Amazing 3d pool art

The above swimming pool has tile mosaics on the bottom and sides of the pool to create a 3D effect. The artwork reminds me of the chalk art of Julian Beever. Imagine swimming in this pool. I would love to have something like this in a pool of my own. Of course, I would have to have a pool before I could put that kind of thing in it. Also, I expect it would be pretty expensive. Follow the link for a lot more pictures.

FreshHome: Amazing 3D Swimming Pools

Book sculptures

Brian Dettmer creates art by sculpting and carving books. His work is amazing. He currently lives in Atlanta Georgia. But his art has been on display all over the world.

Check out the rest of his art at Haydeé Rovirosa Gallery: Brian Dettmer

Coin Stacking hobby site

Mitch Fincher a Civil Engineering student at Texas Tech University has created a site devoted to penny stacking. On the site there are numerous pictures of elaborate structures made with pennies and other various coins. All of the structures are made by simply stacking the coins. No glue or other stabilizers are used. The weight of the pennies holds the entire structure up.

Check out his site for some amazing pictures of stacked coins. And if you have a large quantity of coins laying around, read his directions on how to get started with your own coin structures.

Mitch Fincher: Coin stacking

Art from straws and paper plates

Tara Donovan is an artist who makes massive sculptures from small items found in everyday life. The picture above is made from thousands of clear plastic drinking straws. Other art installations are made from Styrofoam cups, pencils, paper plates, and buttons. All of the art is really amazing.

Check it out at Ace Gallery: Tara Donovan
Via Neatorama: Tara Donovan’s Mega Sculptures Made From Everyday Objects

Catching Spider webs

Rocky Fiore is an artist who captures spider webs. He captures them and mounts them on glass for display. Some of the webs that he has captured are truly amazing. What caught my eye, was a video he did for Cool Hunting. in the video, he shows how he captures the webs, using only varnish, spray paint, and glass. Check out the video below.



For pictures of Rocky's art check out his site: World Wide Webs

Skin your laptop with a GelaSkin

I just bought the design above for my laptop from Gelaskins. They have some of the best looking skins and protective covers for laptops and MP3 players. They are a little more expensive than some of the other "skin" companies, but their designs are all works of art. So you aren't getting an old fractal or public domain image that everyone has already seen. Even cooler is if you see a design on the site you like, they provide a link back to the artists homepage. So you can check out all of his other artwork.

www.gelaskins.com

Banksy's street art

If you are into the art scene, you have probably already heard of Banksy. If not, then you are really missing out. Banksy is a graffiti artist in Britain, who's paintings have become world famous. Many of his paintings, which started as simple graffiti, are now protected and draw hundreds of tourists each year.
The painting above is one of my favorites. Picture taken from his official site. check it out, there are a lot of very interesting paintings and scetchings there.

Check out his Wikipedia article: Banksy
Banksy's official site: http://www.banksy.co.uk/menu.html

Graphite sculpture tools

Angelo Batle, an artist living in San Francisco, sculpts items using Graphite. Which means you can draw with his sculptures. Each of his sculptures are simple but elegant, and all can be used to draw as though they were an ordinary lead pencil.

Check out his site: asbWorkshop

Found via Cool Hunting: Agelio Batle: Graphite Sculptures