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Hidden in Plain Sight – Rain-Activated Art
WEST SEATTLE — (Brett Cihon’s article paraphrased below.) Peregrine Church, 21, has created art with a different twist. The art appears only when it rains. Church uses a biologically friendly...
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Bacteria Art – This Could Go Viral!
OK. OK. I hear the groans. (Giggle) My brain can’t resist playing with words the way Zachery Copfer plays with bacteria – fancifully, lovingly. Microbiologist-turned-artist, Copfer has had a long,...
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Negative and Positive: Optical Illusions and Anamorphosis
I adore negatives that are also positives – anything that can be seen more than one way. I grin like a fool at two-toned silk fabric, figure/ground logos, mowed baseball fields, vacuumed-patterned...
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OK GO Anamorphic Art. That’s What I’m Talking About!
Great anamorphic art antics and optical illusion fun video: OK GO’s “The Writing’s On the Wall”!
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5 Reasons NOT to Buy Morph-O-Scopes Kits, Packets & Party Fun Packs
1. You might get a concussion (smacking yourself in the forehead and moaning, “Why didn’t I buy these sooner?!”) 2. Your heart could race (“Why are the kids being so quiet in the other room?”) 3....
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There are People Hidden in Your Basement!
And Animals in Your Kitchen Cabinets! Find them! Get them out of there. Get your kids to help! And you’ll discover a fun, cheap, visual training activity this summer. Inspiration is everywhere! French...
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Animals Turned Upside-Down Morph into Different Species
No. This isn’t a variation of cow tipping. It’s the clever optical illusion art of Jérôme Gonfond.
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Auto maker gets on board with brain-tickling optical illusion fun! Keep your eyes on the shadows.
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Vanishing Church …Now You See it…Now You Don’t!
“Reading between the Lines” is an installation created by architectural duo Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenberghare. Located in Limburg, Belgium, the structure resembles a rustic old church...
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Ive got it!
Oh, I wish I were able to afford everything Jony Ive serves up for Apple, but at least I get to drool over products and concepts he and Apple newbie Marc Newson will be concocting for our appreciative...
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DIY Christmas Trees
Culled from one of my favorite blogs – Design Swan – posted 11 Dec 2014 “Christmas is not only a wonderful time to celebrate love and joy with your family and friends, but also a great time to let your...
View ArticleGifts from Brusspup, Our Favorite Optical Illusion Guy
It’s an old visual trick: precisely parallel lines on a transparent sheet slid over specially striated images create the illusion of motion. But Brusspup always delivers fresh fun. In this new video...
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Optical Illusions: Hololens, Pepper’s Ghost, First Valentine
Photo credit: Betsy Ptak It’s been quite the week for optical illusions in our family! First of all, two days ago Microsoft launched its ultra top secret product – Hololens. My daughter, a software...
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Optical Illusion Breakthroughs – USA, Singapore, Belgium
Salmon sculpture, Portland, Oregon People Of The River by Chong Fah Cheong, Singapore De Vaartkapoen, Brussels, Belgium
View ArticleHole-Punched Flipbooks – A Clever New Approach
Acknowledgement: COLOSSAL Art, Design, and Visual Culture by Christopher Jobson on April 13, 2015 Artist Scott Blake, known widely for his barcode art, recently began experimenting with the humble...
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Balloon Animals to Blow Your Mind!
Yeah, yeah, we’ve all seen some party entertainer fashion a 4-balloon dachshund or poodle, but have you seen someone create a balloon iguana, or crab, or seahorse or grasshopper? Not like these, you...
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“Coloring meets funhouse mirror magic”– A Review
The following review of Morph-O-Scopes Kits appeared in the September 2010 CoolMomPicks. We learned of it only recently! The review is reprinted here with permission of Liz Gumbinner, Publisher,...
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“Man and Woman”– A Truly Moving Love Story
“Man and Woman” is a 26 foot tall animated steel sculpture by Georgian sculptor Tamara Kvesitadze. It is installed in the seaside city of Batumi, Georgia. The two figures represent a Muslim boy, Ali,...
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This Sandman Will Hypnotize You! No Sleeping Possible!
Credit: Core 77 6/1/15 Using a Steel Ball, Motorized Magnets and Sand to Draw CNC Zen Gardens. Combing your Zen garden with a rake is so 15th Century. So inventor Bruce Shapiro’s Sisyphus machine...
View ArticleThe Writing’s on the Wall – Definitely Off the Wall!
OK Go’s Anamorphic Art Video is their latest optical illusion treat. Rolling Stone says the video took nearly three weeks to rehearse and 50 takes to get right.
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