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first glance this might seem like quite a good buy for £3,000, but the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1239583/University-lecturer-snaps-3-000-seaside-home-ultimate-destructive-art-project.html?ITO=1490&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailymail%2Fnews+%28News+|+Mail+Online%29">bungalow</a> is
actually a condemned property. The bungalow at Knipe Point near Scarborough is situated
dangerously close to the edge of a cliff and is likely to fall into the sea within
6 months. Artist, Mr Cunningham has brought the property so that he can spend his
time painting its descent into the sea. He also intends to set up cameras inside the
house in order to film its destruction. Many of the neighbouring houses have already
gone over the edge and the property has recently developed cracks in the past few
weeks so it seems the artist may need to paint rather quickly to get his moneys worth. 
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&lt;a href="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/ArtistBuysCondemnedPropertytoPaintitsDes_10BC4/article-1239583-07A9A025000005DC-859_634x350_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="article-1239583-07A9A025000005DC-859_634x350" border="0" alt="article-1239583-07A9A025000005DC-859_634x350" align="left" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/ArtistBuysCondemnedPropertytoPaintitsDes_10BC4/article-1239583-07A9A025000005DC-859_634x350_thumb.jpg" width="244" height="136" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; At
first glance this might seem like quite a good buy for £3,000, but the &lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1239583/University-lecturer-snaps-3-000-seaside-home-ultimate-destructive-art-project.html?ITO=1490&amp;amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailymail%2Fnews+%28News+|+Mail+Online%29"&gt;bungalow&lt;/a&gt; is
actually a condemned property. The bungalow at Knipe Point near Scarborough is situated
dangerously close to the edge of a cliff and is likely to fall into the sea within
6 months. Artist, Mr Cunningham has brought the property so that he can spend his
time painting its descent into the sea. He also intends to set up cameras inside the
house in order to film its destruction. Many of the neighbouring houses have already
gone over the edge and the property has recently developed cracks in the past few
weeks so it seems the artist may need to paint rather quickly to get his moneys worth. 
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Artist Eugenie Scrase has won BBC Two’s School of <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8412705.stm">Saatchi
show</a> with this tree trunk artwork. The piece beat five finalists to win a place
in Charles Saatchi’s current show. The artist found the fallen tree whilst out walking
in East London and asked the owner if she could remove the section of fence it was
impaled on. The work entitles Trunkated Trunk has been on show at the Hermitage in
St Petersburg, Russia since October. It’s certainly interesting but its not really
my idea of art. 
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Artist Eugenie Scrase has won BBC Two’s School of &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8412705.stm"&gt;Saatchi
show&lt;/a&gt; with this tree trunk artwork. The piece beat five finalists to win a place
in Charles Saatchi’s current show. The artist found the fallen tree whilst out walking
in East London and asked the owner if she could remove the section of fence it was
impaled on. The work entitles Trunkated Trunk has been on show at the Hermitage in
St Petersburg, Russia since October. It’s certainly interesting but its not really
my idea of art. 
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These gargoyles are made 
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out of toilet roll tubes. 
<br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1215208/Not-just-bog-standard-The-gargoyle-faces-peering-inch-toilet-roll-tubes.html?ITO=1490">French
artist Junior Fritz Jacquet</a><br />
makes the faces by moulding the 
<br />
toilet roll tube to create the sculpture. 
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He starts off by constructing the 
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eyes and then creates the nose, 
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mouth and the rest of the face. 
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When finished the face is 
<br />
coated in different coloured 
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pigments and fitted to a 
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metal stalk so it can be displayed. 
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&lt;a href="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/ToiletRollGargoyles_9B8D/article-0-0685B5E6000005DC-979_634x766_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="article-0-0685B5E6000005DC-979_634x766" border="0" alt="article-0-0685B5E6000005DC-979_634x766" align="left" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/ToiletRollGargoyles_9B8D/article-0-0685B5E6000005DC-979_634x766_thumb.jpg" width="199" height="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 
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These gargoyles are made 
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out of toilet roll tubes. 
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&lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1215208/Not-just-bog-standard-The-gargoyle-faces-peering-inch-toilet-roll-tubes.html?ITO=1490"&gt;French
artist Junior Fritz Jacquet&lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;br /&gt;
makes the faces by moulding the 
&lt;br /&gt;
toilet roll tube to create the sculpture. 
&lt;br /&gt;
He starts off by constructing the 
&lt;br /&gt;
eyes and then creates the nose, 
&lt;br /&gt;
mouth and the rest of the face. 
&lt;br /&gt;
When finished the face is 
&lt;br /&gt;
coated in different coloured 
&lt;br /&gt;
pigments and fitted to a 
&lt;br /&gt;
metal stalk so it can be displayed. 
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pictures</a> have been created using various light sources shone directly into a camera
lens. The pictures have been created using things like flash lights, bike lights and
LED and are shot with long exposure cameras using a slow shutter  speed in the
dark. They are quite amazing, especially as they are created from a single photo that
has not undergone any computer enhancement. The camera used is a 21.1 megapixel Canon
EOS 5D Mark II .<br /><br /><img src="http://www.karennutton.co.uk/content/binary/article-0-063FA9BE000005DC-939_964x374.jpg" border="0" height="255" width="658" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.karennutton.co.uk/content/binary/article-0-063FA846000005DC-72_964x509.jpg" border="0" height="351" width="666" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.karennutton.co.uk/content/binary/article-0-063FA855000005DC-705_964x642.jpg" border="0" height="432" width="650" /><p></p><img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/aggbug.ashx?id=c8d457ff-11f1-4f60-b58a-c1c75e0e2731" /></body>
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      <description>&lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1210538/Pictured-The-incredible-light-graffiti-created-host-light-sources-shine-straight-camera-lens.html?ITO=1490"&gt;These
pictures&lt;/a&gt; have been created using various light sources shone directly into a camera
lens. The pictures have been created using things like flash lights, bike lights and
LED and are shot with long exposure cameras using a slow shutter&amp;nbsp; speed in the
dark. They are quite amazing, especially as they are created from a single photo that
has not undergone any computer enhancement. The camera used is a 21.1 megapixel Canon
EOS 5D Mark II .&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.karennutton.co.uk/content/binary/article-0-063FA9BE000005DC-939_964x374.jpg" border="0" height="255" width="658"&gt;
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            <img title="article-1207758-061B6A87000005DC-548_634x491" style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline;" alt="article-1207758-061B6A87000005DC-548_634x491" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/SandwicheswithaDifference_D2E5/article-1207758-061B6A87000005DC-548_634x491_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" height="186" width="240" />
          </a> These <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207758/Yes-OK-play-food-Dad-turns-food-cartoons-encourage-fussy-son-eat.html">interesting
looking sandwiches</a> were created by Mark Northeast in an attempt to get his son
Oscar to eat his vegetables. Fed up of his son not eating his meals Mark started to
make them a little more interesting. His creation include a caterpillar and a crocodile
as well as Spongebob Squarepants and a piano. They are certainly more exciting than
most sandwiches I have seen.
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&lt;a href="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/SandwicheswithaDifference_D2E5/article-1207758-061B6A87000005DC-548_634x491_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="article-1207758-061B6A87000005DC-548_634x491" style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline;" alt="article-1207758-061B6A87000005DC-548_634x491" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/SandwicheswithaDifference_D2E5/article-1207758-061B6A87000005DC-548_634x491_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" height="186" width="240"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; These &lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207758/Yes-OK-play-food-Dad-turns-food-cartoons-encourage-fussy-son-eat.html"&gt;interesting
looking sandwiches&lt;/a&gt; were created by Mark Northeast in an attempt to get his son
Oscar to eat his vegetables. Fed up of his son not eating his meals Mark started to
make them a little more interesting. His creation include a caterpillar and a crocodile
as well as Spongebob Squarepants and a piano. They are certainly more exciting than
most sandwiches I have seen.
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            <img title="article-1206035-0608F7C5000005DC-713_634x379" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="143" alt="article-1206035-0608F7C5000005DC-713_634x379" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/DirtyCarArt_AC2B/article-1206035-0608F7C5000005DC-713_634x379_thumb.jpg" width="240" align="left" border="0" />
          </a> This
is unusual, its artwork created on dirty cars. The work is done by artist <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206035/A-life-car-grime-Amazing-artwork-created-dirty-vehicle-windows.html?ITO=1490">Scott
Wade</a> who creates these impressive pictures simply out of the dirt on car windows.
They range from more traditional pieces based on famous works of art like this Mona
Lisa he created in the back of a mini to more unusual works like the one below of
a family inside a car. 
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&lt;a href="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/DirtyCarArt_AC2B/article-1206035-0608F7C5000005DC-713_634x379_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="article-1206035-0608F7C5000005DC-713_634x379" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="143" alt="article-1206035-0608F7C5000005DC-713_634x379" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/DirtyCarArt_AC2B/article-1206035-0608F7C5000005DC-713_634x379_thumb.jpg" width="240" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This
is unusual, its artwork created on dirty cars. The work is done by artist &lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206035/A-life-car-grime-Amazing-artwork-created-dirty-vehicle-windows.html?ITO=1490"&gt;Scott
Wade&lt;/a&gt; who creates these impressive pictures simply out of the dirt on car windows.
They range from more traditional pieces based on famous works of art like this Mona
Lisa he created in the back of a mini to more unusual works like the one below of
a family inside a car. 
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&lt;a href="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/DirtyCarArt_AC2B/article-1206035-0608FF1F000005DC-18_634x368_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="article-1206035-0608FF1F000005DC-18_634x368" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="143" alt="article-1206035-0608FF1F000005DC-18_634x368" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/DirtyCarArt_AC2B/article-1206035-0608FF1F000005DC-18_634x368_thumb.jpg" width="244" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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is interesting its a <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1202491/Race-tide-Artist-creates-intricate-masterpieces--sea-washes-away-hours.html?ITO=1490">piece
of artwork</a> created by sand artist Andres Amador. He creates these patterns in
the sand some of which span over 500 feet. The work involves raking the sand into
intricate patterns. Andres first works on the designs in his notebook before working
with the sand. The work has to be completed quickly before the sea washes the design
away so the effect is only temporary. After all his hard work the artist is left with
just a snapshot of each piece of work. Still its fairly impressive stuff. 
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&lt;a href="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/SandArtwork_809C/article-1202491-05DB08D1000005DC-449_964x628_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="article-1202491-05DB08D1000005DC-449_964x628" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="160" alt="article-1202491-05DB08D1000005DC-449_964x628" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/SandArtwork_809C/article-1202491-05DB08D1000005DC-449_964x628_thumb.jpg" width="244" align="left" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This
is interesting its a &lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1202491/Race-tide-Artist-creates-intricate-masterpieces--sea-washes-away-hours.html?ITO=1490"&gt;piece
of artwork&lt;/a&gt; created by sand artist Andres Amador. He creates these patterns in
the sand some of which span over 500 feet. The work involves raking the sand into
intricate patterns. Andres first works on the designs in his notebook before working
with the sand. The work has to be completed quickly before the sea washes the design
away so the effect is only temporary. After all his hard work the artist is left with
just a snapshot of each piece of work. Still its fairly impressive stuff. 
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            <img title="article-0-057923A7000005DC-329_634x313" style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline;" alt="article-0-057923A7000005DC-329_634x313" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/SistineChapelCeilingRecreatedinCrossStit_13CB5/article-0-057923A7000005DC-329_634x313_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" height="118" width="240" />
          </a> This
is unusual its <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1195432/The-Stitch-tine-Chapel-Artist-recreates-Michelangelos-masterpiece-needlework.html?ITO=1490">one
woman's project</a> to recreate the Sistine Chapel ceiling in a cross stitch. It took
eight years to finish the piece which is actually longer than it took to create the
original ceiling. It certainly is impressive.
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&lt;a href="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/SistineChapelCeilingRecreatedinCrossStit_13CB5/article-0-057923A7000005DC-329_634x313_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="article-0-057923A7000005DC-329_634x313" style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline;" alt="article-0-057923A7000005DC-329_634x313" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/SistineChapelCeilingRecreatedinCrossStit_13CB5/article-0-057923A7000005DC-329_634x313_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" height="118" width="240"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This
is unusual its &lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1195432/The-Stitch-tine-Chapel-Artist-recreates-Michelangelos-masterpiece-needlework.html?ITO=1490"&gt;one
woman's project&lt;/a&gt; to recreate the Sistine Chapel ceiling in a cross stitch. It took
eight years to finish the piece which is actually longer than it took to create the
original ceiling. It certainly is impressive.
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This is interesting, its artwork created by <a href="http://www.christianfaur.com/">Christian
Faur</a> who used crayons to create pictures but not in the conventional sense. He
arranges the crayons by colour or tone to create pictures such as the one on the left.
The second picture shows a detail of the same piece showing how the crayons are arranged.
You can see more crayon art by the artist <a href="http://www.christianfaur.com/crayons/crayons.html">here</a>.
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            <img title="image6" style="border: 0px none ; margin: 0px auto;" alt="image6" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/CrayonArt_10504/image6_thumb.jpg" width="244" border="0" height="164" />
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&lt;p&gt;
This is interesting, its artwork created by &lt;a href="http://www.christianfaur.com/"&gt;Christian
Faur&lt;/a&gt; who used crayons to create pictures but not in the conventional sense. He
arranges the crayons by colour or tone to create pictures such as the one on the left.
The second picture shows a detail of the same piece showing how the crayons are arranged.
You can see more crayon art by the artist &lt;a href="http://www.christianfaur.com/crayons/crayons.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.
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          <a href="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/TurningEverydayObjectsintoArt_982E/CornerForest3_2.jpg">
            <img style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;" alt="CornerForest3" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/TurningEverydayObjectsintoArt_982E/CornerForest3_thumb.jpg" width="244" align="left" border="0" height="163" />
          </a> This
is interesting its some artwork from <a href="http://www.yukenteruyastudio.com/projects/">Yuken
Teruya</a> who turns everyday objects such as pizza boxes, toilet rolls and bags into
art. This is one of the projects featured on the website. Its called <a href="http://www.yukenteruyastudio.com/en/projects/corner_forest">Corner
Forest</a> and includes lots of individual toilet rolls which are hung to create a
forest.
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&lt;a href="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/TurningEverydayObjectsintoArt_982E/CornerForest3_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;" alt="CornerForest3" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/TurningEverydayObjectsintoArt_982E/CornerForest3_thumb.jpg" width="244" align="left" border="0" height="163"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This
is interesting its some artwork from &lt;a href="http://www.yukenteruyastudio.com/projects/"&gt;Yuken
Teruya&lt;/a&gt; who turns everyday objects such as pizza boxes, toilet rolls and bags into
art. This is one of the projects featured on the website. Its called &lt;a href="http://www.yukenteruyastudio.com/en/projects/corner_forest"&gt;Corner
Forest&lt;/a&gt; and includes lots of individual toilet rolls which are hung to create a
forest.
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This is interesting its a project to help raise awareness about breast cancer. It
called Artful Bras and the idea is that members of the Quilters of South Caroliner
have created a one of a kind bra. The results will be part of a touring exhibit and
when the exhibit ends in October will be auctioned off with the proceeds being donated
to the Best Chance Network. Here are just a few of the designs but you can see the
rest at the <a href="http://www.quiltersofsc.org/artfullbras/artfullbras.htm">website
here</a>. 
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This is interesting its a project to help raise awareness about breast cancer. It
called Artful Bras and the idea is that members of the Quilters of South Caroliner
have created a one of a kind bra. The results will be part of a touring exhibit and
when the exhibit ends in October will be auctioned off with the proceeds being donated
to the Best Chance Network. Here are just a few of the designs but you can see the
rest at the &lt;a href="http://www.quiltersofsc.org/artfullbras/artfullbras.htm"&gt;website
here&lt;/a&gt;. 
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run down pub in Liverpool has <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/houseprices/3541901/Banksy-graffiti-doubles-derelict-pubs-value.html">doubled
in value</a> due to some graffiti on the side of it. The pub was originally worth
around £495,000 before the graffiti appeared. It is now worth around £1 million after
the graffiti was found to be the work of Banksy, an artist who is known for his images
of vermin. The estate agents overseeing the sale have been inundated with offers from
buyers looking for an investment. 
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&lt;a href="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/GraffitiDoublesDerelictBuildingsValue_DBF7/banksy-pub_1124834c_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="banksy-pub_1124834c" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/GraffitiDoublesDerelictBuildingsValue_DBF7/banksy-pub_1124834c_thumb.jpg" width="244" align="left" border="0" height="154"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A
run down pub in Liverpool has &lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/houseprices/3541901/Banksy-graffiti-doubles-derelict-pubs-value.html"&gt;doubled
in value&lt;/a&gt; due to some graffiti on the side of it. The pub was originally worth
around £495,000 before the graffiti appeared. It is now worth around £1 million after
the graffiti was found to be the work of Banksy, an artist who is known for his images
of vermin. The estate agents overseeing the sale have been inundated with offers from
buyers looking for an investment. 
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is strange its <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/article.html?Weird_fish_head_art_to_save_the_planet&amp;in_article_id=428400&amp;in_page_id=9">art
created with fish heads</a>. The pieces are created by French artist Anne-Catherine
Becker-Echivard and depict everyday scenes created with fish heads. The artist gets
her inspiration by choosing a topic from the radio or a newspaper before visiting
a food market to source the fish heads. Her mother helps her make the costumes and
each piece of art can take up to three months to create. 
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&lt;a href="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/StrangeFishHeadArt_1245E/FishBarcroft_450x300_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 0px none ; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;" alt="FishBarcroft_450x300" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/StrangeFishHeadArt_1245E/FishBarcroft_450x300_thumb.jpg" width="336" align="left" border="0" height="224"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This
is strange its &lt;a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/article.html?Weird_fish_head_art_to_save_the_planet&amp;amp;in_article_id=428400&amp;amp;in_page_id=9"&gt;art
created with fish heads&lt;/a&gt;. The pieces are created by French artist Anne-Catherine
Becker-Echivard and depict everyday scenes created with fish heads. The artist gets
her inspiration by choosing a topic from the radio or a newspaper before visiting
a food market to source the fish heads. Her mother helps her make the costumes and
each piece of art can take up to three months to create. 
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giant ice penis was photographed by a man called Andy Rouse in Antarctica. The <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Giant_ice_penis_-_is_climate_change_to_blame?&amp;in_article_id=304450&amp;in_page_id=2&amp;penis">article</a> that
accompanies the picture gives assurances that it is a genuine picture rather than
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&lt;a href="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/IcePenis_111C1/icebergREX_450x300_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;" alt="icebergREX_450x300" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/WindowsLiveWriter/IcePenis_111C1/icebergREX_450x300_thumb.jpg" width="244" align="left" border="0" height="164"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This
giant ice penis was photographed by a man called Andy Rouse in Antarctica. The &lt;a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Giant_ice_penis_-_is_climate_change_to_blame?&amp;amp;in_article_id=304450&amp;amp;in_page_id=2&amp;amp;penis"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; that
accompanies the picture gives assurances that it is a genuine picture rather than
a photoshopped job. What do you think, giant ice penis or clever Photoshop work?
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A <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=213776&amp;in_page_id=34">Japanese
chef</a> has started making art out of sushi. The results are quite impressive.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.karennutton.co.uk/content/binary/SushiPanda_450x350.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.karennutton.co.uk/content/binary/SushiSunflower_450x450.jpg" border="0" /><img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/aggbug.ashx?id=b22b89e5-6c4e-4b80-bef9-f0932d388ec8" /></body>
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A &lt;a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=213776&amp;amp;in_page_id=34"&gt;Japanese
chef&lt;/a&gt; has started making art out of sushi. The results are quite impressive.&lt;br&gt;
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      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The V&amp;A Museum of Childhood in London
is running an exhibition of <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/features/picture-post-is-it-art-only-smarties-have-the-answer-809547.html?r=RSS">edible
art</a>. It includes pictures made entirely of Smarties from food artist Emma Staite
and also includes other edible art made by children. Here are just a few of the pieces
on display.<br /><br /><p></p><img src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/seurat.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/smart1_24121t.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/content/binary/banksy.jpg" border="0" /><img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.atheniadesign.com/aggbug.ashx?id=6dcd4c38-54d3-462c-ab2e-b55f4de9086f" /></body>
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      <description>The V&amp;amp;A Museum of Childhood in London is running an exhibition of &lt;a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/features/picture-post-is-it-art-only-smarties-have-the-answer-809547.html?r=RSS"&gt;edible
art&lt;/a&gt;. It includes pictures made entirely of Smarties from food artist Emma Staite
and also includes other edible art made by children. Here are just a few of the pieces
on display.&lt;br&gt;
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        <p>
I found this cool video showing some really interesting examples of what artists do
in their spare time. 
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      <title>When Artists Get Bored</title>
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I found this cool video showing some really interesting examples of what artists do
in their spare time. 
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I had this picture of some poached pears which I wanted to post on one of my blogs.
The only problem was the bowl looked a bit messy. To make it look a bit better I thought
I would clean it up a bit in photoshop. This is where the clone stamp tool is really
useful. First you need to select a brush size from the brushes menu. Then you need
to select the area you want to clone. I chose a clean area of the blue bowl. Next
press alt to define the cloning area. The tool will basically copy this area so you
can clone it to other areas. Now simply click over the areas you want to clean, in
this case the red stains on the bowl. I also cleaned up the left hand side of the
bowl where you can see a small chip. On this area I selected a smaller brush and cloned
part of the rim and table, before clicking over the area with the chip to correct
it. If you like the look of the <a href="http://www.karennutton.co.uk/PermaLink,guid,f8424b09-11df-4991-b7a5-b4e06b6bf8c2.aspx">recipe</a>,
it will shortly be appearing on my <a href="http://www.karennutton.co.uk">personal
blog</a>.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:40:08 GMT</pubDate>
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I had this picture of some poached pears which I wanted to post on one of my blogs.
The only problem was the bowl looked a bit messy. To make it look a bit better I thought
I would clean it up a bit in photoshop. This is where the clone stamp tool is really
useful. First you need to select a brush size from the brushes menu. Then you need
to select the area you want to clone. I chose a clean area of the blue bowl. Next
press alt to define the cloning area. The tool will basically copy this area so you
can clone it to other areas. Now simply click over the areas you want to clean, in
this case the red stains on the bowl. I also cleaned up the left hand side of the
bowl where you can see a small chip. On this area I selected a smaller brush and cloned
part of the rim and table, before clicking over the area with the chip to correct
it. If you like the look of the &lt;a href="http://www.karennutton.co.uk/PermaLink,guid,f8424b09-11df-4991-b7a5-b4e06b6bf8c2.aspx"&gt;recipe&lt;/a&gt;,
it will shortly be appearing on my &lt;a href="http://www.karennutton.co.uk"&gt;personal
blog&lt;/a&gt;.
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I found this interesting <a href="http://www.theeggshellsculptor.com">website</a> about
a man who carves designs out of real eggs. How Cool is that? Two of his designs are
pictured below.
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I found this interesting &lt;a href="http://www.theeggshellsculptor.com"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; about
a man who carves designs out of real eggs. How Cool is that? Two of his designs are
pictured below.
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