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Jupiter Never Tasted so Good




Jupiter Never Tasted so Good
A Week of Visual Ingenuity

Planetary Structural Layer Cakes Designed by Cakecrumbs

Have your cake and eat some science too! Self-taught chef Rhiannon over at Cakecrumbs has been creating these scientifically accurate cakes modeled after the planets of our solar system. Not only is the surface of the planet represented, but the mouthwatering inner layers as well. 

 

Landscapes Formed From Human Bodies by Carl Warner




Knees and elbows become sharp peaks rising from rolling hills of hips and bellies. London-based photographer Carl Warner contorts, lights, and photographs human bodies to create these vast landscapes reminiscent of the rocky desserts of the American southwest. Warner focuses our attention on a single person within each piece, soin Warner's words"a body that is lived in becomes a place to live."
 

The Most Beautifully Terrifying Spiders You Never Knew Existed



Wait! We know they're scary. But before you throw your iPad across the room or switch off your computer, take a minute to marvel at the incredible creativity employed by evolution to make such diverse lifeforms. The impossible variation in color and shape of these Indonesian arachnids photographed by Nicky Bay is truly stunning. If you can hold back from yelping in fright for a second, you might even decide these spiders are quite beautiful.  
 
 

Olek Crochets an Entire Four-Car Locomotive in Lodz, Poland

In what may be her largest work to date, textile artist Olek completed a massive four-car locomotive entirely covered in crocheted technicolor camo. The artist didn't even pause to change out of the costume she wore to London's Animal Ball before hopping on a plane to Lodz, Poland and meeting her assistants for four days of almost nonstop crocheting madness.       



Portraits Painted with Coffee on Century-Old Ledger Paper by Michael Aaron Williams


That stuff in your mug can do a lot more than keep you awake at work today. Artist Michael Aaron Williams has been using coffee to paint these gorgeous portraits on ledger paper from the 1920's and 30's.     
 

New Paper Birds from Diana Beltran Herrera

Diana Beltran Herrera's ability to capture the detail and motion of birds in paper sculptures is astounding. The feathers and wings of Herrera's birds appear to have such a natural fluidity that it is sometimes hard to believe they were crafted from carefully folded and cut paper.
 

From the Colossal Shop





 
Created by our good friends Sarah and Joseph Belknap of iamhome, these magnet sets are pure fun. With the Swimmer Magnet Set you can turn your fridge into your very own beach. Each swimming figure splashes around a 1" x 1" urethane plastic swimming hole. And with the Forest Magnet Set, you can create an entire forest right next to your beach. Model trees are mounted onto 1" x 2" blocks of gorgeous exotic wood. Both sets feature super-strong flush-mounted neodymium magnets to make sure your swimmers don't turn into divers and your trees are never felled.




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