"Dylan Roscover is a brilliant graphic designer who creates a wide variety of striking digital media pieces. This portrait of Obama uses typography to expertly illustrate the pressure and incredible burdens the president has to deal with while in office. The craftsmanship and composition of this typography portrait is remarkable and definitely deserves a standing ovation"Tim Bonvallet
Natural leaf carving is actual manual cutting and removal of a leaf's surface to produce an art work on a leaf.The process of carving is performed by artists using tools to carefully remove the surface without cutting or removing the veins. The veins add detail into the subject matter of the carving. The material or most common leaf used in leaf carving is the leaf of a Chinar tree. The Chinar tree is native to India, Pakistan and China. Chinar leaves have a close resemblance to maple leaves.
Leaf Carvings, are exceeding all expectations in popularity. Carved from an actual leaf which has been dried and cured, Leaf Carvings come in various subject matter.
To do these artworks an artist should be incredibly meticulous.
Ex-Chicago-based photographer Francois Robert, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, is renowned for his commercial work which are meticulously crafted. His fine-art photography is equally provocative and covers a wide range of subjects from evocative Polaroid transfer prints, to candid street and travel photographs, and still-lifes.
This is the awesome Capital GateTower in Abu Dhabi. It has been certified as the world’s ‘furthest leaning man-made tower’ by the Guinness World Records.
The 160-meter - 35-story tower - high tower leans at an angle of 18 degrees, more than 4 times the angle of the Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa. Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company is the owner and developer of the tower. The tower is designed by international architectural firm RMJM. The tower is being built using many innovative techniques that contribute to its unique shape and strength.
Capital Gate integrates several sustainability features. The tower sports a double-glazed façade that facilitates greater energy efficiency. This is due to the air being pre-cooled between the inner and outer facades before being expelled. Also, low-emissivity glass, being used for the first time in the UAE, keeps the building’s interior cool while maintaining transparency and eliminating glare. The building also features a unique stainless steel ‘splash’ descending from the nineteenth floor. This ‘splash acts as a design element as well as a shading device that eliminates 30% of the sun’s heat before it can reach the building. The ‘splash’ also twists around the building towards the south providing the tower maximum protection from sunlight.
Peter Callesen is a Danish artist who works almost exclusively with white paper in different objects, paper cuts, installations, and performances. His cool paper works are based around an exploration of the relationship between two and three dimensionality. Peter’s project sizes range from monumental to minuscule. Do check his gallery and website.
