"When I was a kid, this whole field was lush with beautiful green trees and grass." "Yeup." "And now there's that...what is that?"...
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I've never paid much attention to patterns left behind in a tangerine's empty skin, but after looking at designer Svilen Dimchevski's beautiful series of winter trees portrayed in tangerine skins, I'll have to do a double-take before throwing the peel away. [via notcot]...
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Who needs a thermometer when you have a molten ice cream truck? By that point you don't need an exact reading; it's simply "too damn hot." This sculpture by Orest Keywan in Australia won the artist the $30,000 Sulpture by the Sea prize in 2006. [via The Last Appetite]...
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Clockwise from top left: The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb by U2, There Is Nothing Left to Lose by Foo Fighters, and Green Album by Weezer. Tired of seeing bento boxes that merely look cute? Jacket Lunch Box is a Japanese blog dedicated to making bento boxes that resemble popular album covers. All it takes is the magic of carefully cut nori, kamabako, ham, shredded cabbage, and more, all atop a bed of rice. [Thanks to Sera for the heads up.] Previously: Bento Boxes on Flickr, Year of the Pig Bento, How to Pack a Bento Box, Character Bento Competition Winner...
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Chris Jordan specializes in photographic artwork that depicts gross amounts of consumption in single, giant images. The above photo is a tiny piece of an image that represents the more than 100,000 aluminum cans used in the U.S. every 30 seconds. [via Bitten]...
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Learn how to keep your pigs and sheep bruise-free with this instructional comic about how to best handle livestock. It may have been written in the 1940s-50s, but that doesn't mean the advice is outdated; you probably shouldn't drop lambs or or force them to jump from upper decks, lest you want to lose profit on bruised meat. Check out Comics With Problems for more examples of serious issues being illustrated in less than serious ways. [via bb]...
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Bored with your fruit? Customize them like graphic designer Sarah King did with an apple, pear and banana. Just don't eat the peel....
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Los Angeles-based artist Victoria Reynolds specializes in painting detailed pictures of meat. When have viscera ever looked so beautiful? You can view and buy her paintings at Richard Heller Gallery (the above bacon painting is $5,000 if you're interested) and read more about her at Señor Enrique. [via bb]...
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It may not be a real sundae, but looking at Kate's illustration of the anatomy of a banana split still makes me hungry. I'd triple the amount of whipped cream though. Check out more of Kate's artwork at Little Doodles....
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This is what happens when your kitchen pukes. From Marlene Haring's art installation Heute bleibt die Küche kalt, wir gehen in den Wienerwald ("Today the kitchen remains unused; we're going to the Wienerwald). [via the new shelton wet/dry]...
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