The following artists will inspire you to broaden your horizons when it comes to your definition of art. Who knows, they might just inspire you to pick up your brush.

Stone Painting

First up is Japanese artist Akie Nakata. Using small stones and pebbles as her canvas, Nakata’s miniature paintings take after the natural world. Cats, owls, and frogs come to life as she paints them on stone. According to Nakata, she chooses stones that already resemble animals. She then paints straight onto them, using acrylic paint. The end result is quite remarkable.

Teabag Painting

Ruby Silvious uses a different material altogether as her canvas: used, dried-up teabags. Her miniature art includes recreations of classic paintings such as Gabriël Metsu’s painting, Woman: “I want viewers to keep an open mind and think beyond the boundaries of what they may consider traditional art,” Silvious remarked once.

“In today’s throw-away culture, where we have immediate access to an abundance of materials and numerous mediums to choose from, all things become possible.” Alongside used teabags, Silvious also paints on broken eggshells and wine corks.

Illustrating with Everyday Objects

Chances are, you’ve stumbled across Christoph Niemann’s illustrations at least once. Celebrated as the world’s best illustrator, his work appears regularly on the covers of  The New Yorker,  National Geographic, and The New York Times Magazine. Part of his charm and wit is his unique use of everyday objects, incorporating physical objects like matchsticks and socks, into his illustrations.

“More than a specific visual style, my trademark has always been to autonomously, swiftly, and conceivably map out and execute an idea,” Niemann once shared with The Creative Independent. “Nobody ever approached me asking for a drawing of, say, a dinosaur with a fridge as a head done ‘in my style.’”

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The artist uses all sorts of materials, like glass, cast rubber, and resin to create her pieces and decorates them further with sequins, flowers, leaves, letters, etc. Masherisha runs an Instagram account with over 43k followers where you can see pieces of her work and get an idea of how to do it yourself. She also runs a YouTube channel where she often posts detailed tutorials on how to make something on your own. She goes through the whole process – mixing substances, creating bases, shaping, drying, and decorating.  

Some of her most beautiful pieces are hair ornaments made of shells, or small, elegant necklaces with pearls and stars glued on the glass. There are also wooden jewelry boxes and mobile phone cases decorated with doughnuts and biscuits that seem edible.  

We were fascinated with her works so we decided to share them with you and if you like them too, try making some yourself, it’s not hard!  

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The purpose of this project is to disrupt the practicality of everyday objects and change their appearance enough to make them completely absurd. On her website, Kamprani explains that through her work she wants to help people appreciate the complexity and depth of using the simplest, everyday objects.  

Her goal is also to make her followers laugh and we have to admit that she succeeds, even though having a glass of wine that you can’t drink is more tragic than funny. 

Kamprani launched her collection in 2011 after deciding not to complete her industrial design studies. She did not have enough money to create real models of her unusual ideas and instead made her own 3D versions in order to attract audiences and convey her message. 

Just looking at them will make you tense up!

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The following artists will inspire you to broaden your horizons when it comes to your definition of art. Who knows, they might just inspire you to pick up your brush.

Stone Painting

First up is Japanese artist Akie Nakata. Using small stones and pebbles as her canvas, Nakata’s miniature paintings take after the natural world. Cats, owls, and frogs come to life as she paints them on stone. According to Nakata, she chooses stones that already resemble animals. She then paints straight onto them, using acrylic paint. The end result is quite remarkable.

Teabag Painting

Ruby Silvious uses a different material altogether as her canvas: used, dried-up teabags. Her miniature art includes recreations of classic paintings such as Gabriël Metsu’s painting, Woman: “I want viewers to keep an open mind and think beyond the boundaries of what they may consider traditional art,” Silvious remarked once.

“In today’s throw-away culture, where we have immediate access to an abundance of materials and numerous mediums to choose from, all things become possible.” Alongside used teabags, Silvious also paints on broken eggshells and wine corks.

Illustrating with Everyday Objects

Chances are, you’ve stumbled across Christoph Niemann’s illustrations at least once. Celebrated as the world’s best illustrator, his work appears regularly on the covers of  The New Yorker,  National Geographic, and The New York Times Magazine. Part of his charm and wit is his unique use of everyday objects, incorporating physical objects like matchsticks and socks, into his illustrations.

“More than a specific visual style, my trademark has always been to autonomously, swiftly, and conceivably map out and execute an idea,” Niemann once shared with The Creative Independent. “Nobody ever approached me asking for a drawing of, say, a dinosaur with a fridge as a head done ‘in my style.’”

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The artist uses all sorts of materials, like glass, cast rubber, and resin to create her pieces and decorates them further with sequins, flowers, leaves, letters, etc. Masherisha runs an Instagram account with over 43k followers where you can see pieces of her work and get an idea of how to do it yourself. She also runs a YouTube channel where she often posts detailed tutorials on how to make something on your own. She goes through the whole process – mixing substances, creating bases, shaping, drying, and decorating.  

Some of her most beautiful pieces are hair ornaments made of shells, or small, elegant necklaces with pearls and stars glued on the glass. There are also wooden jewelry boxes and mobile phone cases decorated with doughnuts and biscuits that seem edible.  

We were fascinated with her works so we decided to share them with you and if you like them too, try making some yourself, it’s not hard!  

The post Amazing DIY Jewelry and Decoration Made by Russian Artist Masha Aprelskaya appeared first on PlayJunkie.

The purpose of this project is to disrupt the practicality of everyday objects and change their appearance enough to make them completely absurd. On her website, Kamprani explains that through her work she wants to help people appreciate the complexity and depth of using the simplest, everyday objects.  

Her goal is also to make her followers laugh and we have to admit that she succeeds, even though having a glass of wine that you can’t drink is more tragic than funny. 

Kamprani launched her collection in 2011 after deciding not to complete her industrial design studies. She did not have enough money to create real models of her unusual ideas and instead made her own 3D versions in order to attract audiences and convey her message. 

Just looking at them will make you tense up!

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