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7 mind-blowing artists you didn't know

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  • 7 mind-blowing artists you didn't know
    • Anamorphic Art
    • Pavement Drawings
    • Hand Painting
    • Hair Sculptures
    • Sand Art
    • Origami
    • Domino Day

Anamorphic Art

Anamorphosis is a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to use special devices or occupy a specific vantage point to reconstitute the image.

Here is a good example by Felice Varini:

Anamorphic Art
Anamorphic Art - Source: illusion.scene360.com

Pavement Drawings

Pavement Drawings can be combined with anamorphic art. One great artist I've found is Julian Beever. Here is one example:

Pavement Drawing by Julian Beever
Pavement Drawing by Julian Beever

Hand Painting

You might already know body painting. Guido Daniele does something very simmilar he calls "Hand Painting". Here is one example:

Hand Painting by Guido Daniele
Hand Painting by Guido Daniele

Hair Sculptures

Willard Wigan is a sculptor from Birmingham, England, who makes microscopic art. His sculptures are typically placed in the eye of a needle or on the head of a pin. A single sculpture can be as small as 0.005 mm. Here is an example from his gallery:

Harry Potter by Willard Wigan
Harry Potter by Willard Wigan

Sand Art

It is amazing what can be done with sand. Sudarsan Pattnaik created this sculpture:

Sand Art: Global Warming by Sudarshan Pattnaik
Sand Art: Global Warming by Sudarshan Pattnaik

Origami

Robert J. Lang seems to invest a serious amount of time in Origami. His gallery of mammals is very impressive. Here is a moose:

Origami moose by Robert J. Lang
Origami moose by Robert J. Lang

Domino Day

This is not done by one artist, but it should be mentioned:


Published

Feb 23, 2012
by Martin Thoma

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