The Secret Life of Daydreams

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Shay Aaron is the boss of miniature food sculptures.

They are phenomenal. Check out his flickr, or you can even buy tiny food jewellery over on Etsy.

“In Madrid, in less than 30 years, more than 50% of the public fountains in service have been lost, which now are seen to be dismantled, broken, without a tap to drink from or simply dry.

On a cold night at the end of January, we went out into the street and took control of 4 unused public fountains in the city center, bringing them back to life for a few hours.

A clever and beautiful installation by  Luzinterruptus

Things like Sean Avery’s sculptures made from shattered CDs really blow my mind. It would never occur to me to use my old junk to make something this beautiful. You can check out the rest of his work here.

Things like Sean Avery’s sculptures made from shattered CDs really blow my mind.

It would never occur to me to use my old junk to make something this beautiful.

You can check out the rest of his work here.

Joshua Ben Longo creates wonderfully weird creatures out of all manner of things. I can never explain my whims, but I am inexplicably drawn to them. You have my word that Longoland will bring a smile to your face.

Joshua Ben Longo creates wonderfully weird creatures out of all manner of things.

I can never explain my whims, but I am inexplicably drawn to them.

You have my word that Longoland will bring a smile to your face.

Since March of last year, a series of wonderful and whimsical paper sculptures have been anonymously left on tables and shelves in libraries in Edinburgh, Scotland. The sculptures are made from books and pages of books, and extol the virtues of book and libraries. They were often accompanied by notes, one of which reads in part: …” In support of Libraries, Books, Words, Ideas […] and All things ‘magic’…” There were, over a period of months, 10 sculptures left by the mysterious artist, who on the last sculpture left a note signing off with “Cheers Edinburgh it’s been fun!” Found this, here. I think they’re all great.

Since March of last year, a series of wonderful and whimsical paper sculptures have been anonymously left on tables and shelves in libraries in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The sculptures are made from books and pages of books, and extol the virtues of book and libraries. They were often accompanied by notes, one of which reads in part: …” In support of Libraries, Books, Words, Ideas […] and All things ‘magic’…”

There were, over a period of months, 10 sculptures left by the mysterious artist, who on the last sculpture left a note signing off with “Cheers Edinburgh it’s been fun!”

Found this, here. I think they’re all great.

Since completing studies in Graphic Design, John Dilnot has used up his time creating amazing installations and sculptures from pictures of birds and butterflies, cut up and arranged beautifully. His website is testament to his plethora of skills, I suggest you have a good long look around.

Since completing studies in Graphic Design, John Dilnot has used up his time creating amazing installations and sculptures from pictures of birds and butterflies, cut up and arranged beautifully.

His website is testament to his plethora of skills, I suggest you have a good long look around.

Origami is awesome, and something I will definitely be taking up more of in the coming year, which is why I got super excited to see this piece. A stunning combination of both origami and typography, this 3D masterpiece was created in aid of the Words Can Fly A Thousand Miles project. “The words on the poster were inspired by the instant encouragement and consoling words that Japanese people were able to receive just after the tsunami and earthquakes hit Japan, through social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter.” By Montreal-based designers Brian Li, Dominic Liu and Kyosuke Nishida. Read more here.

Origami is awesome, and something I will definitely be taking up more of in the coming year, which is why I got super excited to see this piece.

A stunning combination of both origami and typography, this 3D masterpiece was created in aid of the Words Can Fly A Thousand Miles project.

“The words on the poster were inspired by the instant encouragement and consoling words that Japanese people were able to receive just after the tsunami and earthquakes hit Japan, through social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter.”

By Montreal-based designers Brian Li, Dominic Liu and Kyosuke Nishida.

Read more here.

Call me slow, I don’t care, but this has been sat in my mental queue for a long time.

British artist Zadok Ben David created this incredible installation of thousands of steel cut flowers. Viewed from one end of the room they appear completely black, but from the other, a myriad of colours appear.

See more, read more, over here.

I found this on Colossal. Pretty gosh darn fantastic. Welsh-born artist and photographer Olsen Zander has been wrapping trees in white fabric around the UK for the better part of a decade. In this series entitled Tree, Line, Zander uses the fabric to reveal the horizon lines as they disappear behind the surface of trees. Really amazing work. If you liked this, also check out the mirrored tree installations of Joakim Kaminsky and Maria Poll. (via it’s nice that)

I found this on Colossal. Pretty gosh darn fantastic.

Welsh-born artist and photographer Olsen Zander has been wrapping trees in white fabric around the UK for the better part of a decade. In this series entitled Tree, Line, Zander uses the fabric to reveal the horizon lines as they disappear behind the surface of trees. Really amazing work. If you liked this, also check out the mirrored tree installations of Joakim Kaminsky and Maria Poll. (via it’s nice that)