Monthly Archives: March 2009

Farmboy Fine Arts Newsletter 03.2009

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Farmboy Fine Arts Inc

March 2009 HD Show 2009 Have you booked your ticket to the hottest design show in the land? HD Las Vegas (May 14 to 16th) is coming up fast and we hope to see our old friends and meet new … Continue reading →

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Basket Envy • The World's Largest Hanging Flower Basket

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Zoe Mackoff

You thought yours was impressive – turns out it’s just average! The world’s largest hanging flower basket went up in January at the Indigo Hotel in Paddington, London. Dubbed “The Hanging Gardens of Paddington”, this baby took engineers, gardeners and … Continue reading →

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Friend of mine

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Melissa Mercier

There’s this friend of mine on flickr who calls himself Zenog. Every time he adds new images, I am immediately attracted to them. Here’s the latest two and if you want to check out more of his work: www.flickr.com/photos/zenog  

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Glass That Changes Colour

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Fatima Travassos

Imagine a breathtaking spring morning; the air is crisp, warm and inviting.  The sky is a beautiful blue, accented with intricately textured clouds, and brought to life by the sounds of a mountain stream cascading in the distance.  Now imagine … Continue reading →

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Caravaggio Used Optical Tool to Trace Models

Posted on March 12, 2009 by A. Traviss Corry

From the discovery.com article: Italian Renaissance painter Caravaggio used revolutionary optical instruments to “photograph” his models more than 200 years before the invention of the camera, according to a researcher in Florence. The 16th-century artist celebrated for his dramatic chiaroscuro … Continue reading →

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Flow of Time

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Mitch Catanzaro

“You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only … Continue reading →

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Penthouse Trailer Park

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Fatima Travassos

At the Grand Daddy Hotel in South Africa, take the elevator to the rooftop and you’ll find a trailer park full of two-person Airstreams. The trailers are open for afternoon drinks to guests and curious people alike. This cluster of … Continue reading →

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Sebastian Brajkovic – Archetype Contortionist, surreal morphing furniture

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Michael Cadamia

The new work of Sebastian Brajkovic blurs the line between tradional craftsmanship and surreal morphology. Featured in the The Carpenters Workshop Gallery (London) this past January, his Lathe Chairs meld archetypal form with an almost cinematic FX contortion. Illustrating captured … Continue reading →

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Fantasy Havens for Adults

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Fatima Travassos

I’ve never been to Conneticut because I’ve never had a reason to go there…well except to visit a long lost cousin of mine. But what cooler reason exists, than the possibility of sleeping in 17,000 pounds of awesomely restored helicopter? … Continue reading →

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The magical world of infinite fractal structure

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Janet Parke

Fractals are images created with specialized mathematical formulas and feature shapes that repeat at different scales throughout the image. Continue reading →

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