“It’s a mythical creature born out of fire, out of complete destruction,’ she says. ‘It’s also said that the phoenix is the female equivalent of the Chinese mythical creature of the dragon, symbolizing ultimate power and strength. This piece, made of matches, reminds us that we all have the potential to rise out of the low, the ashes and be reborn or to re-invent ourselves to be purposeful and determined.” For those interested in the technicality involved with Out of the Ashes, Ng shares that in order to save time, she creates lace work patterns on the wings and body. “The less density of the matches, the quicker I produce the piece,’ she says.” w/ photos

“In case you were unaware, you’re completely irrelevant. Worthless, good for nothing, redundant… you and the entire human race. Robots can pretty much do anything now. They can bake cookies, fight like Jedis, juggle better than you can and fill in the hopeless void for childless couples. Just in case we weren’t terrified enough, they’ve now decided to provide the future robot-controlled world with creepy pictures of our very own soon-to-be extinct faces. Artist, and android enabler, Patrick Tresset has trained a robot to take portraits of humans, based on his abilities.” w/ photos

“Using a scalpel, Stillman cuts right into the stack of books, creating beautiful inverted reliefs of trees and the birds that once inhabited them. Her works remind us where the paper for the books came from, by turning the thousands of pages into versions of their original tree form.” w/ photos

“Wow, this is amazing and very captivating art.” — alveraan1

“Amazing. Incredibly clever too.” — AskTheZebra

“These cappuccinos look almost too good to drink. Pictured on the froth surfaces of the exquisite beverages are carefully produced pictures of well-known film and cartoon characters. The stunning works – dubbed ‘froth art’ – were created by a manager at the Fremont Coffee Company in Seattle, Washington. The pictures have now become an internet sensation with coffee fans around the world expressing their amazement with the drinks. Photographer Chrissy May captured the coffees when she visited the company’s offices earlier this year. She noticed one of the managers, Christiaan Morris, carefully stirring his latte. After glancing over his shoulder it became clear that he was actually producing detailed illustrations in the froth – albeit temporarily before drinking the coffee.” w/ photos

“When one looks at the incredibly intricate sculptures of Shi Jindian, it’s hard to believe that they aren’t computer models. The meticulous Chinese artist searched for years for a medium that was ‘brand new, completely untraditional’ and found what he was looking for in steel wire. Using tools of his own devising, he weaves together precise replicas of wheeled vehicles…” w/ photos

“End of the Line, in association with Distillery Productions and Toby Summerskill, have filmed the first 3D Graffiti Time-lapse. Created to document the production of a painted promo for Disney’s Tron: Legacy this is the final 2D edit. This groundbreaking project was filmed in December 2010 and January 2011, in a warehouse in Shoreditch with the exterior shots taken from the rooftops of East London. Filmed over 4 days, it shows the execution of a 66-foot that was painted on huge canvases for installation on Great Eastern Street. The time-lapse was created using 2 x Canon 5D MK2 cameras and a specially constructed 3D rig provided by Inition.” — End Of The Line

“We’re told to never judge a book by its cover, but what about judging a book by its pages? We don’t mean what’s printed on them, though. Once upon a time, leafing through the pages of these books one might have found them to be action packed and thrilling, but, as they now appear, content is, for once, irrelevant. Instead, it is the pages themselves that command our attention, carefully crafted into origami paper masterpieces by Artesia, NM-based artist Isaac Salazar. Formed by folding the pages of discarded and then dusted-off old books, these 3-D artworks truly capture the imagination.” w/ photos

“Mr. Brainwash, aka Thierry Guetta, is a French artist living in Los Angeles who turned filmmaker and then artist again. Apart from putting a positive spin on everything — “life is beautiful” after all — he also believes in benefiting the environment. He puts such thinking into practice as much as possible in his art, whether it be using the street as a giant canvas, or utilizing trash like old TVs, recycled tires or broken records — all of which he has transformed into amazing works of art. Yet it was Mr. Brainwash’s portraits of some of music’s most recognizable icons that truly captured our imagination, created, as they are, using the fragments of hundreds if not thousands of slabs of old vinyl. Who knows, some of those very same artists may have even been featured on the records. Recycling and remixing old music media just came full circle!” w/ photos