Bodine-DILLIGAF: Art

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Art

Some folks have talent. They can paint, or play a musical instrument or draw or sing. I have none of those talents. If I had a gift of any sort it was to be able to talk to convicted criminals and nobody sees that as any kind of art. These are a few things I have come across recently that I wanted to share.

The art work above was done by Hash Ashish Patel on currency. He is from New Jersey and works mostly with pencils and charcoal. The bills are not for sale but he does have work available on Esty.

This picture was taken by Jonathan Kos-Read. It is of a lone man staring out over a sea of clouds. The photo was taken about 5000 feet above the Yangtze river on a peak that comes out above the clouds. It was taken in Wushan, Chongqing, China in the Three Gorges region.

The watch pictured above is made entirely from wood. This is the description and some additional examples of his work. It is truly amazing.

Type: Wooden wristwatch with flying tourbillon and retrograde function
Build time: 1800 hours over 7 month period
Components: 188 with 154 moving pieces
Dimensions: 36 x 13 mm (movement), 46 x 18 mm (case)
Materials: Canker of apple-tree, plum-tree, walnut and birch, wood from Australian Guaiacum, Crimea box, bamboo, African Bubinga