Peter Aurisch Tattoo Artist

WOW – without question some of the most beautiful tattoos I have ever seen. The work of artist Peter Aurisch (via Notcot).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copyrighting the Sun

This is a BRILLIANT project & work of art (not sure if I would pass this as art but it is really cool whatever you decide to call it).

Taken from stock photography sites, Copyrighted Suns / Screengrabs, points to the absurdity in trying to “own” the image of the sun. The work also summarizes the collective narratives we weave around it’s setting – I used the descriptive tags of each of the images for the titles of each “water-marked” sun.

A few titles:
Meditation Under Sunset Zen Concept
Beautiful Young Couple Relaxing Near the Sea at Sunset
Leisure Red Beach Emotions Feelings Water
Travel Bedtime Emotions Feelings
Beautiful Young Woman Running on a Beach at Sunset Real Shot Background is Not Photoshopped In
Dream Holiday

Sang Sik Hong Straw Sculptures

These are STUNNING.

Korean artist Sang Sik Hong works magic with drinking straws. His large-scale sculptures, made up of thousands of straws, focus on human desires, namely: power and sex. He likes the irony in using straws, a weak structure and disposable item by itself, to create the contrasting strength of power and desire.

(via collabcubed via notcot)

Thread Sculptures

Simply incredible thread creations from Toronto based artist Amanda McCavour (via The Trendy Girl).

Naked Body Projection

Another one of those concepts that makes you wonder why you have not thought of it before….

A beautiful series of photographs shot by artist Texan Davis Ayer whose technique involves projecting images onto the naked bodies of women – creating the effect of photo perfect tattoos before photographing them. Would love to explore this technique further… (via The Trendy Girl)

Needless to say this post also reminds me of ‘Graffiti On Girls’ which is a lot more porno and a lot less arty than the work below (kind of SFW link):

 

Eric Yahnker

Surreal & stunning work from Eric Yahnker

Heroin Shroud

They say anything can look beautiful but I am still left massively uncomfortable by this series from Stephen J Shanabrook – does that mean these pieces have served their purpose, I think it does. Strangely I don’t mind his series of morgue chocolates, or even the chocolate suicide bomber, in fact I LOVE them want to sell them at the Edible Autopsy. Worryingly I think that said a lot about me but you can’t deny there is something that draws you to this series of images until you find out what they are!!!

Embroidered Portraits

Daniel Kornrumpf‘s embroidered portraits on linen are astonishing & I adore them – the detail and mimicry of the brush strokes is spot on. Do visit his site as it features many more staggering pieces of embroidery…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(via Dangerous Minds)

Brian Vu

There is something about the work artist and photographer Brian Vu that really appeals to me – maybe the simplicity? Or maybe the way he describes himself had me totally sold? Read / see more at Life Lounge…

An offbeat weirdo from Southern California. A guy who is always thinking visually and obsessed with design in all aspects. Likes sea salt coffee, hanging out with his corgi, and being awake after midnight to catch Nick at Nite.

Drowning in Tea

Beautiful work from Esther Horchner (via WKB)