In an effort to record the year of his life leading up to the millennium, Jeff Harris began a project of taking a self-portrait each day and then posting the results on his website. The project, which began long before the widespread popularity of blogging, Facebook and Flickr, allowed viewers to follow one photographer along on his adventures.
This year, Harris embarks on year fourteen of what has turned out to be an epic, inspired and ever-evolving art project that documents a life well lived.
He evokes the full range of physical experiences a body can encounter: from mundane inactivity to joyful dives to his body being open on the operating table.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Monday, November 21, 2011
Graffiti in Egypt After Jan 25
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Ma'Claim in Alexandria |
This Mural depicts revolutionary fists and the victory sign. Each Frame is different, so the finished piece will be an animation in the Internet. Just like the revolution itself takes advantage of the possibilities of new media and communications.
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| Cairo by Kaizer |
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| Reboot Revolution, Cairo |
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| Alexandria |
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| Alexandria |
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| Alexandria |
I found those amazing Graffiti pics @ FromHere ToFame's facebook account: http://facebook.com/
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Art & Poetry Exhibition 2011
A painting I did based on Syrian poet Barakat Latif's poem "The Rain", for the "Art & Poetry" collective exhibition that was part of the "Caravan of Poetry and Music 2011" project, organised by COSV (Italy), Al Makan Art Association (Syria) and Baghdad Café Cultural Society (Sweden).
The painting was showcased in a collective exhibition in Mustafa Ali Gallery & Art Foundation in Damascus.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Jane Perkins Proves One Man’s Junk Is Indeed Another’s Treasure
See original article on odditycentral.com
British artist Jane Perkins creates beautiful works of art using everyday objects like marbles, toys or buttons picked up from recycling centers, second-hand shops and junkyards.
Jane Perkins worked as a nurse for 17 years, in a London hospital, before she decided to explore her artistic talents and got a degree in textiles in 2006. For her graduation thesis the artist chose a topic that would later be associated with her name - “Recycled Materials in Art and Design”. She began her successful career by creating stylish brooches mad with discarded jewelry, coins, sea shells and other found junk, but soon moved on to other more complex and impressive works.
Taking inspiration from Ecuadorian artists who take broken pieces of jewelry and implement them in original hair designs, and from the found objects themselves, Perkins creates colorful masterpieces exhibited all around the world. She loves to make art with an element of fun and unexpected and says she will use anything colorful that she can get her hands on. Luckily, Jane doesn’t have to scour second-hand shops and recycling centers as much as she used to, as people in her neighborhood learned about her art and began leaving bags of unwanted stuff on her doorstep.
For her detailed portraits of celebrities, Jane Perkins starts out with a photo of the person she wants to depict and proceeds to attach colorful objects over it. She uses cut up plant pot markers for the teeth, and plastic forks to give the hair a textured, spiky look. The only item she buys for her works are eye beads, which apparently allow her to capture emotion in the picture.
Jane’s original style has caused quite a stir in the art world, and collectors pay up to $3,250 for one of her pieces.
Above photos via Devon Artist Network
British artist Jane Perkins creates beautiful works of art using everyday objects like marbles, toys or buttons picked up from recycling centers, second-hand shops and junkyards.
Jane Perkins worked as a nurse for 17 years, in a London hospital, before she decided to explore her artistic talents and got a degree in textiles in 2006. For her graduation thesis the artist chose a topic that would later be associated with her name - “Recycled Materials in Art and Design”. She began her successful career by creating stylish brooches mad with discarded jewelry, coins, sea shells and other found junk, but soon moved on to other more complex and impressive works.
Taking inspiration from Ecuadorian artists who take broken pieces of jewelry and implement them in original hair designs, and from the found objects themselves, Perkins creates colorful masterpieces exhibited all around the world. She loves to make art with an element of fun and unexpected and says she will use anything colorful that she can get her hands on. Luckily, Jane doesn’t have to scour second-hand shops and recycling centers as much as she used to, as people in her neighborhood learned about her art and began leaving bags of unwanted stuff on her doorstep.
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| Photo Credits |
For her detailed portraits of celebrities, Jane Perkins starts out with a photo of the person she wants to depict and proceeds to attach colorful objects over it. She uses cut up plant pot markers for the teeth, and plastic forks to give the hair a textured, spiky look. The only item she buys for her works are eye beads, which apparently allow her to capture emotion in the picture.
Jane’s original style has caused quite a stir in the art world, and collectors pay up to $3,250 for one of her pieces.
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| Photo credits |
Above photos via Devon Artist Network
Saturday, July 9, 2011
RecyclArt - Inspiration to Feed your Recycling Mind :)
Recyclart a great website that showcases products that are made from recycling, reusing, upcycling, etc.
People can send photos of their own recycled artworks to show on the website. There are a lot of creative ideas and nice tips :)
Here are some really great ones:
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| Vinyl Clock |
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| License plate bowls |
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| origami paper bowls |
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| Book Art |
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| Teabags artwork |
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
So u say books are only good for reading?
Check out my short clip about alternative uses of books these days :)
There have been several campaigns in Damascus to promote reading. One successful example is JCI's "Book Basket"
JCI (Junior Chamber International) is organizing a "Book Basket" event in Damascus. You can exchange, for free, your old books for "new" ones bought in by other bookworms like yourself. The books cover a variety of geners including: novels, biographies, science fiction, self-development books both in Arabic & English.
For more info about the event check their facebook page
Thursday, June 23, 2011
For a Greener web
While surfing the net I found this very "green" website: Eco-Safe that is using web technologies to help the environment. The eco safe team is developing new free tools for people to use in an effort to make the web a little more environmentally friendly.
I got myself a "merit badge" that gives the guests of my blog alternatives to printing pages. It is a very simple and practical feature, check it out for yourself :)
I got myself a "merit badge" that gives the guests of my blog alternatives to printing pages. It is a very simple and practical feature, check it out for yourself :)
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