Eric Standley,a Virginia-based artist who works with laser-cut paper, creates amazing and awe-inspiring layered paper cuts of extraordinary complexity that successfully marry Gothic and Islamic architectural elements in tiny cathedral-like spaces.
Brazilian artist L7M (previously) depicts owls, ducks, sparrows, and other birds materializing from a chaotic swirl of dripped paint and flourishes of spray.
Most tourists walk away from a grand cathedral like Notre Dame with a lousy iPhone pic that utterly fails the capture the majesty of the place. But Richard Silver’s panoramic photographs capture every detail, conveying the awe and wonder that inspires us to whip out our smartphones.
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For artpaperscissorandchomaisky’s prompt ”lost stars trying to light up the dark” – which gave me all sorts of wildly romantic ideas I had no idea how to achieve; so this is what I ended up with.
In case it isn’t obvious from the picture… I thought that maybe our boys won’t ever die, but like in Greek myths they will be turned into stars. Their curse is to guard the gates of Hell for all eternity, because they failed to finish the Trials and close the gates when they had the chance.
Hearseeno 