Art & Photography

Artist Robert The started making book pieces in 1991; by 2011, he now has an amazing catalog of unique art that is the perfect fit for a man cave. Why settle for wimpy coffee table books when you can have awesome, re-constructable book art that looks like stuff that can kill you? As a guy, you should know that after reading a book and instantly absorbing all useful knowledge, you should do something manly with it, like clubbing a panther to death or propping up the Ferrari you’re working on. Check out a selection of The’s amazing works, or browse his site BookDust, for other less deadly pieces ; click through the jump for more manly adaptations to the simple hardcover novel.

Who didn’t want to be an astronaut when they were a kid? We dreamed of aliens in bubble helmets and laser guns in rockets, but as we get older we see the strange dichotomy of heightened public and professional interest and waning monetary support for space exploration. Regardless, most of us will never get up there, and what we see is filtered down to us with less chest bursters and moon civilizations, but infinitely more wonder and beauty than we could have ever imagined. This video, carefully crafted by Michael Konig, is a stunning skim over the incredible views we never imagined as children.

When I was a child, my parents would often take me to the beach during the summer months. Aside from all the trash and rounded glass that washed up on the beach, I remember the simple driftwood sculptures that the local hippies would put together near the edge of the ocean. Heather Jansch has taken the notion of recycled art to a whole new level with her incredible collection of driftwood horse sculptures.

One of my co-workers had a real thing for horses back in the day, especially of the black stallion variety. Since then, the sight of a horse has always reminded me of him. I’m excited that Heather was able to render these majestic animals in

Willard Wigan is an amazing sculptor, but at first glance some of his pieces may look a little bit unrefined. A little wiggly, a little disproportionate, with a whimsical style that will probably bring a smile to your face; and look at that nice detail of the metal frame around each one! If I told you you’re looking at the eye of a common sewing needle, would you believe it right away? Wigan is a Micro Sculptor: all of his pieces are created and viewed through a microscope, and he’s made a name for himself capturing miniature worlds in the eye of a needle or on the head of a pin. How is this even a thing?!

I think I’m stating the obvious when I say that computers have allowed us to create and experience some pretty amazing things, and artwork is no exception. Though human expression through drawing and painting has existed in some form or another since the dawn of time, computers have allowed artists like Andrew Wee to create like never before.

Andrew describes these faces as either being formed, or fragmenting – the process of creation, or destruction. I haven’t decided what I agree with more, but I have drawn one conclusion of my own; these faces remind me of

National Geographic recently chose the winners of its 24^th Annual ‘National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest’. The process involved sorting through 12,385 entries which were submitted by over 6,600 hopeful photographers from 152 countries. By the end of it all, there could only be 11 photographs which made the cut.

There were a number of categories for this contest which included Outdoor Scenes, Travel Portraits, Spontaneous Moments, and Sense of Place. Below, you’ll find the 11 winning photographs as well as a number of other entries. One thing that I really enjoy about photography is that every photograph has an interesting story behind it and what you see is not always as it seems.

This morning I woke up all warm in my bed, to the sound of tiny snowflakes drifting down from the sky. The winter season is really and truly here, and for those of you that have ever had to experience snow before, perhaps you agree that it sucks pretty hard. To snow I say, bah! Inventing a giant snow melting device is on my short list, but for the time being…

There is one way to view snow and have it look absolutely beautiful, and that’s through photographs. You don’t have to walk in it, you don’t have to clean it up, and you don’t have to freeze your ass in it as you wade to whatever