If you happen to be in Portland on October 12th, you should check out the Put a Bird In It party at Union/Pine. The event will kick off Design Week Portland and will also include an auction to benefit various music and art programs in Portland’s public schools. The beautifully crafted birdhouses pictured below [...]
I happened upon this last night while randomly browsing tumblr and had to share it with you guys. It’s a Penny for your Thought “machine,” a cardboard thingamajing made by illustration students Wai Wai Pang and Rachel McGivern–you put in a penny and get a “thought” in exchange. I found it on
Hey you guys! I wanted to share this awesome project taking place over at my favorite art blog Booooooom.com. It’s called the Made of Imagination project and the idea is to create an instrument using whatever materials you can find, be creative, and build something beautiful/ridiculous/ingenous! You can either submit a photograph of [...]
I discovered Daniel Merriam‘s work years ago one summer vacation in the beautiful, quaint little artsy town of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. I noticed it at one of the downtown art galleries there and never forgot it. Daniel is a contemporary surrealist painter who creates wonderfully imaginative landscapes with a dry brush technique. The amazing [...]
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