to Burgess, she has an “obsession for animals, usually the weirder and more obscure.” This made them a natural subject when she started doing ceramics as a hobby in 2010.
Despite being a self-taught artist, she quickly mastered the practice and found her unique style. Eventually, her creations found an audience, and she decided to start a business called “nosey mungo” to give people the opportunity to own them.
Nowadays, every new collection Burgess creates is quickly sold out, but fans of her work don’t need to worry about missing out on her pieces.
“Being forever curious about nature will always give me new creative inspiration,” Burgess shares on her website.
Check out more of Burgess’ handmade ceramic silliness below.
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]]>Gore spent years working as a mental health therapist, career coach, and university instructor before discovering his passion for art. He was in his late 30s when he stumbled upon a social media challenge to share a 1”x1” sketch every day for a month, and he decided to keep going even after the challenge was over.
“Often drawing inside only an inch or two, I’m inspired by the challenge to create more while consuming less. My miniature art demonstrates how constraints can enhance creativity while encouraging a more sustainable experience for the earth, the artist, and art lovers alike,” he told Strathmore Artist Papers.
Gore embraced the beauty of lifelong learning, honing his skills at the breakfast table, crafting his tiny drawings with nothing but 0.15mm pen nib and tiny canvases. Gore’s versatility is as impressive as his attention to detail, and we’ve seen him celebrate the beauty of nature through his body of work, while also putting a miniature twist on some of his favorite paintings.
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]]>For several years now, Shrimali and Bird have been amazing social media users and art enthusiasts with their well-crafted miniature paper artworks. Their works are mostly inspired by birds and animals, with artists striving to redefine paper as a material and use it to educate people about our planet’s biodiversity through art.
The new series, “Parrot Project,” features paper miniatures of 40 different species of parrots. Each miniature is meticulously cut by hand and painted, resulting in a realistic depiction of these fascinating birds.
According to Shrimali and Bird, the goal of the “Parrot Project” was both to show their beauty and help people realize how important they are.
“We want our audience to not just appreciate the beauty of this wonderful species but also understand its importance in nature,” the duo stated.
Shrimali and Bird made these parrot miniatures available for sale on The Paper Ark website while adding a good cause component. They will donate 10% of each sale to organizations that focus on parrot conservation.
Check out more of the works from “Parrot Project” below.
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]]>Black cats are actually always the main stars of Stockard’s artwork. The Australian artist finds ways to incorporate them into every painting she does. Sometimes they are prominently featured, mostly in her original works, while other times they lurk in the backgrounds, waiting for the viewer to discover their hiding spot.
In her paintings, Stockard often features her own cats as well as black cats that she came to meet over the years. But arguably the most popular black cat featured in her works, a crown-wearing feline named Kevin, doesn’t actually exist.
In one interview, Stockard shared that Kevin was created when she mistook a sock in her studio for a kitten. She decided to bring that kitten to life through her paintings and give it a crown so people could spot it more easily.
“I paint cats. I understand cats. As much as anyone can understand cats, “Stockard shares in her profile at Birdcage Collective art gallery.
Continue scrolling to check out more of Stockard’s paintings below.
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]]>Restoration experts from Fourth Cone Restoration were recently tasked with restoring one of the original Star Wars movie posters to its former glory. The poster itself wasn’t in particularly rough shape, although it featured various wrinkles and crests from being stored folded.
Fourth Cone Restoration decided to capture the process of restoring the poster on camera and shared it as a video on YouTube. The video showcases the techniques and artistry of the restoration process, and it is mesmerizing to watch how the imperfections are fixed.
The process includes giving the poster an unexpected bath, straightening it out, adding linen backing, and retouching the artwork using colored pencils and watercolors. The results are amazing, and the poster looks like it was just printed.
Check out Fourth Cone Restoration’s video of Star Wars movie poster restoration below.
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]]>Smithson created the “Spiral Jetty” in 1970 on shore of the Great Salt Lake in Rozel Point, Utah. Consisting of mud, precipitated salt crystals, and basalt rocks, the earthwork depicts a 1,500-foot-long coil that spirals counterclockwise.
Since its creation, the “Spiral Jetty” became one of the most important land artworks in the world. It explores the relationship of humans with nature and serves as a testament to ever-changing environment. Depending on the water levels of the lake, the piece is sometimes fully or partially visible while other times, it is completely submerged in the water.
The hope is that its entry into the National Register of Historic Places will aid efforts for its preservation while also underlying its cultural importance.
“We are delighted that Spiral Jetty has received this important recognition, which will help us spread awareness of the iconic artwork and advocate for its long-term preservation. In the 54 years that Spiral Jetty has existed, it has been both submerged by the Great Salt Lake and stood far from the lakefront, bearing witness to the changing landscape around it,” Jessica Morgan, Dia’s Nathalie de Gunzburg Director, said in a statement.
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]]>Recently, The Pokémon Company decided to take an unexpected route and team up with chef Natsuko Shoji, the owner of Tokyo’s famous été. Shoji was tasked with making a new artwork for Evee card, becoming the first chef in the world to do so.
Shoji’s illustration was inspired by a tart desert she created, which consists of hexagon-shaped fruit fitted together for an aesthetically pleasing experience. In her illustration, Evee appears as Stellar Tera-type Pokémon against a backdrop of the tart desert.
“This is the first moment in the history of Pokémon that a chef has created art for Pokémon cards,” Shoji shared about the collaboration. “I believe that Japanese ingredients themselves are world-class art and as beautiful as jewelry. Through this tie-up, I feel that its brilliance has been further enhanced.”
Shoji-designed Evee card will be part of the upcoming Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion titled Scarlet & Violet—Prismatic Evolutions. The expansion will be released worldwide in January 2025.
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]]>There is also a certain level of nostalgia to drawing on fogged windows. It is a habit we usually pick up as children and returning to it always evokes memories and oozes with the feel of escapism.
For German artist Jochen Mühlenbrink, this practice proved to be an inspiration for an intriguing series of oil paintings. Each of these artworks looks like a photograph of a fogged window taken moments after someone finished drawing on it.
Mühlenbrink’s paintings feature simple fogged window drawings like animals, emojis, and various incoherent lines. But what really draws the attention is the world that hides past that window, the world blurred with the fog and only hinted throughout the small cracks offered by the lines of the drawing itself.
“I am amazed by the obviously visible world. But this actually connects me more with the invisible. So steam or fog is just the medium at this time I use to show my fascination for the act of seeing,” Mühlenbrink shared in a recent interview with Overstandard.
You can check out more of these fascinating paintings by scrolling below.
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]]>Mock gives discarded metal a new purpose by turning it into amazing metal sculptures. He welds together hundreds and sometimes thousands of metal pieces, both big and small, to craft animals, guitars, portraits, and more.
Despite working with such demanding material, Mock is able to recreate features of his subjects to the slightest detail. To make it all even more impressive, the Oregon native is a self-taught artist who never had any conventional training in metalwork.
“Giving old, everyday objects a new life as one sculpture is an artistically demanding, yet gratifying, process, “the artist states on his official website. “My work is designed to emphasize resourcefulness and encourage viewer engagement. Audience reactions fuel my creativity and help me bring my visions to life. “
Mock has gained a lot of attention from the art world because of his metal sculptures. His pieces have been exhibited across the world in galleries and public spaces while also being the subject of two books. Check out more of them by scrolling below.
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