House of Art
From junk to homestead, these artists know how to turn the strangest things into something beautiful with unique designs — and materials.
Bodan Litnianski emigrated from the Ukraine to France in 1930 with no money. He had no place to live, so he bought a ruined house for his family to live in. He restored it with glass fragments and shells, and later added anything to it that he could find, like plastic toys and even televisions. (more…)
Tiny Bits of Art
Mosaics have the ability to turn something small and meaningless, like a stamp, nail, toothpick or cork, into a beautiful work of art. And in many cases, they give an opportunity to recycle materials that would have otherwise been wasted. Here are some of the largest ones created around the world.
This stamp mosaic measures 1,077.47 square feet and contains 115,133 individual stamps. It was created by over 300 parents, students and teachers at the Leipzig International School in Leipzig, Germany between August 2007 and June 2008. The finished product, which depicts the Leipzig skyline with the word Leipzig written across it, took over a year and a half to complete. (more…)
