[B9] X-Ray Project (Surgery make-up)

I've been brainstorming how I can incorporate my insanely crazy cool spine x-rays into my art.  I came across some amazing, amazing x-ray art that I had no idea people were doing.

My ideas for my x-rays were possibly creating some sort of lampshade from them, so that light would shine through and show them.  This could be like a Japanese paper lantern with screens, possibly.  However, after doing my own personal research, I've decided that the best product may be achieved by digital means.  My x-rays, unlike the following, are solely the bones and titanium within me.  However, with the use of photoshop and stock images, I could mold my x-rays into images such as the ones below.  I would certainly position these from the back, so as to more easily find my body type in a stock image.  I believe I could shop my incision into the picture, as well.  If all goes well, the product should turn out similarly to the following.

My research on my x-ray project also showed me that artists are using x-rays of plants, animals, and inanimate objects to create beautiful art which one cannot see with the naked art.  By x-raying these objects, an entirely new beauty shows through.

The art of Nick Veasey is also one you may want to check out. :)

[B8] Unconventional, but brilliant. (Surgery make-up)

The past blog was dedicated to strange art mediums.  This one, however, is devoted to strange artists.


Katie MccGwire is an woman who lives and works in London as an artist. Her main medium in her pieces is pigeon feathers.  She models them to make them look even prettier than the birds themselves.

The next unusual artist is Luke Jerram, from the UK.  He's most famous for his glass microbiology, in which Jerram creates replicas of viruses.

Possibly the most interesting artist I ran across is Cecelia Webber.  Though they first look like normal flowers, her art is much more than average.  Her medium is humans.  Yes, humans.  Webber positions and paints human beings to look like large flowers.  This would be much more interesting to see as a live sculpture, I'm sure.

The art of Sabi van Hemert reminds me of something you may see in a horror film.  He is a dutch artists who creates art out of fusions of children and animals.  Van Hemert says,  “I create images that evoke associations with people and animals. I imagine the balance between the many conflicting feelings and thoughts that a man can have. Balance between opposites as attractive / repulsive, happy / sad or fear / security. My pictures have something in them that causes you to think what to see and feel that it gives you, and then confirm again denied.”  At least you don't have to bear to look his creatures in the eyes, though.  Each of them is faceless.

  

[B7] Unusual Art Mediums (Surgery Make-up)

After doing my mixed media project, I realized that there are an infinite amount of mediums one can use to create art.  This blog is dedicated to exploring the most unusual, awesome art mediums out there.

Beginning with trash.  This sculpture is called Lips by Tom Deininger.

The next unusual medium is recycled carrier bags.  This is called the Eden Project.

This medium is colored pencils.  The usage, however, is far from what you would expect.

This next sculpture by Liz Hickok is quite a bit more appetizing than the others.

Music becomes visual in this next sculpture, constructed using cassette tapes.

This piece called Chemical Balance is constructed using prescription bottles.

This music tends to flow over you. ;)

Artist Scott Wade uses one of the messiest mediums–dirt.

An infinite number of mediums makes for a wonderful world of art. :)