amazing food carving by Gaku

All these amazing food carving is made by a Japanese artist, Gaku. He has raised it to an art form, carving intensely intricate patterns into everyday fruits and vegetables. Gaku, who began posting his work on Instagram about 8 months ago, practices the traditional Japanese art of mukimono, which literally means "stripped product". It became a popular form of food presentation during the 16th century in Japan, and spread to Thailand shortly after. It is now an important culinary ritual in both countries. Due to oxidization, fruit carvers have to work fast, making Gaku's art even more impressive. Gaku, according to Spoon & Tamago, eats all of his projects when finished.

amazing food carving by Gaku

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steampunk art from various antique stuff

Arturas, from Lithuania, create steampunk art and use various antique stuff and metal details. All these creatures are funny but at the same time graceful and elegant. Arturas didn't try to copy the exact proportions of the body, he wanted to make it as funny animated cartoon character or something like that and his fantasies became reality in his artworks.

steampunk  art from various antique stuff

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Leaf cutting art by Lorenzo Duran

   

 Lorenzo M. Durán, who was born in Spain, in 1969 is an artist of drawing, painting and sculpting. He decided to become a full-time artist when parenthood, unemployment, and midlife crisis visited him (at the same time!) in 2006. Fortunately, he was given lots of time to think deeply about it all and decided to combine 2 of his true passions: Art and Nature. First he started painting some oils, but all of the sudden he saw a caterpillar having lunch (a leaf) and the trace left behind its body suggested that he could cut his designs on tree leaves with a scalpel, just as many artists had been doing in paper cutting art. That idea became an obsession and from 2006-2008   he developed a technique to meet  his goal. A couple of years later (2010-2011) his leaf cutting artwork called many people's attention, and all of the sudden his  first pieces appeared in lots of media (Daily Mail, Huffington Post, BBC, El Mundo, etc.).

Leaf cutting art by Lorenzo Duran

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Inner child drawing by Karin Taylor

Australian illustrator, Karin Taylor, is a mother of two children. She loves to illustrate for children and the inner child. Her muse is the ocean. Karin's art process is drawing with a mechanical pencil on paper. Her artistic career began in 2002. Her works are filled with childlike naivety and simplicity, but at the same time have a deep meaning. In doing so, and reliving some of those special memories, one can find they are reengaging with their inner child and re-experiencing something of that beautiful memory, that wonderful journey all over again. The sense of wonderment we had as children, often disappears amidst the stress of the ordinary everyday,but the only difference is that we aren’t accessing it, Karin says.

Inner child drawing by Karin Taylor

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hand carved wood art

Gordon Pembridge is a New Zealand-based artist who has developed a lifelong bond with nature. Gordon often inspired by the connection with Mother Earth for his impressive wooden vessels that incorporate elements of natural history and portray colorful local wildlife. He  obtains the majority of his timber from storm-felled trees, and shapes it with a lathe, but the real magic happens when he meticulously hand-carves incredibly detailed wildlife scenes with a high-speed engraver. These often feature flora and fauna from his most beloved places - Africa and Oceania. Here are some of Gordon artwork, enjoy it!

hand carved wood art

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Fantasy book cover

London, UK based artist Aniko was craze about painting and crafting, and  also craze about Photoshop and photo manipulations, which she had practiced as a hobby since she was 14. Surprisingly, this exact hobby got her very first job in London and kept her employed for the next 5 years. Parallel to that  she had established her  little handmade crafting business from home and discovered polymer clay and sculpting. First as a hobby and then with much more professional attitude, sculpting very quickly took over her whole life and became visible to other crafters in social media.

Fantasy book cover

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fellt animal

In 2007 I made my first stuffed animal, a red horse, out of red polyester craft felt from my own pattern. I have been making animals ever since, and I've created cats, dragons, rabbits, and seahorses as well.

Today, my animals are made from high-quality wool felt and embroidered with wool and cotton threads. I am a biologist by day (I work with marine algae), and my animal designs are often inspired by the natural world, particularly my seahorses. I also take pride in the unique poses I've developed, particularly my prancing horses, and I love bringing each unique creation to life!floydine

fellt animal

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