Tag: art

  • Hand Painted Metal AR-15 Type Silhouettes In A Stained Glass Motif

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    From Artist Alexander Mijares “Make Art Not War” series *insert eye roll at series name*: They start off as CNC cut aluminum blanks and Alexander paints what you see on by hand: It’s pretty much a given that I’ll shit on any and every art project someone sends me a link to.  For one, this…

  • AK-47s For Peace

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    *Insert exteme eye roll here* A dramatic trailer for the event: 23 AK-47s (The greatest killing machine in the world) decommissioned and transformed in the name of peace. A look at the actual event: From an art standpoint I think the idea of a lot of them are cool.  I don’t like the “OMG GUNS…

  • Vegetable Weapons From Japan

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    Oh Japan, you so crazy: Japanese photographer Tsuyoshi Ozawa created this photo series called Vegetable Weapon that features women holding guns made mostly out of vegetables. The ingredients are native to the woman’s country and after the photo shoot, the gun is disassembled and Ozawa shares a hot meal with the model using the gun’s…

  • Action Scene Silhouettes Cut Out Of Paper

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    Disregard females, cut black paper action scenes then photograph them: From David Reeves, an artist from Halifax, NS Canada. Looks like a lot of work.  If I had a laser cutter I would have used that to save time rather than an x-acto knife. Hat tip: Geekologie

  • Andy Warhol – Fake Targets. Get Money.

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    Part of an Andy Warhol collection being sold off through Christie’s auction house:   I know what you’re thinking…. VERY impressive!  *eye roll*  Well get this… It’s expected to fetch $1M – $1.5M!  At least it’s big… 80 x 238 in.  Besides that, nothing really exceptional about it, just a synthetic polymer ink silkscreen onto…

  • Self Defense For The Artist / Designer

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    A revolver made out of tools that an artist or old school designer would commonly use: A revolver made out of purely Helvetica Bold characters and symbols: Both designed by Mark Fitz out of Dublin, Ireland with prints available for purchase. Hat tip: Lisa