Illustrated skeletal system with stitched cardiovascular system and hand-felted muscle mass on handmade abaca paper by Dan Beckemeyer.
Phonebook carvings by Cuban artist Alex Queral. Finally, somebody put phonebooks to good use.
Taking an ordinary phone book, Alex Queral carves a face into this object of so many faceless names. With the book, a very sharp X-ACTO® knife, a little pot of acrylic medium to set detail areas and a great deal of talent, Queral literally peels away the pages like the skin of an onion to reveal the portrait within.
Dennis Maitland figured out how to take #fromwhereistand to the next level…that level being the top floor of buildings all over Detroit.
“Oritsunagumono” (things folded and connected) is a series of origami creations by Takayuki Hori. The artist prints skeletons of endangered animals on translucent paper, and then folds each sheet.
Min Jeong Seo, Tattoo, 2006
(Porcelain molded from the arms of professional ballet dancers and painted with Japanese Yakuza-style tattoo patterns)
