Uninstalling dictators

I found the idea hilarious to start with - and then I read the last line and milk went out my nose. First seen here.

Model Airplane News September 1956

Another lovely cover of days gone by for model aircraft enthousiasts - like myself when I was a teenager. Pure nostalgia, but not artistic enough for the under cover series in Art for Art's sake. First seen here.

Eggshell sculptures

New Zealand's Gary LeMaster has mastered the difficult crafts to turn eggshells into beautiful works of art. Just falling short of Art for Art's Sake quality, but amazing craftsmanship and pleasing results. First seen here.

Slide shoes

Original shoe design usually falls into either the mixed nuts or the special designs category. I like this off-beat creation by Kobi Levy from Tel Aviv sufficiently to avoid the nuts stigma. Whether they would really be fit for wearing is another matter though. First seen here.

Milk shake

Fifteen-year-old Regina jumps her cow Luna in Traunstein, Germany. The Bavarian girl loves hunter-jumper show riding, but couldn't afford a horse. First seen here.

Will it go round in circles?

Getting very close to Art for Art's sake terrain... Belgian artist Ben Heine created a new technique he calls Digital Circlism, by which he creates portraits of celebrities from thousands of colored circles. Like pointillism, I think this technique has the potential to become popular with more artists. First seen here.

Like father like son

Another example of those "priceless taken-just-at-the-right-time" shots - posed or by coincidence, who knows. First seen here.

Marilyn

Another one of those imaginative and funny bent wire constructions by Terry Border - this one of course simulating one of Marilyn Monroe's most famous scenes. First seen here.

His eerie text was mine

Once more a contribution courtecy of a Jenny Downing buzz. Brilliant word play: a complete anagram text was constructed by artist Micah Lexier (text left) and poet Christian Bok (who created the right hand version). First seen here.

Johnny Cool

An interesting, funny and unusual piece of graffiti that I spotted and photographed on a wall in Shanghai. First seen here.

Evil faces

Hilarious close-up of the noses and mouths of, I guess, camels - turning them into evil faces in our mind. First seen some time ago, but recently here.

Model Airplane News May 1939

The vintage aircraft subject has been dormant for quite a while, but this is a good alternative as a new category. Lovely covers of days gone by for model aircraft enthousiasts - like myself when I was a teenager. Pure nostalgia, but not artistic enough for the under cover series in Art for Art's sake. First seen here.

Space - the final frontier

This is such a clever project - and coming very close to fine art as well. In the end I dropped it in Potpourri rather than Art for Art's sake. Christopher Jonassen is responsible for a series of these photographs - which remind us of be pictures of alien planets. Actually though, we are looking at the bottom of worn out frying pans photographed against a black backdrop. Worth looking at the others in the link as well! First seen here.

Bassets

One of a series of fun shots of basset hounds. Worth clicking to see more. First seen here.

Shortcut T-shirt

Another fascinating T-Shirt design - I especially like the backside. Yes, I'd buy it. First seen here.

Bart graffiti

There is something about Simpsons graffiti that really appeals to me. I think the strong yellow colour against a drab wall is a large part of the effect. First seen here.

Back to the future

A fascinating ongoing project by Irina Werning: taking old photographs of people and having the subjects re-enact the situation as close as possible, including props and clothes, in the present. First seen here.

Happy Pi day - now with music

Today is Pi day, because the American notation of the date (3/14) corresponds to the first three numbers of pi. For the occasion, an interesting musical rendition of the number for various instruments. Well worth clicking. First seen here.

High Heels on wheels

On the border line between Mixed Nuts and Special Designs, but in the end, I must admit I kind of like it... David Crow is to blame or praise for this weird motorized creation. First seen here.

Paper planes

A fun article at the acidcow blog, with detailed instructions for folding 12 different paper aeroplanes. Guess what I will be doing on the next rainy Sunday? First seen here.

Cuban surprise

Bon appetit. Really, you can eat this cigar. Cantu and Roche are the artistic chefs who continue to create dishes that look like something else, such as a Cuban pork sandwich that looks like a Cuban cigar. "We take the spices that go into the pork shoulder and fashion that into ash," said Cantu. "We take the sandwich and wrap it up into a collard green" and add an edible cigar band. "We put it in a $1.99 ashtray and charge you about 20 bucks for it." First seen here.

Steampunk insectoid junkbots

Actually... I want one of these. Amazing steampunk style insect sculptures made from spent ammunition. Marvelous craftsmanship and imagination by Tom Hardwidge. First seen here.

Pinocchio

Whoever created this has a very imaginative mind - and can draw as well. Love it. First seen here.

Surreal shoe sculptures

No, this time they are not meant for wearing, but as they try to pass for an artistic expression, they also fall under the mixed nut category. Click the link for more nightmarish shoe visions by Robert Tabor.

First seen here.

Shirt loading

Love the idea - I'd buy one, just for the fun of it. First seen here.

In heat

Another shot that I have had on my hard disk for ages, no idea where I got it from. But I think it is fun. Reminds us once more that there is no big difference between animals and humans.

Baby disposal advice

Great place to put the garbage can... First seen here.

Ivory liquid soap

This 1969 ad really crosses the line of common decency. The boy's mother and his girl friend are showing their perfect hands to illustrate that either could be his date. Ewwwwwwwwwwwww. First seen here.

Do not copy the Simpsons....

Imaginiative and well executed, this piece of Simpsons inspired street art - possibly by Banksy himself. First seen here.

Oil on canvas

Taken from a new blog by the creators of Oddee - pictures depicting expressions in a surprising literal sense. First seen here.