Shoot, That's Fun. The Bullet Hole Art Of Walt Creel.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJhV1gmW-zPWBGEkHYGVhzXbxTvRkt6rgobigdeeWAMgO5bC6FiloSirVRzr52k9uPvO3oyObCzWfit8yL5iEAURORogJMOheHqkMYoRoUZrU7yi2uhaKv6hGKTN0Sn1HrtViTRvIYcs/s1600/rabbit-walt+creel.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567087309041769442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJhV1gmW-zPWBGEkHYGVhzXbxTvRkt6rgobigdeeWAMgO5bC6FiloSirVRzr52k9uPvO3oyObCzWfit8yL5iEAURORogJMOheHqkMYoRoUZrU7yi2uhaKv6hGKTN0Sn1HrtViTRvIYcs/s400/rabbit-walt+creel.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 370px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above image courtesy of The Birmingham News</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.waltcreel.com/">Walt Creel </a>of Birmingham, Alabama uses a deadly weapon, ironically, to create images of sweet Southern wildlife. Brandishing a rifle, he fires .22 caliber bullets through 4' x 6' white painted aluminum panels to form images of a deer, an owl, a rabbit, a possum, a squirrel and bird in his project, De-Weaponizing The Gun.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeIV7cwMmM1jEQFXGGmhMrY27GGTUbz6lJ-pLifV1fZXjntAiOdnfrTFmRVCMwTTlI2Um6ck-VkK4JbVdIypRaX4hntY3L-nuJmLo34uGJq_r_PPSAWY9rJat5k3N0ky89nzKhPQ7tsU/s1600/Picture+14.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567080735984461186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeIV7cwMmM1jEQFXGGmhMrY27GGTUbz6lJ-pLifV1fZXjntAiOdnfrTFmRVCMwTTlI2Um6ck-VkK4JbVdIypRaX4hntY3L-nuJmLo34uGJq_r_PPSAWY9rJat5k3N0ky89nzKhPQ7tsU/s400/Picture+14.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 381px;" /></a><br />detail of Rabbit:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFm9JbLSiYf5-TlEGBaBdGAXX7Vqzdn-bu-PElIbGq1mGpWZMGsTk4nQw8BaySksY66RDlMYd4Yclyh_wUbFWsIAovEqrl4h987qeOFR9Z2j550q8orpN-vhvxOCRIPHeeb9uII6fEcTc/s1600/rabbit+detail.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567106217969755810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFm9JbLSiYf5-TlEGBaBdGAXX7Vqzdn-bu-PElIbGq1mGpWZMGsTk4nQw8BaySksY66RDlMYd4Yclyh_wUbFWsIAovEqrl4h987qeOFR9Z2j550q8orpN-vhvxOCRIPHeeb9uII6fEcTc/s400/rabbit+detail.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 480px;" /></a><br /><br />The pointillist-like art is as interesting to admire up close as it is from afar, and is the artist's attempt at taking away the destructive power of the gun.<br /><br />Squirrel:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUr6OQk6W7vSBcGBVO0jNG20QBF8WsuUb1ueaPxauE7yWk3NOZVnnXyuwKZFgJBenDnRsm9MnosS6-R2HJ_hbPB337H0_JdvMnar6hk36FUijZOddCoWf1BfokqiGN7J9UaL0ahgd1bgM/s1600/Picture+8.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567082144320745938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUr6OQk6W7vSBcGBVO0jNG20QBF8WsuUb1ueaPxauE7yWk3NOZVnnXyuwKZFgJBenDnRsm9MnosS6-R2HJ_hbPB337H0_JdvMnar6hk36FUijZOddCoWf1BfokqiGN7J9UaL0ahgd1bgM/s400/Picture+8.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 357px;" /></a><br />The finished image of Squirrel [above] and creating the piece [below].<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEep8zi_2rD-nxVcSklOdHkZvEv8LaQWyuXFJrbuB3cf_MGDruuyLxtTQOQXrsDXXQ-9meNqrC2Dv9XDzppNHSoYVHn9D6Zv_0uAI387lhu-ynRLoCGa28SeoBanWU13cvhYUJDHoQPU/s1600/Picture+11.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567081114748813410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvEep8zi_2rD-nxVcSklOdHkZvEv8LaQWyuXFJrbuB3cf_MGDruuyLxtTQOQXrsDXXQ-9meNqrC2Dv9XDzppNHSoYVHn9D6Zv_0uAI387lhu-ynRLoCGa28SeoBanWU13cvhYUJDHoQPU/s400/Picture+11.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 380px;" /></a><br />Deer:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-m21uAowNnDbcuZJEIYQtEn9r5c1fN0JX6f1ds6le0W8EyxnNDZwYK8_C6yFKqKYMT4BJmSjPM1qE98Zw9m_wA-P4F4XrXHs01sJFSmGaQw9mcKvq4XzuOStdYLaxsUJeCkwdSKVK7U/s1600/Picture+2.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567081645372593586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-m21uAowNnDbcuZJEIYQtEn9r5c1fN0JX6f1ds6le0W8EyxnNDZwYK8_C6yFKqKYMT4BJmSjPM1qE98Zw9m_wA-P4F4XrXHs01sJFSmGaQw9mcKvq4XzuOStdYLaxsUJeCkwdSKVK7U/s400/Picture+2.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 764px;" /></a><br />Close -up of deer:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6en1sh7o3cGMPC9n5w9Mi7QiZFgvbEf49AvRq5RdKJonfpbKn-Tu99C5URmwny2z70aH_dZs3Px9LSgJtnjvQQoJIeLKIK5EsDMPZZBHaPoMmkQZhKscyMyKA_G7CbCzJ4PhQp0knsB4/s1600/deer+cu.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567085683111494690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6en1sh7o3cGMPC9n5w9Mi7QiZFgvbEf49AvRq5RdKJonfpbKn-Tu99C5URmwny2z70aH_dZs3Px9LSgJtnjvQQoJIeLKIK5EsDMPZZBHaPoMmkQZhKscyMyKA_G7CbCzJ4PhQp0knsB4/s400/deer+cu.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 182px;" /></a><br />Bird:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAi8SrB2HezprCfCFKzgnwbLrPfYAFJLJ2xo8QdSBvBklt14fDKDfB6MZBlTlCgxr5qHZtuLQn_SMOWGgqkTGeKMUMHivVVtreorHyDPk0QKpk1tKqXbOcA3kml-ttRgliFItZkFHtWdY/s1600/Picture+9.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567082222014791490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAi8SrB2HezprCfCFKzgnwbLrPfYAFJLJ2xo8QdSBvBklt14fDKDfB6MZBlTlCgxr5qHZtuLQn_SMOWGgqkTGeKMUMHivVVtreorHyDPk0QKpk1tKqXbOcA3kml-ttRgliFItZkFHtWdY/s400/Picture+9.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 353px;" /></a><br />Possum:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-Xj_KhWzyiQHXlpcCXFk3-SFfYpmn5o0g-HGV4tOj_3kHAQ9AB4L6BHP3YRzpVgf1FWf7FxazzcmJonMD3IbD-iMuKqvJxWNcDqOmP0xL4fym2zWGbvhK4yn5Vb6OroQC4EfzqTUv1E/s1600/Picture+4.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567081812878707090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-Xj_KhWzyiQHXlpcCXFk3-SFfYpmn5o0g-HGV4tOj_3kHAQ9AB4L6BHP3YRzpVgf1FWf7FxazzcmJonMD3IbD-iMuKqvJxWNcDqOmP0xL4fym2zWGbvhK4yn5Vb6OroQC4EfzqTUv1E/s400/Picture+4.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 756px;" /></a><br />Rabbit:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibu6zMz204AtT_TKfJKLiFdDehnycfC-u-cfwFKZHcrD3pYeFaYG2ldJGirIsNh0t-amFJs4GDGhL6imoalvTLaSrDMCUM9N3Jo9X-sLPsML44uL8ITHueoMzO7oRTHhsy0Pv_ZEJg2ew/s1600/Picture+7.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567081901511394050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibu6zMz204AtT_TKfJKLiFdDehnycfC-u-cfwFKZHcrD3pYeFaYG2ldJGirIsNh0t-amFJs4GDGhL6imoalvTLaSrDMCUM9N3Jo9X-sLPsML44uL8ITHueoMzO7oRTHhsy0Pv_ZEJg2ew/s400/Picture+7.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 355px;" /></a><br />Owl:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jj2j1H3PqksNlygYQsQr8_-hAOAuh3SUgPmSHkXXwbq2abagLmuHJdi7jwy2tHZnezCMFFoBuqb77c3oYsRJXziSLwfGX1ZxGUNPRY5Eufe9v84OWgh0WT0CfHHpQo5OkyjXAuxO6KY/s1600/Picture+3.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567081738326490034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0jj2j1H3PqksNlygYQsQr8_-hAOAuh3SUgPmSHkXXwbq2abagLmuHJdi7jwy2tHZnezCMFFoBuqb77c3oYsRJXziSLwfGX1ZxGUNPRY5Eufe9v84OWgh0WT0CfHHpQo5OkyjXAuxO6KY/s400/Picture+3.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 767px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DEWEAPONIZING THE GUN by Walton Creel</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">In t</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >he artist's own words:</span><br />The terms gun and weapon are practically interchangeable. From hunting to war, self defense to target practice, the gun has been a symbol of power and destruction. Art and entertainment have both taken the same approach to he gun. Traveling Wild West shows had gunslingers that shot crude silhouettes and names, but this was done to illustrate the shooters prowess. Some artists have used high speed film to capture a bullet slicing through its target, while other artists have melted guns into sculptures.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuyxSAfzGJtDMS4btySe4-ylUsHkb7ri6dZas_Diqqz3pXc198612F7MCgoQVOgY0YByQowmMsBOBlRWZiLXKk02Sl_2UXsxlLpHQS8Tvi2kv_bAGNK_kSjT3hpI7oBcGDSH0tSUx3nw/s1600/walt_creel_2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567080645716921090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuyxSAfzGJtDMS4btySe4-ylUsHkb7ri6dZas_Diqqz3pXc198612F7MCgoQVOgY0YByQowmMsBOBlRWZiLXKk02Sl_2UXsxlLpHQS8Tvi2kv_bAGNK_kSjT3hpI7oBcGDSH0tSUx3nw/s400/walt_creel_2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 349px;" /></a><br /><br />When I decided I wanted to make art using a gun, I was not sure what direction I would have to take. I knew I did not want to use it simply as an accent to work I was doing, but as the focus. My main goal was to take the destructive power away from the gun. To manipulate the gun into a tool of creation and use it in a way that removed it from its original purpose, to deweaponize it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKPIH4GgFM6_smlt-ddzTAl3VHjba46NX4plNmpZ_XDukCRPSwwS22I1lmCWd_T-H5BCL-NiHToHf7K6h9GAry2VFQrLPvNTrSqQiTlHcSKntCtAUDvS1wWEFd5vY_YOC9yPtnCx_DAI/s1600/walt+at+work.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567085407075264738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKPIH4GgFM6_smlt-ddzTAl3VHjba46NX4plNmpZ_XDukCRPSwwS22I1lmCWd_T-H5BCL-NiHToHf7K6h9GAry2VFQrLPvNTrSqQiTlHcSKntCtAUDvS1wWEFd5vY_YOC9yPtnCx_DAI/s400/walt+at+work.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 188px;" /></a><br /><br />During my first experiment I came across the concept of creating an image hole by hole on a surface. I also figured out that canvas would be too stressed by the process of a rifle firing many bullets into it.<br /><br />A test firing of the bullets into canvas:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZ09OytdGynHNX_oQ8E2XCgElFjBPFBr2TTYT_XTfTmg4RXA3mJGzKh3amGyCiwO1s9zUSeCcEQKoBdedYv2TtHtXUAf1xzvrjd8tnqeokTZKV7WwBTAQOYt-ShjinDKeE_Rz-uFrnAU/s1600/Picture+13.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567080939579983730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZ09OytdGynHNX_oQ8E2XCgElFjBPFBr2TTYT_XTfTmg4RXA3mJGzKh3amGyCiwO1s9zUSeCcEQKoBdedYv2TtHtXUAf1xzvrjd8tnqeokTZKV7WwBTAQOYt-ShjinDKeE_Rz-uFrnAU/s400/Picture+13.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 380px;" /></a><br /><br />I moved on to aluminum and, with further experimentation, I figured out exactly how far apart my shots needed to be and that moving beyond .22 caliber was simply too destructive. When the aluminum was painted beforehand, the blast of the gun knocked off a tiny amount of paint around each hole, which helped fuse the image together.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjDWfIedaoLLzjhjvmVDqyRSXyxHxUSHaDgp6KDwrqiC2WkRHfxwyAZoceRwGM2V8XdPt491GnpYA94nUI343Y08h-QdDI6kslF5RUjtDvdyVrKkE6-I54jUBwzeEGH8vlLevTMYLeEA/s1600/Picture+10.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567081215456298770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjDWfIedaoLLzjhjvmVDqyRSXyxHxUSHaDgp6KDwrqiC2WkRHfxwyAZoceRwGM2V8XdPt491GnpYA94nUI343Y08h-QdDI6kslF5RUjtDvdyVrKkE6-I54jUBwzeEGH8vlLevTMYLeEA/s400/Picture+10.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 380px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rYAlriqrg0LLg7UW3gim6vdw_7jLnZp7-fc3NYEEB08ufU5uHaZHBI9C2Puv4biGNJc-5mLgwkLEnKIFf5MqsFoUpuYze-mTLwIE4Pt8rZqsakzzhG7-Mz5HL-JWfKn-olizBw1UUpc/s1600/Picture+12.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567081023151263842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rYAlriqrg0LLg7UW3gim6vdw_7jLnZp7-fc3NYEEB08ufU5uHaZHBI9C2Puv4biGNJc-5mLgwkLEnKIFf5MqsFoUpuYze-mTLwIE4Pt8rZqsakzzhG7-Mz5HL-JWfKn-olizBw1UUpc/s400/Picture+12.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 378px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">images courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.waltcreel.com/" style="font-style: italic;">the artist</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> and the </span><a href="http://colemanarts.org/2005/ex_Creel.php" style="font-style: italic;">Coleman Center For The Arts</a><span style="font-style: italic;">,</span></span><br /><br />Deweaponizing the Gun is an ongoing series presented in installments.

Shoot, That's Fun. The Bullet Hole Art Of Walt Creel.

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Olivier Kosta-Théfaine (Stak) Fires Up Some Cool Ceiling Art

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWzzAuEi-qrjoaxbQCMBV9OzcJ7ltCtqWo1_tF4tRX5NsKYKldjFu6A_MKAdJ4o5TSDBuWcxEDL7gEUjMj76z8J08RVEdPOLg961mz9UKSdITeYfujQFb92-HzHpAB13aFIHkOoDhxoan/s1600/2008_prague.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470540146482265986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWzzAuEi-qrjoaxbQCMBV9OzcJ7ltCtqWo1_tF4tRX5NsKYKldjFu6A_MKAdJ4o5TSDBuWcxEDL7gEUjMj76z8J08RVEdPOLg961mz9UKSdITeYfujQFb92-HzHpAB13aFIHkOoDhxoan/s400/2008_prague.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 705px;" /></a><br /><br />Artist Olivier Kosta-Théfaine (aka Olivier Stak) of France has an unusual way to add decor to the ceiling. And all it takes is a lighter, a ladder and a load of talent.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrl8ulM7Q7yQXKMw1bdQ-a_Yw988fJq2yBbbQ5dMcFMo4Qfk2mfn0P-a-CGjphTfmatGy-a2qxWg6HkKso5h8l31EmND6xJ0pKR5hyphenhyphen5LWU3j_aJ-WS9ESMH_tS68DoPrBr6V6wI82Z7UWb/s1600/Trafacka---Prague---2008.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470539419912402994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrl8ulM7Q7yQXKMw1bdQ-a_Yw988fJq2yBbbQ5dMcFMo4Qfk2mfn0P-a-CGjphTfmatGy-a2qxWg6HkKso5h8l31EmND6xJ0pKR5hyphenhyphen5LWU3j_aJ-WS9ESMH_tS68DoPrBr6V6wI82Z7UWb/s400/Trafacka---Prague---2008.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 396px;" /></a><br /><br />The following images of Olivier's burnt ceiling art are from various gallery installations as well as private homes:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6fcQ7uLzv49g3OB6KjAuhh5JC3aNnduOlKLt6MkvAKQF9484RdJ-YStrZMw5lObZ6-HF0eXlq3nFbAqN-eLHIscLWMWpLcGTaeDoPZR2P6413rVU8QWV_e7VedfuMhT56WcOaKtdFwby/s1600/115_rasshop2010.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470540073351145650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6fcQ7uLzv49g3OB6KjAuhh5JC3aNnduOlKLt6MkvAKQF9484RdJ-YStrZMw5lObZ6-HF0eXlq3nFbAqN-eLHIscLWMWpLcGTaeDoPZR2P6413rVU8QWV_e7VedfuMhT56WcOaKtdFwby/s400/115_rasshop2010.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 529px; height: 705px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the artist</span> (his bio from his site):<br />Born in 1972, Olivier Kosta-Théfaine lives and works in Paris, France. In each of his interventions, Olivier Kosta-Théfaine plays with the codes and clichés of popular culture. He uses the languages and codes of the city and its suburbs, changing or modifying their original meaning so it can be understood by a broader public. His reflection is essentially based in rehabilitating the, often deconsidered, elements that belong to the city. His fascination for the suburbs has switched to a passion that is essential to his everyday work. The city is his muse, the drive for his artistic inspiration. He tries to decipher a discredited world through simple and ironic little mechanisms which he then transposes into galleries. By introducing the language of popular culture into the white cube, Olivier Kosta-Théfaine uses the suburb’s many clichés, plays with the truth and distorts the elements of pop culture. Olivier Kosta-Théfaine makes fun of himself ... While others wear a tie and work on improving their table manners, he’s proud of being “38% chav” and claims it loud and clear. His work is more ironic than fundamentally serious. He asserts his pride of belonging to the concrete universe of suburbs, on the edge between glam and pop.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.olivierkostathefaine.com/">See his website and more work of his here.</a><br /><br />Below is a video of an interview with the artist filmed at the Alice Gallery, Brussels.<br /><br /><object height="420" width="530"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/x1orto_olivier-kosta-thefaine-stak-glitter_creation"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/x1orto_olivier-kosta-thefaine-stak-glitter_creation" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="420" width="530"></embed></object><br />You can read an interview with the artist and see some of his earlier works <a href="http://www.yatzer.com/1975_olivier_kosta-thefaine_and_his_magic_lighter">here.</a><br><br>

Olivier Kosta-Théfaine (Stak) Fires Up Some Cool Ceiling Art

Artist Olivier Kosta-Théfaine (aka Olivier Stak) of France has an unusual way to add decor to the ceiling. And all it takes is a lighter, a ...

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Artist Eric Daigh Sticks It To Us With His Pushpin Portraits

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0Euxv1MyCA0outfSdK8tWVlp8Z8RxhdhWXr_Ypqd6wIZFXx5ZAwb3ExEOjotCgjnGds1G4FS9mjaP28lx5F7CEARG1zXzpYp7DA0zk9L60gqllPM6NSSax8wED3nlEsaeOtyEjux5jc/s1600/4006185741_7edd0a2d26_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458308760744004194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0Euxv1MyCA0outfSdK8tWVlp8Z8RxhdhWXr_Ypqd6wIZFXx5ZAwb3ExEOjotCgjnGds1G4FS9mjaP28lx5F7CEARG1zXzpYp7DA0zk9L60gqllPM6NSSax8wED3nlEsaeOtyEjux5jc/s400/4006185741_7edd0a2d26_b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 537px; height: 302px;" /></a><br /><br />Born in California and now residing in Northern Michigan, 33 year old husband, father and artist <a href="http://daigh.com/">Eric Daigh</a> creates portraits by putting ordinary pushpins in posterboard. Daigh uses blue, red, white, yellow and black push pins (he sprays green pushpins black since there are no black pushpins) to create his masterpieces. Each portrait requires about 11,000 pushpins which Daigh applies by one at a time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicxjZVnTVETIYoYRYPSOT6Z9OvpsIGbSZXUBIAUlC3bOrUqUTmqDvl4wBu0l3gDsXxScTmY_Ewk0J65ymWGSk0duhEMvnvnCo8KLL50iaK8QItqcLw6QibVdKlg3fmlP1cq8zGbvEk4L4/s1600/Picture+46.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458311578309212354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicxjZVnTVETIYoYRYPSOT6Z9OvpsIGbSZXUBIAUlC3bOrUqUTmqDvl4wBu0l3gDsXxScTmY_Ewk0J65ymWGSk0duhEMvnvnCo8KLL50iaK8QItqcLw6QibVdKlg3fmlP1cq8zGbvEk4L4/s400/Picture+46.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 539px; height: 518px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Eric and his wife Meghan, whose portrait he's created with pushpins four times.</span></span><br /><br />His work took third place (and $50,000) in the Grand Rapids, Michigan 2009 <a href="http://www.artprize.org/">ArtPrize</a> Exhibition, has been featured on CBS this morning, was in the 2009 <a href="http://www.commarts.com/">Communication Arts</a> Illustration Annual and he holds the Guinness World Record for the largest pushpin mural.<br /><br />Chloe and Casey:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUZC8TB1Snn9ws5emZfZPI7LG6z9VwAywgPD1EcW-2OYSHgjZpisEjMwqM7ru6YABVKaA-yC0qvVHi9_5ZFY870YAvDuSzwFYcVxv1ivpFTiq6Vwr2duds_wm3PU5MVWySBR1ITDDmU4/s1600/Chloe.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458298166009846194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUZC8TB1Snn9ws5emZfZPI7LG6z9VwAywgPD1EcW-2OYSHgjZpisEjMwqM7ru6YABVKaA-yC0qvVHi9_5ZFY870YAvDuSzwFYcVxv1ivpFTiq6Vwr2duds_wm3PU5MVWySBR1ITDDmU4/s400/Chloe.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 370px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-e8ikv9BUz8jijiRpNENFYJVOb9hyphenhyphenJRQBzij7FivWUQq_doM_M-pndhIwobu4xjhtedmY-PURe-0q2r56kAv09z1yxoqG7-DIjYnnoGx9hpYtLPsZXHATFeJNndzZOsgEpp3uAY8bHA/s1600/casey.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458298051556208066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-e8ikv9BUz8jijiRpNENFYJVOb9hyphenhyphenJRQBzij7FivWUQq_doM_M-pndhIwobu4xjhtedmY-PURe-0q2r56kAv09z1yxoqG7-DIjYnnoGx9hpYtLPsZXHATFeJNndzZOsgEpp3uAY8bHA/s400/casey.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 369px;" /></a><br />Austin II and Cory:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-FT_Azva145ufBzibqN06G4FTKTN0LqHYp8GysZ0BGpmTLD9F8nQJ5YkFyuW-b_vDVseHtQPQekBRp8HLVO6lpmHulKarFgPrz_ZUrGlDDMBvj8ziNujGUJHbQRnajgLIGU0B8mtlRE/s1600/AustinII.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458297596637861746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-FT_Azva145ufBzibqN06G4FTKTN0LqHYp8GysZ0BGpmTLD9F8nQJ5YkFyuW-b_vDVseHtQPQekBRp8HLVO6lpmHulKarFgPrz_ZUrGlDDMBvj8ziNujGUJHbQRnajgLIGU0B8mtlRE/s400/AustinII.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 385px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0lbVEUN6qBYY2XZvH_gpeV5fuEF8RXugUcbxLm9xDAebDVACcb3_t-Oc_ughe5KxNGYwP4K6MRJS4TSrs9HnoXL8EctHkeuwVz6jqSPKDmf1Jyc2y1S6ORBtDvmUGxrmfvGlOXRMUs8/s1600/cory.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458297474175969138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI0lbVEUN6qBYY2XZvH_gpeV5fuEF8RXugUcbxLm9xDAebDVACcb3_t-Oc_ughe5KxNGYwP4K6MRJS4TSrs9HnoXL8EctHkeuwVz6jqSPKDmf1Jyc2y1S6ORBtDvmUGxrmfvGlOXRMUs8/s400/cory.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 384px;" /></a><br />Harper:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit42gtcUnlS0d3ctdHgUg1k9GW4W3d57cBZXjNEJMGkbCsYYvZ2TavZS8J-y1qrfmlpwzN0RAAJkYvsC8aOm6nvcWIdbrjFGar7sqBYS_C6-TpyCgGkrDwSav4xZ8oGYFR-op5aiwi8hY/s1600/harper.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458296951355815618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit42gtcUnlS0d3ctdHgUg1k9GW4W3d57cBZXjNEJMGkbCsYYvZ2TavZS8J-y1qrfmlpwzN0RAAJkYvsC8aOm6nvcWIdbrjFGar7sqBYS_C6-TpyCgGkrDwSav4xZ8oGYFR-op5aiwi8hY/s400/harper.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 710px;" /></a><br />Jaia and Kimberly:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4WaVgq61_fkuveaLpWuDez8nHl6iwMNlRKHDFTcTEoS8TuL9xAbbc4BV-wWGj4AmRdQ83KvPXvHNMt0MA7WXZSNXWbAbgSHTGTd6jhSrgjLFm90yobmyD5sAcaGOPfVmshyphenhyphenHPNVKufo/s1600/jaia.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458296762554393442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4WaVgq61_fkuveaLpWuDez8nHl6iwMNlRKHDFTcTEoS8TuL9xAbbc4BV-wWGj4AmRdQ83KvPXvHNMt0MA7WXZSNXWbAbgSHTGTd6jhSrgjLFm90yobmyD5sAcaGOPfVmshyphenhyphenHPNVKufo/s400/jaia.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 400px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkz3BNC3SG8A_xLkl7sXuY8v9oU8xhDbscQ2CUoMwjzISrOaqTe5Cszk1a1mUxlr8espEqY3W2nwfzC8_N9f7dvFemc6N9JK0qAaxVIWBBKi9esBGBDpkmr5ZK7QNFcvs9wwVXLDoq2_Y/s1600/kimberly.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458296552373262658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkz3BNC3SG8A_xLkl7sXuY8v9oU8xhDbscQ2CUoMwjzISrOaqTe5Cszk1a1mUxlr8espEqY3W2nwfzC8_N9f7dvFemc6N9JK0qAaxVIWBBKi9esBGBDpkmr5ZK7QNFcvs9wwVXLDoq2_Y/s400/kimberly.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />Neyla:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyyfIsSxwh6B9oX_8-O4XUhbDM5QunaVcpw-U7i2am37kcVrT-j8rdjA46aCayrvef3TuIHSzS0I0abt_W8i2UE4nz-xMzQ-Yf5kPIzOsDO5lM1Dj-xb53BsHzt3HVTyZM73VC-Ild5KY/s1600/Nelya.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458293768601428946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyyfIsSxwh6B9oX_8-O4XUhbDM5QunaVcpw-U7i2am37kcVrT-j8rdjA46aCayrvef3TuIHSzS0I0abt_W8i2UE4nz-xMzQ-Yf5kPIzOsDO5lM1Dj-xb53BsHzt3HVTyZM73VC-Ild5KY/s400/Nelya.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 710px;" /></a><br /><br />Potraits of Meghan, the artists' wife<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPjqSJ0sYBe90DGA9bbatFIOepbsgo8LZya-tLnw7qjsQtKKFBucBzQCNVfLXpaGeHcLrWG9Ig6XxuE7sl_C-vrUYjJqlo7Ksd1ISMlYvl8dAGVQgUPamdTt8m9FBZi1_2D1EGRoyt9Q/s1600/4meghans.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458296142667875602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPjqSJ0sYBe90DGA9bbatFIOepbsgo8LZya-tLnw7qjsQtKKFBucBzQCNVfLXpaGeHcLrWG9Ig6XxuE7sl_C-vrUYjJqlo7Ksd1ISMlYvl8dAGVQgUPamdTt8m9FBZi1_2D1EGRoyt9Q/s400/4meghans.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 188px;" /></a><br /><br />Now, close-ups of each of the above portraits of Meghan.<br /><br />Meghan I:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7bBxgkksZZym89MqC0c6mE528UJBxADPOdBjjmc0n5tw6Ffrt741glhaxK_EbA8EjsTRu0Hjv7eCkgaPDXwOPdqzG-krU8cVG0BcSMB989sweGQj9VXYpLoWCaOxzNNlcLOTPG_NQmtU/s1600/mehgan.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458294618307190034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7bBxgkksZZym89MqC0c6mE528UJBxADPOdBjjmc0n5tw6Ffrt741glhaxK_EbA8EjsTRu0Hjv7eCkgaPDXwOPdqzG-krU8cVG0BcSMB989sweGQj9VXYpLoWCaOxzNNlcLOTPG_NQmtU/s400/mehgan.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 728px;" /></a><br />Meghan II:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4O6iGqNFiI3VH3D2tfTa8flXe9tL65pL22mJWw_nh_HXZPPEwnK7H_TgO3HLqN4aCslaq3jC0bmThQtWRBQxyqp6vdclhI1WV_sA0EzrYqsJ6e2Er25bjBhtRuM596S_NepBpS41cgsY/s1600/mehganII.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458294477277482834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4O6iGqNFiI3VH3D2tfTa8flXe9tL65pL22mJWw_nh_HXZPPEwnK7H_TgO3HLqN4aCslaq3jC0bmThQtWRBQxyqp6vdclhI1WV_sA0EzrYqsJ6e2Er25bjBhtRuM596S_NepBpS41cgsY/s400/mehganII.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 775px;" /></a><br />Meghan III:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6lYT9CMNn3bi72cu2MP7sA6JndkWhAEsNcdAPu70e6oohSW1V40p1WaPK6aC04CYT3imehv3TL6P40xLMjzKLCzDzoBQe3TPMtLVGeTAEDF6kqTvIPmD-4UKln8GykXp-YD7h0eMhB8/s1600/meghan+III.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458294204689498770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6lYT9CMNn3bi72cu2MP7sA6JndkWhAEsNcdAPu70e6oohSW1V40p1WaPK6aC04CYT3imehv3TL6P40xLMjzKLCzDzoBQe3TPMtLVGeTAEDF6kqTvIPmD-4UKln8GykXp-YD7h0eMhB8/s400/meghan+III.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 712px;" /></a><br />Meghan IV:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRflIG0OEI6fx2fSw6IBtzCyAbd29Os0YMbiVmr4RxO48FB7AyMpL3MA-A0BJFDE7ym7yyOR4IDmbP91zek2Iu8_L5Wy_a3pvSrC2VunuQl9ZvBYxRrq3JygeBqrjVA1cYFqjrZdbeN4I/s1600/mehgan+IV.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458294064482921634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRflIG0OEI6fx2fSw6IBtzCyAbd29Os0YMbiVmr4RxO48FB7AyMpL3MA-A0BJFDE7ym7yyOR4IDmbP91zek2Iu8_L5Wy_a3pvSrC2VunuQl9ZvBYxRrq3JygeBqrjVA1cYFqjrZdbeN4I/s400/mehgan+IV.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 798px;" /></a><br />Self Portrait I and Self-portrait II:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJNfs2XLBm7GlhxYEgixPUgdd9haccGH8OBnde44ZeRnC7X-Kd6CkDS8H6-1ywmAFCT3_XKaWXbfinUy41nacO8bV09V3BGT5KFYcsmiCUjlA0i9LDMhbKRF4rCJYhNz05Y3IKsI6RJg/s1600/self-portrait.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458293478192182818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJNfs2XLBm7GlhxYEgixPUgdd9haccGH8OBnde44ZeRnC7X-Kd6CkDS8H6-1ywmAFCT3_XKaWXbfinUy41nacO8bV09V3BGT5KFYcsmiCUjlA0i9LDMhbKRF4rCJYhNz05Y3IKsI6RJg/s400/self-portrait.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 360px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZn3W2LFD55KfU9sMtKEaBJ6GrU0DM8jb6RAHum2F1gRBL1yioLAr0ol0UZ5BBZcBbieztU2hylkm1H-ZC-tl4T1qnzb-mrEV0sTmFr1i3wU29PuE4FOOJXngagPx0vWc70Txvz_POEO4/s1600/selfportrait+II.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458288685982871106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZn3W2LFD55KfU9sMtKEaBJ6GrU0DM8jb6RAHum2F1gRBL1yioLAr0ol0UZ5BBZcBbieztU2hylkm1H-ZC-tl4T1qnzb-mrEV0sTmFr1i3wU29PuE4FOOJXngagPx0vWc70Txvz_POEO4/s400/selfportrait+II.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 359px;" /></a><br /><br />The work as it appeared at Art Prize, 2009:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hXReuSdt_ncODUu84GkQXMuTJyzTbhmVg1Rrx0_lEEaP7kagkEnMKWjNrZL6T90UPU1AP-1CnYQOMTO3Gm7E3E5w56NkMm2K9GZPo7ZvAeyMxz5B2gAbgaY0Vtmb_HakbQlwaABAePU/s1600/3987121817_609e3bf9c5_o.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458303189358193666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hXReuSdt_ncODUu84GkQXMuTJyzTbhmVg1Rrx0_lEEaP7kagkEnMKWjNrZL6T90UPU1AP-1CnYQOMTO3Gm7E3E5w56NkMm2K9GZPo7ZvAeyMxz5B2gAbgaY0Vtmb_HakbQlwaABAePU/s400/3987121817_609e3bf9c5_o.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 356px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxAzD4UyW92MFhyphenhyphenVg_q_EeuEyIEl56_Z7qx_otkbm-0yfoQtU76Y6ViPDI43anQchyphenhyphenc9PjP1QhcBfFNd0CKuSehg-ux-1UH18tGzeG5OSeELdzOslkA4BSOH9Czoo0cyStWTzCeKkkBo/s1600/3987876080_35c59cbe3b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458302794103048098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxAzD4UyW92MFhyphenhyphenVg_q_EeuEyIEl56_Z7qx_otkbm-0yfoQtU76Y6ViPDI43anQchyphenhyphenc9PjP1QhcBfFNd0CKuSehg-ux-1UH18tGzeG5OSeELdzOslkA4BSOH9Czoo0cyStWTzCeKkkBo/s400/3987876080_35c59cbe3b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 371px; height: 244px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsnMeQn4eS3EJgmSc68tuuznmu5HekWjZPXSzHmP0vdm16jizu3rvTHDZ4zA7OSdxHPF65Wz_By36GWkJRMmNNbAqrOwzumdPJ938ScTwxylWOhbVK9o9bSleI8KJuJrH8KztpfWJnB8/s1600/3987875914_b391d22d90.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458302880337915298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsnMeQn4eS3EJgmSc68tuuznmu5HekWjZPXSzHmP0vdm16jizu3rvTHDZ4zA7OSdxHPF65Wz_By36GWkJRMmNNbAqrOwzumdPJ938ScTwxylWOhbVK9o9bSleI8KJuJrH8KztpfWJnB8/s400/3987875914_b391d22d90.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 244px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZ_oG0AKLKebWaaFlBBUGrcdsX33gt0UR1NpYSnQHTqk0mIJc_a9Kp0cvbzkhi73m3Zel7H-tY2W81TF0VahFVV9X9ArfMu5K7U5WAYmp2PUMP8EEwuYz3CoNYSQylV0dym97z4SrsLo/s1600/ericdaigh_8787689.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458297193910253906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZ_oG0AKLKebWaaFlBBUGrcdsX33gt0UR1NpYSnQHTqk0mIJc_a9Kp0cvbzkhi73m3Zel7H-tY2W81TF0VahFVV9X9ArfMu5K7U5WAYmp2PUMP8EEwuYz3CoNYSQylV0dym97z4SrsLo/s400/ericdaigh_8787689.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 351px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf3R_rCfOcb36f46t5DyWxKsL7clfCCpYt1cZrNQjIexUfS5xjSEyUC4tuqxDOY-Ltpe-jhddZngb5MpSTYuIApeXKZruCas8GSTMEyllqnPM63_ea1_iB3m4Q7D1a3TyOlLqEsv7U19Q/s1600/top-ten-artprize-eric-daigh-df37282c8765b729_medium.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458288382874250642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf3R_rCfOcb36f46t5DyWxKsL7clfCCpYt1cZrNQjIexUfS5xjSEyUC4tuqxDOY-Ltpe-jhddZngb5MpSTYuIApeXKZruCas8GSTMEyllqnPM63_ea1_iB3m4Q7D1a3TyOlLqEsv7U19Q/s400/top-ten-artprize-eric-daigh-df37282c8765b729_medium.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 375px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: the artist in front of his work (photo by T.J. Hamilton)</span></span><br /><br />A special thanks to the following folks on flickr for additional images:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/richevenhouse/">Rich Evenhouse</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyrae/">Nancy Rae</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/numstead/">Numstead</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pairadocs/">Pairadocs</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other artwork made with unusual mediums:</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/02/artist-federico-uribe-creates-critters.html">Frederico Uribe's shoelace, pencil and kicks art</a><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/02/artist-federico-uribe-creates-critters.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458314138330144130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQs2lzZwww50EdzaXIXljb9IxWD9olPXin1p8vcsEJokqi7al4gfc2hf4-kWMV6ot_rFDlOePWU15uzlThK5ual32BTn7L7NIvWwKrp03nWlXKfOMKb7NPQ_6Ya_cT-RvCVnCgcwMYRMU/s400/uribeart.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 366px; height: 261px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/06/comparing-assemblage-works-of-bernard.html">The assemblage work of Bernard Pras</a><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/06/comparing-assemblage-works-of-bernard.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458315083318283458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSzmxdzfKfNOmNsMKBtH3a14NEvstaFFFo8FVAMpy5efKKoSgd1Cqlt7tU1PeBPmqXCL5kEYotL6KSScoSTGJ4-DfhVydUbtLNsATx_OCs-lBA6NMzoQdTgB9RhDAwCYS3nhd78KSQJA/s400/Pras-bernard-wave-hokusai-GD.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 371px; height: 277px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/11/mosaic-portraits-made-from-real.html">Portraits made of diamonds, sapphires and other gemstones:</a><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/11/mosaic-portraits-made-from-real.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458315634430213986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cAR4dD7UAEUza2ED0t7w-mvhFywsXMspJmwD7wckJsingSwzfUQTkKdll8t0sixX4PmfaHO1EBT9_PNaOMXtKZSj1AGai3d8jWMn5HB2cLeye__1Wis0t4cdDcF0oaIar-kaEbEJ3nM/s400/MARILYN.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 372px; height: 385px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/03/unusual-art-of-christian-faur.html"><br />The crayon and paper art of Christian Faur:</a><br /><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/03/unusual-art-of-christian-faur.html" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458319947088467826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggG2l8PJUjRSwVMlsh6VDdk_kwYji0BXstzUO_UmSHYxTfkcKvWsync_Gh3eVgzjCxKGN5WtwCbRBphfEeCzEU6224MC2pwCSBvi99twKBgz8VFnjQ3XJggWkFkhGUJtJlA61NnJjECbo/s400/christianFaur.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 370px;" /></a>

Artist Eric Daigh Sticks It To Us With His Pushpin Portraits

Born in California and now residing in Northern Michigan, 33 year old husband, father and artist Eric Daigh creates portraits by putting o...

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