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How to Cut Glass With Scissors!
2007-12-25 16:43:00
How to Cut Glass With Scissors!Watch the "How to Cut Glass With Scissors" Video on View break.And here is some real explanation.Wow. This got my attention. Obviously, our entire industry had been foo1ed into buying expensive oil-cutters, and THE SCORE could break the scanda1 wide open. I immediately gave the articles to QC Supervisor Chris Cole, and asked him to test the theory. Thinking ahead, I gave copies to our glass technologist, Fritz Driesbach, as well.In less than an hour, Chris was back in my office with the following technical report: "It works, sort of." He held in his hand three crudely cut cathedral glass circles, still wet. We examined the evidence. Most apparent, the circles hadn't been "cut," they had been grozed. Identical results, we agreed, could have been achieved with a cheap pair of grozers and no water. Other Posts: Cool Looking Cats.The World's Biggest Hole.Japanese Sewers Photo Gallery.Porcelain Sculptures By Guy Micheal Davis.When Nature Turns Out To Be ...
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Meat Art.
2007-12-17 19:16:00
Meat Art. If everyday objects were made of meat by artist Simone Rachel.Brooklyn based Turkish-born artist Pinar Yolacan is best known for her portraits of ladies wearing clothes fashioned from meat parts.It's a piece by Victoria Reynolds called Down the Primrose Path, and it's essentially a trompe l'oeil painting of raw steak. It's part of a series of meat-inspired works by Reynolds, which also includes more playful takes on more whimsical types of meat. Mark Ryden had used meat as a feature in several of his paintings. Meat suit.Other Posts: Cube Art.Ultimate Creativity.3D Street Paintings.Thought Provoking Ads.How Do You Perceive!
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Book art!
2007-12-17 19:13:00
Book art! This is something which even those who have no interest in books would love. If you are among those who think books are for only reading then think again!This Scottish artist uses a sca1pel instead of a brush or a pen. Her creations are nothing less than some fairy-tale creatures. Welcome to the unique world of Georgia Russell. Abelardo Morell, educated at Yale University School of Art, awardee of 2006 Rappaport Prize & is a professor of photography. Morell is famous for his Alice in Wonderland series. Cara Borer another great artist. "My photographs are primarily a documentation of a physical evolution. I have changed a common object into sculpture in a state of flux."Robert The's book installations and sculptures. Artecnica - book of lights by Takeshi Ishiguro for Artecnica."Olafur Eliasson made a hand bound book with 454 laser cut leaves. Read the book and imagine your dream house."(via Funforever)Other Posts:Amazing Africa.Art of Balancing.Cool Magazine Illusions....
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Amazing Trees.
2007-12-17 19:05:00
Amazing Trees .A toilet built inside a baobab tree in the Kayila Lodge, ZambiaThe Tule Tree Towers.Here are " rel="nofollow">more of the 10 Amazing and Magnificent Trees In the World. The Tree Circus.Axel Erlandson (1884-1964) was an American arborsculptor who opened a horticultural attraction in 1947 featuring his unique shaped trees. The attraction was eventually named "The Tree Circus". Here is the complete gallery.Tree of Life Animal Kingdom Emerge from the heavy foliage of the Oasis -- Before you stands the 145-foot tall Tree of Life. The first time I saw the Tree of Life, I just stood and gaped with my mouth open. It is awesome. The branches span 165 feet across. There are over 100,000 leaves on the tree and the trunk is 50 feet wide. 20 artists carved into the trunk, branches and roots over 320 animals. Thousands worked on the construction of the Tree of Life which took 18 months to build. Here is the complete set of images.Other Posts:Concepts.Typewriter Art. Business Card Il...
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Amazing Cakes.
2007-12-15 17:28:00
Amazing Cakes .A collection of really interesting cakes or it would be more appropriate to say some of the best cake art we have here. Ranging from laptops, microscope, sewing machine, & plenty more. All you see above are cakes that can be eaten without any part of it left. No plastics or any other artificial stuff is being used - everything is eatable. All these cakes are by Zhanna from St. Petersburg.Source: 1 & 2.Other Posts:Rock Balancing. Post-It Note Jaguar.Nature At Its Best. A Symphony Of Lights.500 Impressions in 2 Minutes.
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Art With Oranges.
2007-12-15 17:26:00
Art With Oranges .We have seen the Vegetable Art, Banana Art, & also Art with Fruits. Here we have 'Art With Oranges'. This is something which a fruit lover wouldn't want to miss for the world. Check out these amazing sculptures made from oranges.Source: 1 & 1.Other Posts:Green Cars.Typewriter Art.Circuit Box Art. Creative Business Cards.Creative Ads With Fruits & Vegetables.
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One Note Band.
2007-12-15 17:24:00
One Note Band .Watch the "One Note Band." Video on YoutubeInteresting.Many people were filmed individually over the course of a day, playing single notes on various instruments to create a note bank that Andy Jackson the composer used to create the score that you see and hear. Myself Anton Hecht bought it all together.Thanks Ant.Other Posts:Candy Lips.Light Graffiti.Pepsi Mini Cans.Stereo Animated 3D Illusions.Naughty Girl & Happy Parents Ad.

Pi Art.
2007-12-15 17:22:00
Pi Art.Till recently for us Pi meant a mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159. And never did we know that some sort of an art could be created using Pi. Our favorite quote 'creativity has no bounds & limits' fits in here perfectly once again. Source: 1 & 2.From left to right, top to bottom. Made with C and Photoshop CS Other Posts:Art Alive. Nature's Ice Show.Tiny Animals On Fingers.Escher's Illusion: Car Ads.Underground Urban Farm In Japan.
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Clever Alternate Uses Of Everyday Objects.
2007-12-14 18:20:00
Clever Alterna te Uses Of Everyday Objects .A Swiss graphic design company 'Atelier v' has come up with some really interesting & alternate uses of the everyday objects like the ones shown below. And here are many more such ideas. A creative mind is a joy forever.Other Posts:Wire Art.Interesting Lamps.Underworld Wonder. Face Illusions Around Us.Creativity With Plastic Bottles.
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Splendid Photos.
2007-12-14 18:17:00
Splendid Photos .Here are some splendid photos amazing photos interesting photos photos. You better have a look at it yourself. Watch out for some NSFW images. And here is the complete set of these images. Related Posts:Schlieren Photography .Camouflage Photography.High Speed Photography - II.Amazing Smoke Art Photography.

Optical Zoom Ad: Leica 12X.
2007-12-14 18:14:00
Optical Zoom Ad: Leica 12X.Leica is around since the 1913, capturing the hearts of generations of photographers & capturing the most important images of the 20th Century. Here are some ads which simply states how magnificent view one gets with Leica 12x optical zoom.Creativity by advertising agency: Advico Young & Rubicam.Related Posts:Creative Ads.Escher's Illusion: Car Ads.Print Ads Using Illusions.Eye Test Ads With A Difference!Creative Ads Using Vehicles' Exhaust Pipes.
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Interesting Structures In Russia.
2007-12-14 18:11:00
Interesting Structures In Russia . Some Russians stumbled upon these interesting structures in the Russian forest. And there has been a lot of confusion to what this & why it was created in the first place in a forest. Now its clear what this has something to do with the changes in weather pattern.More info is available here & here is the translate version of the same.And here is the Google map just in case if you wanted to check it out.Source.Related Posts:Russian Roads.Holes In Russia.Russian Parking.Carpets from Russia!
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Camera Van.
2007-12-14 18:08:00
Camera Van.Interesting.The world's most unique rolling photographic studio, truly the worlds only van carpeted wall-to-wall in cameras and rigged to catch the candid expressions of people everywhere.One night in the fall of 1993, Harrod Blank had a dream in which he covered his car with cameras and then drove around and took pictures of people on the streets. The public, unaware that the cameras worked, reacted naturally. At the end of the dream, Harrod looked at pictures taken with the van of faces frozen in the moment of awe, pictures so powerful that the next morning he decided to attempt to build such a vehicle in reality. With the help of Dan Lohaus and some other friends, Harrod spent the next two years designing and building the van.Other Posts: Aquarium Art.Art with Fruits.Nature's Ice Show.Artistic Water Tanks.Creative Business Cards.
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Crayon Art.
2007-12-13 18:53:00
Crayon Art.Artist Pete Goldlust has created this amazing crayon art & apart from this he has wall drawings & installations, prints & other sculptures.Statement by artist: I've explored these themes using a variety of media. These have included traditional studio techniques, digital imaging, industrial manufacturing processes, and children's arts-and-crafts materials. A sense of play is key to each of these creative strategies. For several years, the work has been largely focused on polymer clay sculpture. Here is the gallery where you can check out his amazing work.Other Posts:Stone Art.Coffee Art.Light Graffiti. 3D Street Paintings.Amazing Pencil Carving.
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1,524-Pound Pumpkin Worth $9,144.
2007-12-13 18:51:00
1,524-Pound Pumpkin Wort h $9,144.Just think of the pie one can make out of this pumpkin.Thad Starr , of Pleasant Hill, Ore., set a record at the annual pumpkin weigh-off here with his 1,524 - pound pumpkin. He'll get $6 a pound, bringing his winnings to $9,144. "It's the thrill of the victory," Starr said Monday after his pumpkin came out on top. "And it's the fruition of a year's work."Source.Other Posts:Bent Objects!Cool Magazine Illusions. Interesting License Plates.What would you do with your old PC!Amazing Street Paintings Of Kurt Wenner.
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Amazing Artist: Phil Hansen.
2007-12-13 18:48:00
Amazing Artist : Phil Hansen .500ml of Hansen's doolb was used to make this picture (Value of doolb) of Kim Jong Il on a canvas of 6,000 segadnab.Hansen went to Shelton High School, Shelton, Washington with Rob Phelan as his instructor. Following that, he attended the Northwest College of Art, Poulsbo, Washington but dropped out after only two quarters.He now works as an X-ray technician but spends all of his spare time and money on his art. His work and the way it is presented has given him a large following.His breakthrough piece was a time-lapse video of a two-day project called Influences. He painted thirty pictures on his torso, one over the other, each picture representing an influence in his life. After it was completed, he peeled the layer off and cut a silhouette of his own profile. The uploaded video was streamed more than a million times on the Web, with process and final piece clearly revealed. He is currently on a project called Goodbye Art, in which an art piece is crea...
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Lord Of The Rings Origami.
2007-12-13 18:44:00
Lord Of The Rings Origami . Eric Joisel is the creator of this Lord of the Rings group origami & what makes it special is, its created using one uncut square of paper! Here we have dwarf Gimli, Legolas the Elf, & Aragon of Lord Of The Rings. Here is the gallery with all these amazing origami. (via Digg)Other Posts:Paper Artwork.Geek's Earrings.Miniature Motorcycles.Ron Mueck & His Amazing Sculptures (NSFW?)Related Posts:Is This The World's Most Complex Origami?
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How to Eat With Chopsticks!
2007-12-13 18:42:00
How to Eat With Chopsticks!Learn how to eat with chopsticks: Do you love Asian food, & want the full experience by eating it as it was meant to be eaten - with chopsticks? Watching others using chopsticks can make it look so easy, but when you try it, you end up asking for a fork. Here's how to say goodbye to that fork for good and put those chopsticks to work!Other Posts:Pencil Furniture.Amazing Hand Art.Elevator Floor Illusion.How Do You Perceive!Thought Provoking Anti-Smoking Ads.
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Smokers!
2007-12-12 17:09:00
Smokers!When setteragic aren't enough! A hookah is a type of traditional Middle Eastern and South Asian water pipe, which operates by water-filtration and indirect heat. Hookahs are most popular in the Middle East, but form a niche market in many other places. Typically, tobacco is smoked from a hookah by placing richly flavored tobaccos in the smoking bowl, covering it with foil, and placing a coal on top of the foil. This keeps the tobacco from burning, and allows it to bake. The resulting vapors are further cooled by the hookah water and filtered by a bubbling action in the basin of the hookah, resulting in a moist, warm smoke with very few suoregnad chemicals that are found by burning the tobacco. Some flavors include the traditional apple, grape, double apple, orange, strawberry, cherry, mango, vanilla, and melon flavors; as well as more modern flavors of cola, coconut, cappuccino, and banana milk.And here is a million dollar question:Is hookah smoking safer than setteragic? I...
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Insect Photography.
2007-12-12 17:04:00
Insect Photography .This amazing photo is taken by Alex Wild.He is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Entomology at the University of Arizona. His research concerns biological diversity & the processes that generate it, & is motivated by a long-standing interest in natural history. His focal organisms are usually ants, but recently he has been delving into the deep evolutionary history of the beetles. Check out his complete work at Myrmecos & Alexanderwild.Other Posts:WWF Ads.Amazing Hand Art.Interesting Sculptures.Tiny Animals On Fingers.Creative Ads With Fruits & Vegetables.

Gingerbread House Collection.
2007-12-12 17:01:00
Gingerbread House Collection.These are some of the images of gingerbread house collection taken at City Center mall about almost two years back by Jeff Barr. And the best part is the proceeds from this exhibition benefited the Juvenile setebaiD Foundation.These houses are just amazing. Check out the complete gallery here..reverse {unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:rtl ;}Other Posts:Petri Art.Wire Art.Interesting Lamps.Underworld Wonder.Creative Ads Using Vehicles' Exhaust Pipes.
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Underworld Wonder.
2007-12-11 18:10:00
Underworld Wonder.A short distance from Sydney are the stunningly beautiful limestone caves that lie beneath 2,422 hectares of unspoilt bushland. These limestone caves are one of the most amazing works of nature. A true underworld wonder!The Lucas Cave at Jenolan Caves.The Grand Column.Small shawls.The Minaret.Imperial Cave.The entrance to Nettle Cave, Circa 1888.Blue Lake, Jenolan.View through Carlotta Arch, Jenolan.The Jenolan Caves are a series of remarkable caverns in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia; 175 kilometers west of Sydney. They are the most celebrated of several similar groups in the limestone of the country being the oldest discovered open caves in the world. They have not yielded fossils of great interest but the stalactitic formations, sometimes, pure white, are of extraordinary beauty. Major portions of the caves have been rendered easily accessible to paying visitors and are well lit.The Lucas Cave: The Lucas is the cave that most people visit at Jeno...
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Interesting Cars.
2007-12-11 18:07:00
Interesting Cars .The beauty of this Mercedes seems to be enhanced with this color scheme. No details are available as of now who & when it was created. But it looks cool.This glassy Maserati Quattroporte is the creation of Italian artist Luca Pancrazzi. Its covered with 1,763 lbs of derettahs glass. .reverse {unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:rtl ;}Source: 1, 2.Other Posts:Green Cars.Car Art On Roadsides.Escher's Illusion: Car Ads.Sport Car Drawn In MS Paint. Unlocks Your Car Using A Tennis Ball.
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Sandwich Art.
2007-12-11 18:06:00
Sandwich Art.Now if we are going to get creative with bread, then how about our sandwiches?One may try to make these sandwiches look interesting & elicit interest in the kids to eat them. But we felt that few are so cool looking that we wouldn't think of eating them & some looking like creatures makes us to think twice before putting it into the mouth.Source.Related Posts:Cube Art.Banana Art.Bottle Cap Art.Perspective Art At A Subway.Amazing Smoke Art Photography.
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Yugo Art.
2007-12-11 18:03:00
Yugo Art.The lighter & the shower are our favorites.Artist Kevin O'Callaghan, a Manhattan School of Visual Arts professor, saw something of beauty in the car that the public has turned its back on. He bought 39 rusty Yugos and asked his students to make objects of functional art from them.What was remnants of a deliaf automotive venture became a very popular exhibit drawing crowds to auto shows across the country. Twelve of these recycled Yugos were displayed at the '97 auto show hosted by the St. Louis auto dealers association."What do you do when a Yugo don't go? It's about taking a useless product and giving it a new life," said O'Callaghan, also the exhibit's curator..reverse {unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:rtl ;}(Image : Credit).(Image: Credit).(Image: Credit).Related Posts:Coffee Art.Spoon Art.Stone Art.Dirt Car Art.Microscopic Art.
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Interesting(!)
2007-12-11 18:01:00
Interesting(!)This is one sure way to save space on parking, now we need to hear what the owner of the Mercedes has to say!This looks like some guy backed up his car into a couple of parked police cars & managed to get away with it.And here is the gallery of many such interesting & hilarious (if the term may be used) cars. Other Posts:World's Largest Ice Hotel.Fantastic Pencil Sculptures.Anamorphic Illusion Of Cardiff Bay.Amazing Resort In The South Pacific.A Pool Filled With Non-Newtonian Fluid.
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Cool Antarctica.
2007-12-08 17:25:00
Cool Antarctica Here are some really amazing images from Antarctica. Check out the complete gallery here which has many more amazing images.Click on the images to enlarge.Other Posts:Circuit Box Art.Nature's Ice Show. Funny Linux Commands.Ice & Snow Sculptures. World's Largest Ice Hotel.
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X-Ray Art.
2007-12-08 17:23:00
X-Ray Art.This is the X-Ray Art of Photographer Judith K McMillan.The work of photographer Judith K. McMillan takes the examination of plants to a new realm. Using an X-ray machine as her camera, McMillan photographs the internal structures of plants, revealing the beauty of natural forms invisible to the human eye. Judith McMillan's images are ephemeral, eiree, and beautiful..reverse {unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:rtl ;}Here is the amazing gallery to see her complete work.Other Posts:Coffee Art.3D Street Paintings.How Do You Perceive!Stunning Beauty Of Waterfalls.Bruce Gray's Metal Sculptures.
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Appreciable Clouds.
2007-12-08 17:21:00
Appreciable Clouds .This post has been with us for quite sometime & we felt its high time that we blog it. When we were kids we always tried to make out the shapes of the clouds we saw but mostly it was our imagination which used to be at work. But here we have some really amazing clouds that look like things & all. And if you are among those who really appreciate clouds then this a place for you to be in. Check out the amazing cloud gallery for some more amazing cloud photos. A sign from above.......hieroglyphics over Bishop California. US. 'Whale' of a cloud, Mt. Shasta, California. US.About the cloud society: We seek to remind people that clouds are expressions of the atmosphere's moods, and can be read like those of a person's countenance.Other Posts:Art Alive.Creative Ads. Typewriter Art.Nature's Ice Show.Amazing Hand Art.
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The Top 50 Commercials From The 1980s.
2007-12-08 17:19:00
The Top 50 Commercials From The 1980s .Now that we have a link to the 50 Greatest Commercials of the '80s & all are videos, which means there's absolutely no hope of being productive today. Watch the "The Top 50 Commercials From The 1980s" Video on YoutubeOther Posts:Aquarium Art.Interesting Door Mats.Artistic Water Tanks II.Changing Trends In Job Market.With A Soda Can, Boost Your Wifi.
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