Mended teddy

Jessica Thistlethwaite made this little guy out of band aids. Hmmm, got me pondering about what other interesting materials are around me everyday I can make art out of! Check out her other cool creations at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblthistle/

Robots, gotta love ‘em

I have really been enjoying the rediscovery of San Jose this summer. One of the places I am really impressed with is the San Jose Museum of Art. They have two great exhibits there right now.
Everyone, kids to seniors will enjoy the Robot, Evolution of a Cultural Icon exhibit that is on until October 19. [...]

New toolbox

Found sea shells from my local beach in HMB, have become my latest material in my artwork. I love the smoothness of the random shapes that have been formed by tumbling in the waves. As I collect them I have been placing these treasures in an old Japanese box. The matte shades of white look [...]

Midas touch transforms recycled toys

 
Here is a novel way to take your kid’s neglected toys and make them into something functional. If you are thinking what I’m thinking, there is a lot of ways you can go with this kind of idea! But if you do not have time to do this yourself because you gotta run off to some meeting [...]

Spectacle art

This is a beautiful piece by Stuart Haygrath.

Spectacle is created from 1020 pairs of prescription spectacles which are linked together to resemble a traditional tiered chandelier. By using prescriptive spectacles which were once an essential tool for seeing an interesting analogous line is drawn between their old and new purposes. A mirror ball light effect [...]