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Peacock. Beautiful Paper art by Jo Lynn Alcorn, American artist

Paper art by Jo Lynn Alcorn
American artist Jo Lynn Alcorn is a talented three dimensional paper collage artist, living in New York. She creates beautiful papers in almost endless variety of colors. Her fabulous paper flowers recreate so faithfully the entire essence of the brand. As a personal project, she has been working on a collection of fantastic butterflies and insects, made of paper, naturally…
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Cal Lane the Most Beautiful blacksmith

Cal Lane the Most Beautiful blacksmith
Canadian sculptor and blacksmith Cal Lane is a very attractive woman. And so are her pieces of art, which she creates out of industrial objects or everyday tools using blow torch and skilled hand. In 1994 Lane graduated from Victoria College of Art with Diploma in Fine Arts. And in 2001 – Nova Scotia College of Art and Design specializing in Sculpture. Besides, in 2005 State University of New York.
In fact, her works show opposite strong and delicate, masculine and feminine, fancy and functional in subtle harmony. It’s wonderful how natural a lace barrel looks. According to the master, she likes to work as a visual devil’s advocate, using contradiction as a vehicle for finding her way to an empathetic image. In particular, an image of opposition that creates a balance – as well as a clash – by comparing and contrasting ideas and materials.
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Works by the artist show the deep levels of union across themes of biology, technology, and consciousness. Beautiful Clay art by Meredith Dittmar

Clay art by Meredith Dittmar
American artist Meredith Dittmar lives in Portland. Her art is an amazing mix of animals, humans, plants that deconstruct the human experience in a colorful bass relief. Meanwhile, Meredith’s creations express deep levels of union across themes of biology, technology, and consciousness. Born near Boston Mass, she grew up in a world of pet pigs, horses, hay-forts and spy games. She received an education in computer science, and began her career in interactive design. Noteworthy is her compulsive need to create, and a drive to seek that the major elements of her person and work consist of.
Dittmar’s work appeared in the books Dot dot Dash and Mascotte 2, along with numerous magazines and online publications. In conjunction with her artwork she works as an independent character designer and maintains her company Corporatepig. And through it she continues to create thousands of unique handmade characters called “My Guys”.
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Filled with poison Umbrella. 1978, Made in the USSR Spy toys of KGB

Made in the USSR Spy toys of KGB, CIA, HVA, MI9
Undoubtedly, most boys in their childhood and even some adults dreamed about spy toys. For example, Secret cameras, electronic listening systems, and hidden guns. Noteworthy, Washington, DC Spy Museum has the inspiring collection of such spy toys, used by different security agencies of different countries. In particular, by KGB, CIA, HVA, and MI9.
KGB – national security agency of the Soviet Union.
CIA – Central Intelligence Agency of the United States government.
HVA – Hauptverwaltung Aufklarung, the defunct foreign intelligence service of the German Democratic Republic.
MI9 – the British Directorate of Military Intelligence Section 9.
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Romantic scene from the old films made of brown packing tape. Scotch tape pictures by Max Zorn, Amsterdam based artist

Scotch tape pictures by Max Zorn
Sometimes scotch tape – is just a tape, suitable only for the cementing boxes. But the resident of Amsterdam Max Zorn has another opinion. His works resemble scenes from the old films. Most frequently these are the closeups: although they are created in the limited color range, the game of light and shadow helps to achieve realism. Pictures are uncommon even by fact that their author succeeds in imprinting the special atmosphere.
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Beautiful Ksenia Sukhinova Miss World 2008. Miss Universe Russian folk dress

Miss Universe Russian folk dress
Defile in national costumes – always one of the most spectacular parts of the beauty-contests. Especially when it comes to the “Miss Universe”, which this year will take place in Moscow. Anxiously waiting in the wings of the stage – female candidates of our country Miss Russia (2013 it will be Elmira Abdrazakova), and let’s see outfits of Russian participants of all years. Pavlovo Posad shawls, kokoshniks, Gzhel, Khokhloma patterns, and Vologda lace. For designers it takes much skills, imagination, time, taste to make a folk dress which will conquer all, so that the contestant will stand out among other, not less bright competitors.
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Angel with a child. Iron sculptures by Mattia Trotta

Iron sculptures by Mattia Trotta
Born in Savona in 1980, Mattia Trotta is a young and talented Italian sculptor, who worked in Sarcedo, Vicenza. Mattia Trotta studied to become a industrial mechanical technician, specializing in technology and industrial production. Since 2002, the works of Mattia Trotta is a reflection on the nature and its inner needs. The artist takes full advantage of his technical experience and knowledge of the wire material – steel processing, shaping, leaving light in free spaces. This is the artist’s vision of reality and spirituality. In addition to solo and group exhibitions Mattia Trotta works on theatrical sets, performing installations and furnishings, some of his creations adorn Italian landscapes, parks, and squares.
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Marilyn Monroe. Movie posters paintings by Ger Eikendal, Dutch artist

Movie posters paintings by Ger Eikendal
Born in 1954, Groningen, the Netherlands, Ger Eikendal is a talented Dutch artist. His amazing paintings of old movie posters lead us to the world of vintage movies and beautiful actresses of XX century. According to the artist, it’s the German critical realism from the thirties of the last century that attracts him most. Oftentimes, we see the image of Marilyn Monroe on a poster as a symbol of beauty, loneliness and decay, like the ruins of old buildings. For Eikendal these images embody the tragedy of the passing time. However, they still represent the respect of the matter: beauty and transience go together.
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Female portrait. Colorful Illustrations by Minjae Lee, South Korean artist

Colorful Illustrations by Minjae Lee
South Korean artist Minjae Lee is only 22, his birthday is on January 11, 1989. Minjae Lee graduated from Seoul Daesin Highschool in 2006. Since 2008 has participated in solo and group art exhibitions. His works are filled with powerful colors, aggressive scenes and a clever blend of beauty, innocence and fragility. Minjae Lee lives and works in Seoul, South Korea.
The ethereal females that populate most of his work exude a dark, organic tension. And it seems that even the brightest marker colors do not quite manage to save them from some sort of looming peril. Or are we, the viewers, in fact, the ones who are in danger? Whatever the case, we are drawn in, interacting on an emotional level, surprised, looking for something. Tuija Seipell
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