Etsy artist Stukenborg creates stunning letterpress prints using dice. The ancient, but still-in-use process consists of inking hundreds of dice, placing paper over the top, and using a roller to transfer the ink. The indentions or “pips” on the face of each die as well as the space between each die creates the pattern. By [...]

As we’re sure our regular readers know by now, we love anything that changes the way we look at things. Today’s artist is no exception. Kim Rugg’s meticulous work takes something familiar and reconstructs it. In the instance above (Tentacles, 2009), it is stamps. Rugg cuts stamps into tiny pieces, reassembles them mosaic-like in new [...]

In honor of spring springing on Saturday, we present a couple of images from artist Levi van Veluw’s ‘Landscapes’ series. Levi van Veluw is an artist with a unique perspective. Don’t call his work self-portraits. His photographs of his body covered in various materials are works of art in themselves. The entire process is self-made, [...]

We came across this great video today from Hold Your Horses! featuring classic paintings. We love the homemade quality of the different works of art, but also how they really evoke the brilliant pieces they are copying. Plus there’s a lot of great costume ideas in there! 70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from [...]

Aggravure is a series by French artist Baptiste Debombourg depicting the fall of Phaeton in an unusual medium. The image is based on The Four Disgracers (1588), engraved by Hendrick Goltzius, after Cornelisz van Haarlem. Debombourg spent nearly 75 hours creating these works, and after the jump you’ll see why.