Monika has been writing about trending artifacts across diverse platforms for over three years. Her all-time fascination with both traditional and non-traditional artworks led her to explore the world of art and humanities. She founded EdgyMinds in 2016 to discover emerging artists and indulge her passion for creativity. Connect with her at Facebook I Twitter I G Plus
Brazilian artist Aline Brant has beautifully combined hand-stitched embroidery with photographs in her latest project. Portraying feminine side through each image, she has used the ancient form of art, embroidery, and tried to refract it through modern art form, i.e., photography.
While most people use art to create wonderful and vibrant masterpieces, there are a few artists that use their creative skills to provoke deep thought in the viewers’ mind. Al Margen from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is one genius illustrator that creates unimaginable drawings pinpointing some of the flaws of modern-day society.
The talented sketch artist George Diamantis creates incredibly realistic coloured pencil portraits of some of the famous artists. You must check out his fascinating artworks, which feature realistic features – as if a portrait mode has been set on the real photos of these celebrities.
Light painting is a creative photographic technique in which hand-held light source or other illuminating objects are used to capture fantasy portraits. Taking the art of light painting to another level, Montreal-based photography duo Eric Paré and Kim Henry has recently captured dreamy photos as thunder lighting strikes.
Talented Russia-based artist Anna Zimorodok creates beautiful hand-painted agate necklaces and pendants, featuring miniature lacquer painting. She uses oil paint to create miniature fantasy paintings that include highly detailed images of animals, flowers, some great artists, and even mandalas representing the universe.
In today’s highly globalised and urbanised world, we are slowly disconnecting with nature. The increasing urbanisation is even shattering the scenic beauty of India’s beautiful hilly regions like Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. While it’s becoming difficult to nurture the joy of gardening in fast-paced concrete jungles, creative miniaturist Shilpa Chauhan from Shimla is trying her best to incorporate nature back into our lives with her...
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Some of you may find it horrifying and ridiculous, but there are some artists who take offering ‘ blood, sweat and tears’ to create art a bit too literally. One of those artists is Maxime Andre Taccardi, who doesn’t even hesitate to shed his blood to make paintings. After cutting his wrist, he uses paint brush directly on the wound to take blood as an...
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Gloucestershire-based self-taught artist Dan Rawlings gives a second life to rusty scrap metal by turning it into delicate plant and tree sculptures. Using a medium that contrasts to the natural environment, he creates delicate yet strong sculptures that whimsically merges with nature. These captivating artworks force passersby to stop and look at the twisting and curling tree branches or plant leaves, which people often neglect...
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We all know about the classic instruments of music such as guitar, drums, violin, and the list goes on. But have you ever heard of the music instrument called Rasendriya? Well, this innovative music instrument is the creation of Rizal Abdulhadi, a uniquely talented multi-instrumentalist, folk singer, songwriter, instrument maker and social activist from West Java, Indonesia.
Have you ever wished to escape the bustling city life and live in a tranquil treehouse in the woods? Well, you can actually live your fantasy in this amazing treehouse in Fagu, a hill resort located around 22 km away from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Designed and owned by a local resident, Sandeep Singh, this whimsical treehouse is perched on four deodar trees.