Fearless graffiti artists abseiled down a cliff and painted mock prehistoric artwork at Britain’s biggest caves, the Wookey Hole tourist attraction in Somerset. The Banksy-style graffiti attack took place during the night on July 28 or 29 and the culprits created two paintings. One work was dated 33,000 BC and shows cavemen being chased by […]
An Italian artist has created spectacular sculptures using paperclips. Pietro D’Angelo has fashioned elaborate life-sized sculptures of a man in a bowler hat smoking a pipe, a boy carrying a rose and a woman on a swing. Each statue is made from up to 12,000 stainless steel paper clips, and some are more than six […]
Data entry is not for the faint-hearted. If you have ever been unfortunate enough to have faced any sizable amount of information to be uploaded onto a database you will understand that, after a while, it starts to take its toll. The mind yearns for a new challenge, a breath of fresh air, anything – […]
The prices of original paintings by Shanti are expected to go up in value after it emerged the Czech artist has lost interest in art. Shanti, a female Asian elephant resident at Prague Zoo, had been an enthusiastic practitioner of painting after being introduced to it by her keeper Veronika Struplova Veronika taught her how […]
Ani K, an art teacher in a school in Kerala, was inspired after he read a story about a painter who only used his foot. “I’m always trying to do something different,” he says. “At first I tried to paint with my nose – but I noticed that other people were doing it. So I […]
Going to great lengths to enjoy ‘the perks of being a wallflower’, Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes uses body paint, make-up and costumes to camouflage herself amongst ornate backgrounds. If you are shy in social situations, why not try a similar approach to show off your artistic talents? If this seems a bit extreme, or indeed […]
It has emerged that a Texan petting zoo is is a hotbed of budding goat artists. Goats Domino, Trent and Peep of McGovern Children’s Zoo in Houston, Texas all eschew conceptual art for more traditional, painterly pursuits. Their finished canvases have been well-received at zoo fundraising events. According to zookeeper Amber Zelmer, Trent is the […]
Designer Ariane Prin’s project, “From Here to Here”, is about localised design, creating “useful products specific to a site from the waste generated there.” Using waste from various departments of the Royal College of Art – sawdust from the wood workshop, clay from the ceramics department, etc. – Prin creates a pencil factory that will […]
Perhaps no living person is more globally recognisable than Barack Obama so it is not surprising then that the current US President should be the subject of so much fine artwork. A scout around ebay for artistic depictions of Obama restores one faith (if one ever lost it!) in humankind’s ability to create work after […]
How to plan the office Christmas party Whether you count down the days, or desperately scrabble around for an excuse not to go, the office Christmas party is an event on almost every company’s calendar. So, how do you plan a party that everyone will enjoy? It’s a tricky balance to get Bob from Accounts […]
Top tips to improve your time management skills Despite what people say, time is not a commodity. It cannot be traded, expanded or reduced. It is fixed. Our perception of time, however, is another concept. How often do you think at 4pm “Where has the day gone?” and go into panic mode to try to […]
Planning in business is essential Everything from the monthly sales drive to a new product launch or project needs planning. It promotes joined-up thinking and good decision-making throughout the whole organisation. “A goal without a plan is just a wish”, observed the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, summing up a key business principle. Each business […]
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