13 things

Shadow Profile Art Project

A fascinating project: FRAGMENTS by Kumi Yamashita.

“FRAGMENTS consists of resin tiles which cast the shadow profiles of 40 New Mexican residents of different backgrounds and ethnicities... It is both testament and celebration of the people whose names may never make it into the history books or history museums, but who definitely make up the rich fabric of life in a pueblo, city, county, and state."

A tighter shot of some of the faces shows the nuance involved.

Remarkable!  Would love to see this in person in the permanent collection of the New Mexico History Museum.

Kudos to Kumi Yamashita for the beautiful executed idea.

(Thanks to Dayna for the tip!)

Long Lost Pal

 Illustration by Jenni Sparks

Or maybe you were thinking of this one.

Thumbs up for the print, music and video versions!

[ via thisisnthappiness ]

Stainless Steel Wire Mesh Portraits

Wow. These wire portraits by Seung Mo Park are phenomenal.

 

Wire mesh is layered together and then slowly cut away bit by bit to form the large scale individual portrait.

Amazing.

[ as seen on BOOOOOOOM ]

Yellow Wonder

Another thing I like about San Francisco: you can walk down the street in this wonderful yellow contraption and it seems like it was meant to be.

Yay color! Yay super crafty folk! Yay balloons in action!

Real Elegance

Quote by Diana Vreeland. Hand lettering by the very talented Lisa Congdon via her blog Today Is Going to Be Awesome. 

(Be sure to take a peek through her inspiring 365 Days of Hand Lettering.)

Your Dryer Can Talk

The mind of Marc Johns is a marvelous thing. 

What You Already Are

by Erik den Breejen

[ via Freight and Volume ]

A Good Egg?

[ via Paloma's Nest ]

Audrey Hepburn | Ever Elegant

Fun! Make sure to click and enlarge for full effect.

 

POPULOUS-AUDREY

by Craig Alan

 More info about Craig Alan here.  (Love the part, "Craig's creative luminance did not wholly shine until his family transferred to New Orleans...")

Well worth meandering over to the great post on Colossal, People as Pixels, which includes a number of fascinating photos of "people as the fundamental building blocks for larger images."

Big scale art involving crowds. How could that not be fun?

Hello Sunshine

Pretty darn cheery if you got it in the mail, yes?

Available from Sparrow Nest Script in a multitude of colors.

Hard to beat the yellow.