From being rude to wait staff to cheating on their significant others, these people took to Reddit to share the fastest way someone ruined their opinion of them. Prepare to have secondhand embarrassment!

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Bay-Area artist Calvin Ma explores his personal experience with social anxiety by creating sculptures. Ma’s detailed sculpting and texturing techniques can be seen in most of his artworks.

He creates playful characters that are rooted in childhood innocence and imagination. “I believe the tactile activity of playing with them coupled with my active imagination helped establish this passion for the action figure early on. There was something about picking up your favorite hero or villain and creating stories and adventures that captivated me. It felt only natural to tap into this childlike sense of exploration and storytelling through my artwork,” he shared on his website.

His “Homebodies” works feature superheroes or action-type figures with house-like structures complete with doors, windows, and chimneys. As for his “Blend In” works, they feature human-bird hybrid characters with the avian elements as suits of armor protecting the person from their surroundings. Exquisite feathers cover the surface of each sculpture, from the bird headdresses to the body of the humanoid figure.

His upcoming exhibition will take place from July 28 to September 3, 2019, at Sherrie Gallerie in Columbus, Ohio, alongside Erika Sanada.

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What makes Faassen’s work unique is the way he combines painting and photography to create one incredible masterpiece. For his Asia Series, his subjects were portrayed behind a frosted sheet of acrylic, creating a distance between the viewer and the subject. The photos are printed on a matte material then Faassen applied thin layers of oil and acrylic paint to the images. Each piece has a “crack” surface as though they have faded in the light.

Faassen has a special interest in Asian culture particularly Japanese art. The concept of Mono no Aware has been greatly influential in his Asia Series artwork. According to the artist, Mono no Aware “translates into a certain awareness of the passing of time. Taking things in slightly melancholicly but with appreciation of beauty at the same time.”

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“Underpinning this is the long European tradition of appropriation and reinterpretation or misinterpretation of “exotic” styles that can be seen in National Collections across Europe. I like the idea of getting it slightly wrong and the bluffing and “cobbling together” of styles that has resulted in some fantastic historical objects,” she wrote on her website.

Even though her work has its own, very specific, aesthetic, it still has a familiar feel to it due to the historical and literary references. Her figurative vessels are all delicately hand-crafted using traditional ceramic techniques.

“They are coil built, then the shape is refined before adding surface decorations of sprigged (press molded) ephemera and modern computer generated enamel decoration over the glaze.”

Her latest exhibition called Taking Tea, which is on view in the Porcelain Room at the Seattle Art Museum until December 6, 2020, features Baroque painting and European porcelain factories, as well as a panel mounted with fragments from 17th and 18th-century shipwrecks.

You can also check out her Instagram page for more updates.

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His recent installation titled Murmuration (Landscape) features a flock of 10,000 porcelain birds, assembled and smudged with black gunpowder. The massive quantity of birds filled the entire gallery and are suspended to produce a 3D-like calligraphic drawing of Mount Li, where ancient Chinese tales cites as the place from where goddess Lishan Laomu and creator Nüwa repaired the wall of heaven.

Guo-Qiang’s installation was part of the multi-part winter exhibition at Australia’s National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, which also include a display of selected China’s famed ancient terracotta warriors. The large-scale exhibit is open to the public until October 13, 2019.

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The city is also famous for its large-scale artworks like the Mausoleum of the Giants created by British artist Phlegm. Know for his elongated and bizarre characters, Phlegm transformed an abandoned factory into a museum full of gigantic 3D sculptures.

The artist had done several murals on the city’s old industrial buildings so it’s not a surprise to see Phlegm’s artwork inside a deserted factory complex.

“Mausoleum of the Giants is a thrilling extension of Phlegm’s ongoing efforts to intertwine his surreal and highly imaginative work with existing deteriorating structures,” the Mausoleum of the Giants’s website reads.

The location is perfect for bringing the artist’s iconic characters to life, as his creepy painted murals often sneak across the architecture, filling the abandoned spaces with his famous creatures.

“Imagined as beings whose life spans over thousands of years, these peaceful beasts have seen rivers erode and mountains change. With their final days coming slowly but surely, the giants are ready for their eternal rest, giving everyone enough time to meet them, mourn them and make peace with their ending.”

Though viewing of the Mausoleum of Giants ended April 6, 2019, you can still see the photos of the incredible sculptures below.

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Bergart herself is a member of an all-female Downtown Girls Basketball team, based in Chinatown, Manhattan. It was through this team that the New York-based artist was associated with the factory to produce her bags. But her experience in assisting painter Chris Martin led her to her interest of making a handbag. She created these bags from youth-sized basketballs and her line also includes limited edition of soccer ball, volleyball and football designs.

She launched the basketball handbags in May 2017. Since then, her products became very popular all over the world with some WNBA All-Stars joining the list of these sporty accessories, which are made-to-order in New York.

Check out he latest designs below.

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“To help sustain his education he found financial support and enjoyment in driving to New Orleans on his weekends and creating portraits for passersby on the streets, with original rates that baffle today, at $15 for charcoal and $30 for watercolor! This endeavor helped him perfect his flair for replicating the human figure and afforded the budding artist a sense of economic autonomy,” reads his website.

He is best known for his Populus series, a collection of portraits composed of tiny people. These miniature humans are positioned in a way that forms the whole drawing. If you zoom his artworks, you’ll see detailed images of various people situated in different scenarios. Scroll down to see his amazing work.

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A mall in Germany wanted to create something different and what better way than to install a wave pool in the heart of a commercial zone.

Wave pool manufacturers Citywave came up with this innovative technology and since launching this in shopping mall L & T, a lot of people, particularly surfers, have been catching a few good waves in this indoor pool. The pool was positioned on the ground floor in the middle of a large, circular balcony, allowing room for people to watch from the sides and above. Check out below.

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From being rude to wait staff to cheating on their significant others, these people took to Reddit to share the fastest way someone ruined their opinion of them. Prepare to have secondhand embarrassment!

The post 40+ People Share the Fastest Way Someone Ruined Their Opinion of Them appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

The post Woman Confronted a Homeless Man With a Cart Full of Stray Dogs—But She Didn’t Expect This Response appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

Bay-Area artist Calvin Ma explores his personal experience with social anxiety by creating sculptures. Ma’s detailed sculpting and texturing techniques can be seen in most of his artworks.

He creates playful characters that are rooted in childhood innocence and imagination. “I believe the tactile activity of playing with them coupled with my active imagination helped establish this passion for the action figure early on. There was something about picking up your favorite hero or villain and creating stories and adventures that captivated me. It felt only natural to tap into this childlike sense of exploration and storytelling through my artwork,” he shared on his website.

His “Homebodies” works feature superheroes or action-type figures with house-like structures complete with doors, windows, and chimneys. As for his “Blend In” works, they feature human-bird hybrid characters with the avian elements as suits of armor protecting the person from their surroundings. Exquisite feathers cover the surface of each sculpture, from the bird headdresses to the body of the humanoid figure.

His upcoming exhibition will take place from July 28 to September 3, 2019, at Sherrie Gallerie in Columbus, Ohio, alongside Erika Sanada.

The post Check Out These Incredible Human-Bird Hybrid Characters appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

What makes Faassen’s work unique is the way he combines painting and photography to create one incredible masterpiece. For his Asia Series, his subjects were portrayed behind a frosted sheet of acrylic, creating a distance between the viewer and the subject. The photos are printed on a matte material then Faassen applied thin layers of oil and acrylic paint to the images. Each piece has a “crack” surface as though they have faded in the light.

Faassen has a special interest in Asian culture particularly Japanese art. The concept of Mono no Aware has been greatly influential in his Asia Series artwork. According to the artist, Mono no Aware “translates into a certain awareness of the passing of time. Taking things in slightly melancholicly but with appreciation of beauty at the same time.”

The post Artist Combines Painting and Photography To Create Incredible Artworks appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

“Underpinning this is the long European tradition of appropriation and reinterpretation or misinterpretation of “exotic” styles that can be seen in National Collections across Europe. I like the idea of getting it slightly wrong and the bluffing and “cobbling together” of styles that has resulted in some fantastic historical objects,” she wrote on her website.

Even though her work has its own, very specific, aesthetic, it still has a familiar feel to it due to the historical and literary references. Her figurative vessels are all delicately hand-crafted using traditional ceramic techniques.

“They are coil built, then the shape is refined before adding surface decorations of sprigged (press molded) ephemera and modern computer generated enamel decoration over the glaze.”

Her latest exhibition called Taking Tea, which is on view in the Porcelain Room at the Seattle Art Museum until December 6, 2020, features Baroque painting and European porcelain factories, as well as a panel mounted with fragments from 17th and 18th-century shipwrecks.

You can also check out her Instagram page for more updates.

The post Elegant Ceramic Figures by Claire Partington appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

His recent installation titled Murmuration (Landscape) features a flock of 10,000 porcelain birds, assembled and smudged with black gunpowder. The massive quantity of birds filled the entire gallery and are suspended to produce a 3D-like calligraphic drawing of Mount Li, where ancient Chinese tales cites as the place from where goddess Lishan Laomu and creator Nüwa repaired the wall of heaven.

Guo-Qiang’s installation was part of the multi-part winter exhibition at Australia’s National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, which also include a display of selected China’s famed ancient terracotta warriors. The large-scale exhibit is open to the public until October 13, 2019.

The post Artist Creates Incredible Landscape Made of 10,000 Porcelain Birds appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

The city is also famous for its large-scale artworks like the Mausoleum of the Giants created by British artist Phlegm. Know for his elongated and bizarre characters, Phlegm transformed an abandoned factory into a museum full of gigantic 3D sculptures.

The artist had done several murals on the city’s old industrial buildings so it’s not a surprise to see Phlegm’s artwork inside a deserted factory complex.

“Mausoleum of the Giants is a thrilling extension of Phlegm’s ongoing efforts to intertwine his surreal and highly imaginative work with existing deteriorating structures,” the Mausoleum of the Giants’s website reads.

The location is perfect for bringing the artist’s iconic characters to life, as his creepy painted murals often sneak across the architecture, filling the abandoned spaces with his famous creatures.

“Imagined as beings whose life spans over thousands of years, these peaceful beasts have seen rivers erode and mountains change. With their final days coming slowly but surely, the giants are ready for their eternal rest, giving everyone enough time to meet them, mourn them and make peace with their ending.”

Though viewing of the Mausoleum of Giants ended April 6, 2019, you can still see the photos of the incredible sculptures below.

The post Artist Creates 3D Sculptures Inside an Abandoned Factory appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

Bergart herself is a member of an all-female Downtown Girls Basketball team, based in Chinatown, Manhattan. It was through this team that the New York-based artist was associated with the factory to produce her bags. But her experience in assisting painter Chris Martin led her to her interest of making a handbag. She created these bags from youth-sized basketballs and her line also includes limited edition of soccer ball, volleyball and football designs.

She launched the basketball handbags in May 2017. Since then, her products became very popular all over the world with some WNBA All-Stars joining the list of these sporty accessories, which are made-to-order in New York.

Check out he latest designs below.

The post Designer Transforms Basketballs Into Stylish Bags and Purses appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

“To help sustain his education he found financial support and enjoyment in driving to New Orleans on his weekends and creating portraits for passersby on the streets, with original rates that baffle today, at $15 for charcoal and $30 for watercolor! This endeavor helped him perfect his flair for replicating the human figure and afforded the budding artist a sense of economic autonomy,” reads his website.

He is best known for his Populus series, a collection of portraits composed of tiny people. These miniature humans are positioned in a way that forms the whole drawing. If you zoom his artworks, you’ll see detailed images of various people situated in different scenarios. Scroll down to see his amazing work.

The post These Incredible Portraits Are Composed of Tiny People appeared first on Wallpaper Data.

A mall in Germany wanted to create something different and what better way than to install a wave pool in the heart of a commercial zone.

Wave pool manufacturers Citywave came up with this innovative technology and since launching this in shopping mall L & T, a lot of people, particularly surfers, have been catching a few good waves in this indoor pool. The pool was positioned on the ground floor in the middle of a large, circular balcony, allowing room for people to watch from the sides and above. Check out below.

The post This Mall in Germany Established A Wave Pool for All Surfers appeared first on Wallpaper Data.