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Flexible Paper Art, WHAT?

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Li Hongbo Flexible Paper Sculptures

 

Li Hongbo is an artist who lives and works in Beijing. At first glace you see a beautiful porcelain sculpture, when in fact your looking at thousands of layers of soft white paper, carved into busts, skulls, and human forms. Hongbo was fascinated by traditional Chinese toys and festive decorations known as paper gourds made from glued layers of thin paper. The paper can be stored flat but then opened to reveal a the shape. He applied that method of paper structure to much larger human forms resulting in these highly flexible sculptures.

Lisa Frank is my hero

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Lisa Frank you have been a beautiful rainbow of inspiration to me. Since I was a little girl  you made getting, folders, erasers, pencils, STICKERS, notebooks, binders, stationary, etc.. so exciting for me. I always wanted to be an artist & have my own line of work.  I wish I could meet you, spend a day with you in the magical world of Lisa Frank, & see all of your original pieces of art.

Children of the 90’s

Livia Marin

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Livia Marin  is a Chilean born, London based artist

“My artistic practice has been characterized by large-scale installations and the appropriation of mass-produced and consumer objects. I employ techniques and strategies that are characteristic of Sculpture, Installation and Process Art. I employ everyday objects to enquire into the nature of how we relate to material objects in an era dominated by mass-production, standardization and global circulation. My work was initially informed by the immediate social and political context of Chile in the 1990s that amounted to a transition from a profoundly and overtly disciplinary political regime (under seventeen years of dictatorship) to one of an economic, though no less disciplinary, regime with a strongly developed neo-liberal agenda.”  – Livia Marin

Broken Things, 2009
Broken Things, 2009
Broken Things, 2009
Broken Things, 2009
Broken Things, 2009
Nomad Patterns, 2012
Nomad Patterns, 2012
Nomad Patterns, 2012
Nomad Patterns, 2012
Nomad Patterns, 2012
Nomad Patterns, 2012

Walt & Salvador

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Walt Disney & Salvador Dali – Destino

Destino: the Italian, Galician, Spanish, and Portuguese word for “destiny“

Destino is a beautiful animated short film released in 2003 by The Walt Disney Company. Destino originally began its production in 1945, 58 years before its final completion. The project was originally a collaboration between Walt Disney & Spanish Surrealist painter Salvador Dali, featuring music written by Mexican songwriter Armando Dominguez and performed by Dora Luz. Destino was storyboarded by Disney studio artist John Hench and artist Salvador Dalí for eight months in late 1945. The Walt Disney Studios (now: Walt Disney Company), was plagued by many financial woes in the World War II era. Hench compiled a short animation test of about 17 seconds in the hopes of rekindling Disney’s interest in the project, but the production was no longer deemed financially viable and put on indefinite hiatus.

From the January 20, 2008 press release:

Destino began in 1946 as a collaboration between Walt Disney and the famed surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. A first-hand example of Disney’s interest in avant-garde and experimental work in animation, Destino was to be awash with Dalí’s iconic melting clocks, marching ants and floating eyeballs. However, Destino was not completed at that time. In 2003, it was rediscovered by Walt’s nephew, Roy E. Disney, who took on the challenge of bringing the creation of these two great artists to fruition. In addition to the completed Destino, this exciting addition to the Walt Disney Treasures line also includes an all-new feature-length documentary that examines the surprising partnership between Dalí and Disney plus two new featurettes; “The Disney That Almost Was”, an examination of the studio’s unfinished projects; and “Encounters with Walt”, which addresses the surprisingly diverse group of celebrities and artists who were attracted to Walt Disney’s early work.

 

A Rubik’s Mosaic of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

This American Artist Pete Fecteau made a mosaic portrait of Martin Luther King Jr.

Dream_Big 5“Dream Big” is a huge mosaic of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, made ​​of 4,242 Rubik’s Cubes.

Dream_Big 3

Dream_Big 2
Read more: http://www.artlandian.com/art/a-rubiks-mosaic#ixzz2qxMveqJV

http://www.artlandian.com/art/a-rubiks-mosaic

Cool Video App

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I found this on iTunes it’s really fun.

Directr – Simple, Powerful Video Creation for Everyone

By Directr, Inc.

Description

Directr is the easiest way to make great video. Our unique storyboard-driven creation process helps you easily make great video you’ll be excited to share.

As always:

– Record UNLIMITED length and number of scenes, whatever is needed to tell the story
– Trim scenes and caption them right in-line
– Add audio for narration, singing and interviews with the ability to exclude recorded audio
– Easily add, delete and move scenes
– Built-in soundtracks with multiple options of curated music, or import your own music
– Upload right from Camera Roll, use footage from any app
– Directr Roll saves all your footage safely in the cloud so you can use it in future videos

PLUS – Handcrafted storyboards with professional guidance, music, titles and more:

– Our exclusive storyboard “library” for easy browsing by category or search
– Hundreds of Storyboards to choose from
– Storyboard preview – see the pieces of a movie before you start