Ice sculptures for global warming

A thousand miniature people have slowly melted away in a Berlin square in an effort to draw attention to melting ice caps in Greenland and Antarctica. Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo carved the figures out of ice and placed them on steps in the central Gendarmenmarkt square where they began to melt within about half an hour.The installation, Melting Men, was meant to spotlight the World Wildlife Fund's warning that melting ice could possibly cause levels to rise more than 3.3 ft by 2100.

The group warns that the warming of the Arctic will change weather in different parts of the world and increase the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Since 2005, Azevedo has been setting up her Melting Men in various countries around the world. Although originally intended as a critic of the role of monuments in cities, environmentalists around the world are adopting her work as climate change art.

When asked if she was a climate activist, Azevedo told greenmuze.com: 'No. I'm an artist, master of visual arts from the University of Sao Paolo.

'This work was conceived as a critical view of the official historical monuments. As the reading and interpretation of an art piece is open, I'm glad it can also speak of urgent matters that threaten our existence on this planet.'

'The project started with solitary figures, later a multitude of small sculptures of ice were placed in public spaces of several cities. The memory is inscribed in the photographic image and shared by everyone. It is not reserved to great heroes nor to great monuments.'

http://fineprintnyc.com/blog/melting-men-thousands-of-ice-sculptures-highlight-global-warming

Winter wonders for June and July

Since we are strongly heading into the cold days of winter, I decided for the winter months I will be posting creative ideas and art inspired by winter. First up some beautiful  ice sculptures by unknown artists:

CAR DIRT ART by Scott Wade

Have you ever come across a dirty car in the street and secretly wrote “wash me” on its dirty surface? Well internationally acclaimed artist Scott Wade takes things a few notches higher by creating art from dirt in automobiles. Here are some of his works

http://www.youthedesigner.com/2012/08/24/you-be-inspired-unusual-art-mediums/

Alternative uses for office supplies

http://www.theleek.com/2013/01/12-office-supply-life-hacks-that-make-work-kick-ass/

Push Pin Art

Portraits by Eric Daigh made from office push pins.

Random office supplie creations

Table made from old rulers

Rock on clip monster

'Super Mario" car driver

Love made from matches

Origami swan made from 500 sticky notes

Clip ball

Clip and pen plain

What can you make?

Staple murals

Paris-based artist Baptiste Debombourg creates elaborate Renaissance-style murals entirely out of staples. Debombourg’s most recent mural, “III,” is made up of 450,000 staples.

http://everydaythingsetc.com/2012/03/12/art-made-from-staples/