Skating is Not a Crime

"Haroshi is a Japanese artist who takes old, thrashed and broken skateboards and turns them into beautiful wooden sculptures. Some of these sculptures look so life-like that if they weren’t multicolored, you might mistake them for being real! "

Bic ballpoint pens on paper. That's all.

Samuel Silva's little "hobby" ...

"The accepted norm for hudreds of years of western civilization is the artist exclusively has the right to exploit and control his/her work for a period of time. (Since the works that are are almost invariably the subject of these discussions are popular culture of one type or another, the duration of the copyright term is pretty much irrelevant for an ethical discussion.) By allowing the artist to treat his/her work as actual property, the artist can decide how to monetize his or her work. This system has worked very well for fans and artists. Now we are being asked to undo this not because we think this is a bad or unfair way to compensate artists but simply because it is technologically possible for corporations or individuals to exploit artists work without their permission on a massive scale and globally. We are being asked to continue to let these companies violate the law without being punished or prosecuted."

Darwin Wiggett landscape photography - stunning attention to perspective.

Half a million staples and a wall.

Seth Casteel's Underwater Dogs, via Colossal

Love, Love, Love it.

Paper Objects By Valerie Buess, via Colossal