Anamorphic Illusion

It was the French artist Edgar Degas that once said this: “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” and each and every week I get to see one very good example of this because I work in Cardiff, Wales right near the barrage which is home to one of the World’s most well know examples of Anamorphosis. These unusual bits of art require the viewer to look at the art work from a very specific vantage point in order to see the image the artist intended you to see. They are often massive in size, often relatively simple images and if they are the World’s best they are known as… Continue reading →

Piano made with tins of food

This blog post is all about “Canstruction” a charity event that tries to raise awareness about the sheer amount of people who are relying more and more on food banks just to survive. Now all these amazing designs ( that are all just tins of food and not much more) are made by architects, designers, general trades-people and students are just a chance to show what a tin of food can be seen as something happy to some people. Normally these builds are taken from their designers own happy memories, so I bring you… Continue reading →

The World’s Top 10 Best Makaon Recycled can art sculptures

I am not the kind of guy that people would instantly associate with the being an “Art Lover”, sure I do appreciate a good painting like the Mona Lisa but when it comes to modern art I just have not got a clue. But when a fellow nerdette makes art then I naturally enjoy it because that artist has been inspired by the same things that I like! But there isn’t many modern artists that have done enough to warrant a whole top 10 inspired solely by their work. But Japanese artist “Makaon” has done just that and it does bring me great pleasure to bring you just a small selection of her work… Continue reading →