Wine Cork Portraits by Scott Gundersen

“Trisha” is a portrait made of 3,621 used/recycled wine corks by Scott Gundersen

9217 natural wine corks recycled into 1 portrait.

The final 50 hours of a 200 hour project.
1 photo taken every minute.

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Confessions of an Old Dirty Skateboarder, An Art Show by Mike Giant

San Francisco’s FFDG is hosting Confessions of an Old Dirty Skateboarder, a solo art show featuring the work of San Francisco-based graffiti artist, illustrator and tattooist Mike Giant. The show will feature drawings by Giant as well as his “personal collection of skateboards he illustrated the graphics for, including boards from his early career”. The opening reception is Friday July 20, 2012 from 7 PM to 10 PM and the show runs through August 12, 2012.

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ALEX WEIN’S SMOKE-FILLED PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES

Alex Wein is a recent graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. The photography work on his site is really diverse, but I’m particularly into these smoke-swathed figures in black and white.

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