KOZO Lamps: A Plumber’s Dream Lamp

Each part is engraved with the original trademarks and not a pipe is cleaned, rusty or not. Benatan has wired up the plumbing parts, arranging them in lamp designs that are quite sculptural. Thats not all, the lamp can be turned on and off by turning a faucet! The KOZO lamp is available for sale atEtsy, starting at a $199.

October 12, 2010 · 1 min · 60 words · James Warner

Incredible Pumpkin Carvings by Ray Villafane

Villafane works and lives in Northern Michigan with his wife and six children. To see more of his pumpkin sculptures and other work, visit his sitehttp://www.villafanestudios.com/

October 10, 2010 · 1 min · 26 words · Rebecca Lane

New York at Night

Jason Hawkeslikes to photograph the world from above, and he has been doing that since 1991.

October 9, 2010 · 1 min · 16 words · Brandon Delgado

The Modern Ghost City of Ordos

The city of Ordos, in Inner Mongolia, China, was founded on February 26, 2001. Ordos means “palaces” in Mongolian, and it’s richer than Beijing. With 1,548,000 inhabitants, Ordos is not exactly empty. The density of this city is only 17.8 people per square kilometer. The Kangbashi district began as a public-works project in Ordos, a wealthy coal-mining town in Inner Mongolia. A pair of workers tidy up outside the public library....

October 9, 2010 · 1 min · 190 words · Gregg Charles

World’s Longest Line of Bicycles

Returning riders heading south met up with those riding north near the half-way mile marker. Passing riders shouted encouragement to one another as fans cheered along the way. The event was also a fund-raiser by the local Odd Fellows Lodge to raise money for the local schools. According to Davis Wiki, some $26,000 were raised in pledges. Instead they opted for a new category the longest single line of bikes....

October 9, 2010 · 1 min · 88 words · Kimberly Estrada

Amazing Rainy Day Paintings by Gregory Thielker

Gregory Thielkers awe-inspiring oil paintings explores the sensation of seeing through a car windshield while driving through the rain. His paintings are so realistic that you could almost feel the wet and cold weather. The water creates a shifting lens for the way we see the environment- both highlights and obscures our viewing. Perspectives slip and compress, while shapes and colors merge into one another. I also work with relationships between surface and depth, between flatness and illusion....

October 7, 2010 · 1 min · 110 words · Melissa Villanueva

Extremely Detailed Paper Cut-Out Maps by Karen M. O’Leary

Artist Karen M. OLeary creates detailed maps of famous cities by carving them on a single sheet of paper. Her paper cut-out maps sells atEtsyat an astounding $1000+ a piece.

October 6, 2010 · 1 min · 30 words · Becky Shelton

Gigantic Sculpture Built by … Robots!

The final sculpture will measure 20 feet by 50 feet and sit in the courtyard of the museum. Federico Diaz: Geometric Death Frequency-141fromfederico diazonVimeo.

October 6, 2010 · 1 min · 24 words · Gabrielle Vargas

Knit Your Own Dog

The book priced at 11.69 is available for sale at theGuardian Bookshop. Here are some snippets from the book.

October 5, 2010 · 1 min · 19 words · Michael Davis

World Championship of Sand Sculpting, Washington

The World Championships of Sand Sculpting was held in Washington from September 8 to October 3. Artists from all over the world competed for the title in three categories: solo, duet and team. Check out these amazing work of art. Dan Belcher of St. Louis runs around his sculpture a few minutes before the start of the competition. The teams had six hours to fill sand into solid molds for future figures....

October 5, 2010 · 1 min · 187 words · Olivia Garcia

Commonwealth Games 2010 Opening Ceremony Pictures

A near-capacity 60,000 crowd enjoyed the spectacle which, as its centrepiece, featured an illuminated Aerostat.

October 4, 2010 · 1 min · 15 words · Samuel Lopez

The World Upside Down by Anish Kapoor

Sculptor and designer Anish Kapoor installed giant stainless steel curved mirrors at a new show at Kensington Gardens that appears to turn the world upside down. The four sculptures, creating distortions of their surroundings, have taken up residence among the trees and waters of Kensington Gardens for six months. Sky Mirror, which measures 10 metres in diameter, has been placed on the side of a lake, where a Henry Moore sculpture once sat....

October 4, 2010 · 1 min · 104 words · Bethany Clark

Yum Yum's Hilarious Toys

Beth Algieri and Jonny Plummer, both designers and art directors who make up theYum Yumstudio in London, created a set of adorable toys calledHeroes and Villains.The setfeatures a line of toy characters including a brain-oozing zombie, judo grandma, hooded robber, and fast food-eating octopus. Check these out.

October 3, 2010 · 1 min · 47 words · Bridget Foster