Check out this beautiful 720-sq metre mural that Syrian artists built recently in Damascus. Using recycled materials, a team of six artists labored for six months to create this Guinness World Record-setting masterpiece in spite of all the strife that their country is experiencing. Wow. "In the difficult conditions that the country is going through, we wanted... Continue Reading →
Andres is not your average San Franciscan artist. His medium is a beach at low tide and a rake! The fact that he spends hours creating these gorgeous patterns that span up to 100,000 sq. feet -- and they're all temporary -- makes every piece all the more special. Visit his website for more stunning... Continue Reading →
Pedro Reyes is darn cool. An artist from Mexico, he transforms weapons into musical instruments. Need I say more? As thisiscolossal.com reported last week: "The team acquired a variety of rifles, pistols, and shotguns seized from drug cartels by the Mexican army and used them to build the musical devices that are controlled by... Continue Reading →
These are samples of Mr. Hal Lasko's art pieces made pixel by pixel via Microsoft Paint. This story blows my mind in more ways than one: 1. Mr. Lasko is 97 years old. Almost 100! 2. At his age, he is using a computer to draw. That's pretty neat. 3. Microsoft Paint. 4. Ridiculously cool... Continue Reading →
The artwork above were made via Excel spreadsheets. Who would've thought this was even possible? Maybe it's just my corporate-life-trained head, but spreadsheet art did not even cross my mind until I read about 73-year old Tatsuo Horiuchi recently. He saw other people build pretty graphs thirteen years ago, realized he can use it... Continue Reading →
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