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B EAUTIFUL – BODY CANVAS

BODY-CANVAS

The term blank canvas has never had so much meaning, since artist Craig Tracy turned the untouched naked body, into his own easel and canvas board. Since getting into body painting in 2002, Tracy has been contacted by countless models wishing to be painted, maintaining that he never uses agencies or websites to find his canvasses. The models are incorporated into a large scale picture, sometimes with backdrops, sometimes solely a naked body transformed into beautiful art. What began with a need to work with different surfaces, led to painting faces, then using the full body. The artist’s favourite composition is [...]

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B Lost in – Venice In A Day

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The featured video below is entitled ‘Venice In A Day’ – captured by film maker Joerg Niggli. The video was shot on a Canon G10 camcorder and has been made as a timelapse piece. From daybreak through to sunset, the video captures the lifestyle and all that’s beautiful about this great Italian city. As one of the most visited tourist destinations in the world, Venice is a busy and bustling place to be. As a hub for artists and culture vultures, the video has captured the vibrant colours, light and shapes that Venice is famous for, Niggli has also created [...]

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B Amazed – Sand Sculptures

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The time has come again to think about your well deserved summer beach holiday, whether you’re relaxing in southern Europe, jetting off to the Caribbean, or even just popping down to one of our very own great British coastlines, all we have to say is – make sure there’s sand!! Here are a selection of amazing images we’ve found of various sand sculptures from all over the globe. The intricate detail in the finished sculptures is truly a work of art and numerous sand art competitions are run every year for entrants to wow all visiting sea-siders. Check out our favourite masterpieces [...]

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B Creative – Pantone Palette

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Combine your love of colour and food, with these culinary artistic recipes! Beautifully photographed by freelance photographer and art director Alison Anselot. The recipes are designed to project a certain Pantone colour, so you can create a whole rainbow of a meal! Salmon Mango Tartar Preparation Time : 20 min Wait Time : 30 min minimum 10.5 oz of salmon 1 mango 2 tbs minced onion 1 unwaxed lemon 2 tbs olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Cut the salmon into little cubes (the smallest possible) Cut the mango into small cubes In a large salad bowl mix together [...]

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B AMAZED – 3D PHOTOGRAPHY

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David Copithorne is a photographer and filmmaker specialising in the use of 3D geometric imagery to create a new perspective on the native landscapes, residents and cultures of the southern hemisphere. His use of a traditional 35mm camera combined with contemporary digital media techniques allows Copithorne to express his findings with a vintage, yet ultra modern feel. Instagram users may find the style of the images familiar, but Copithorne’s artwork is not just about a gimmicky photo filter… His passion lies with his fascination with being able to capture one single image that he has witnessed, in order for it [...]

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B INSPIRED – I LOVE PEOPLE VIDEO

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‘I Love People’ is a documentary of still photography taken by traveler and photographer Benjamin Jenks, who, whilst travelling around the world,  wanted to capture the moment he met all the new people he met along the way. Some people dream about sky diving over the Australian outback, some people dream about relaxing on a beach in Fiji but Benjamin’s dream was to hitchhike around the USA. His dream was to meet as many people from every different walk of life and just so he never forgot one person he documented it and put it together in the amazing and [...]

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B AMAZED – SAND DRAWING

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Jim Denevan creates monumental pieces of art on beaches and desserts throughout America. He uses the sand to act as a blank canvas to display these immense formations. The shapes he creates reflect the forms created in nature, he does this to feel at one with the world around him. For 10 years he has been creating sand art as a way of channeling his passion for nature as well as the epic sense of loss he felt when his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. This was his way of therapy when he was unable to help her through this [...]

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B INNOVATIVE – KALEIDOSCOPE VASES

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Italian designer Giorgia Zanellato created this great project called Narciso, which started with the intention of designing some vases, focusing on the functionality of the vase as an object. But what is the function of a vase? They are used to display flowers. Narciso is a collection of six different vases which use mirrors to draw attention to the role of the flowers. Mirrors are investigated in all their aspects, from the simplest reflection to the most complex one. In this way each vase shows flowers from a different point of view. To visit his website click here. To view [...]

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B INSPIRED – INSTAGRAM REACHES 27 MILLION USERS

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The smart phone app Instagram has reached 27 Million users this week! Instagram’s success is possibly less to do with its sharing capabilities, than its abilities to make normally maladroit camera-phone pics look genuinely quite cool. Something it shares with Hipstamatic, the app that’s had its own exhibitions and a war photo by Damon Winter which made it on to the cover of The New York Times and was nominated for a prestigious industry award. On Sunday, Kevin Systrom – one of Instagram’s co-founders – told reporters at South by Southwest Interactive, the music festival’s tech offshoot, that its application [...]

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B INSPIRED – FLYING BABIES BY RACHEL HULIN

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Rachel Hulin a photographer from New York, was exhausted and bored on an assignment she was working on and was soon inspired by her son Henry. On a momentary glimpse at him playing in his own little world she thought it would be fun to make her baby fly………. So Henry flew. To read the full article click here. Click here to visit Rachel Hulin’s website and Flying Babies series. http://rachelhulin.com/

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