After seeing a steer skull in a consignment shop recently, I thought of how cool it would be to use as a canvas for painting on. Skimming through a Google Images search for “painted steerskulls”, I pulled the most engaging of the lot. CHEKIM-OWT! BEWITCHING MEMENTO MORI.
Categories: Art, Graphic Design, Nature, Painting, Reclaimation
Taking a very unique and literal approach to the process of woodblock printing, Bryan Nash Gill presses prints directly from cross cuts of stumps and logs. Capturing the beautiful simplicity of trees and their incredible concentric rings. Gill also has some great other art you can catch on his site.
Categories: Art, Graphic Design, Nature, Reclaimation
Binh Danh is an artist based out of San Jose, CA who creates art based upon his ancestral home of Vietnam and the madness of the nearly two decade war that occurred there. After graduating from Stanford in 04, Binh Danh has explored the photographic process and utilized photosynthesizing leaves as a ‘photo-paper’ on which he places negatives to produce a ‘leaf print’. Real stroke of brilliance here. INNOVATION THROUGH VEGETATION
Categories: Art, Nature, Photography, Photojournalism, Reclaimation, Schumacher
The work of Matthew Cox is an excellent example of how art evolves through the blending of totally offbeat combinations of materials. Somehow hatching the idea to embroider x-rays to create thought provoking pieces, Cox has truly broken through into uncharted artistic territory. FREAKY FUSION
Categories: Art, Photography, Reclaimation
Killer visual remix of the somewhat odd representation of heat waves on the hand dryers in public restrooms. Here is a relevant story from my youth, and basis of my continued phobia pf said dryers: Reading my first snowboard magazine at the age of 12, I remember there was a section about pulling pranks on people. One of the public health hazards (aka ‘pranks’) was to take a used toilet tissue with humanure on it and rub it on the […]
Categories: Audio, Quote, Reclaimation, Stellar Jams
The Capacity of Influence and the phenomena of trending and viral-ness is certainly epitomized by the song “Gangnam Style” by Psy (who made a making a very awesome and humble appearance on Ellen [“Dress Classy, Dance Cheesy” awesome quote!][no I don’t watch much Ellen]). This song is also an amazing testament to the human ability to create through re-hash. OPA !!!!
Categories: Audio, Modern Events, Reclaimation, Stellar Jams, Travel
Pulling ‘readymades’ from thrift stores and other reclamation sites such as garage sales, Chad Wys remixes cheesy classics from the flea market archives. Certainly falling in line with Duchamp, Banksy, and modern day Memes, Wys’s work is mischievously charming and unexpected. IS NOTHING SACRED ANYMORE?
Categories: Art, Painting, Reclaimation
When researching and learning about Owen Mortensen, two new artists who served as influences came into scope and have subsequently been looked into. One of those artists who intrigued the eco-art mind of Mortensen, was Chris Drury. Originally from Sri Lanka, Drury has been a pioneer in the Ecological Art field. There will be plenty more postings to showcase his work in the future- but for now enjoy this piece he was commissioned to create at the University of Wyoming. […]
Categories: Art, Modern Events, Nature, Reclaimation, Schumacher, Sculpture
Suspended in time and space, Paul Veroude’s perfectly exploded F1 race car is a testament to the beauty of engineering and manufacturing. Meticulously stringing up all 3,200 individual parts which are the end result of “90,000 man hours of design time, and over 200,000 man hours of manufacturing”; the installation is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Taking into account that this vehicle involved over $50 million of investment over its career, seeing it displayed in its bare components is simply mind-blowing. […]
Categories: Art, Reclaimation, Sculpture, Travel
“We send our children into the world with the notion that a house must have a pitched roof, a square window and a chimney. How can they ever imagine they can build something beautiful out of dirt?” – Nader Khalili “Earth turns to gold in the hands of the wise” – Rumi Heavily inspired by (and translator of) the words of Rumi, Nader Khalili lived his life as a scholar & a mystic. Khalili will go down as one of […]
Categories: Architecture, Art, Modern Events, Personal Work, Photography, Photojournalism, Quote, Reclaimation, Schumacher, Sculpture, Travel
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