Beautiful Rainbow Grapes. Grape inspiration

Grape inspiration
In this photo, the grapes change color from green to purple and start making sugar. Such beauty has also delicious flavor, so attractive to people and animals. The process is called veraison. The fruit changes from acidic to sweet with fruity aromas. Grapes are not only succulent and mouth-watering, but have numerous health benefits. There is a common belief that French people are generally healthier because they consume red wine as part of their diet everyday, and this phenomenon is called the French paradox. The paradoxical epidemiological observation proved that French people have a relatively low incidence of coronary heart disease.
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Inspired by ‘The Cholmondeley Ladies/Sisters/Twins’ Beautiful recycled art by Barbara Franc

Beautiful recycled art by Barbara Franc

Instead of sending recycled items to the dump, British artist and sculptor Barbara Franc creates beautiful objects from them. Fragments of household rubbish artist transforms into amazing sculptures of birds, animals and even classic paintings. The above painting-like creation is inspired by ‘The Cholmondeley Ladies/Sisters/Twins’ now hanging in Tate Britain. This is Barbara’s own version of it. She has cut pieces of recycled, decorative tins selected for their colors, sanded, hammered and distressed before nailing them into place. The collars and ruffs are slightly 3D and the whole piece is a ‘painting’ using colors only from the tins. The artist admits “I had enormous fun making this piece which led me on to do a few other homage pieces to Matisse”.
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Puppies on the beach. Hyperrealistic paintings of wildlife by Ego Guiotto, Australian self-taught artist

Hyperrealistic paintings of wildlife by Ego Guiotto

Talented self-taught artist Ego Guiotto is originally from Italy, born in Venice. He moved to Australia in 1966. The little boy loved his new home with all his heart. Ego Guiotto today is one of the best artists of Australian wildlife. His love of Australian birds and animals is beautifully expressed in a unique style, in great hyperrealistic details, bright colors of his paintings. Looking at his beautiful paintings, one can never think that these art works are painted by a self-taught artist. Ego Guiotto prefers watercolor, acrylic, gouache paints. Ego Guiotto’s high demand paintings are in public and private galleries, companies and publishers, both in Australia and overseas. Guiotto – has won numerous awards.
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Beyonce wearing Brooklyn bridge ring. nOir jewelry by Leeora Catalan

nOir jewelry by Leeora Catalan
“My beauty must-haves are… DG skincare and good lipsticks”, says New York based fashion designer and stylist Leeora Catalan. In addition, she is the creative director and owner of nOir jewelry. Jewelry house nOir has established itself as a brand of exclusive, unusual, and sometimes even outrageous jewelry. In 1995, nOir was born in her studio apartment she shared with her business partner, and now husband. Catalan has collaborated with fashion industry icons, and her jewelry pieces were featured on the pages of Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Italian Vogue, etc. Besides, such celebrities as Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Madonna, Fergie, Beyonce, Gwen Stefani prefer Leeora Catalan’s alluring designs.
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Miniature food rings by SouZo Creations

Miniature food rings by SouZo Creations

Canadian artist of applied art Sofia is married to a Japanese man, and has been living in Japan for almost 15 years. Her food rings are the combination of her love of food, her love of making things and love of unique jewelry. Plastic food is really popular in Japan. This idea of plastic food just caught her imagination. “I think that people ‘eat with their eyes’ in most cases and the Japanese seem to be especially aware of this. In Japan, when food is served, not only is it arranged in a certain way to show off the different colors and qualities but also the choice of plate or dish is very important. I consider this as I put together the wood, Japanese chiyogami paper, pottery shards, clay and small plastic food pieces that make up my rings and other jewelry”.
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A family business of 5 talented craftsmen – Su Ami knitted miniature toys. In fact, their family business bears a name of the youngest in the family – 10 year-old Su Ami

Su Ami knitted miniature toys

Vietnamese family, infatuated by all existing kinds of knitting, were so fascinated by this occupation that soon they had to start their own business. The funny thing was that even the five of them, the masters did not have time to meet the needs of the growing number of customers. Su Ami – is the name of the youngest participant in the project. This girl is just ten years old and she loves animals and movie characters. Naturally, Su Ami is the main inspiring muse. Most of these beautiful toy animals are crocheted. The team of five craftsmen use thread of bright colors of wool to draw attention to these tiny art works. In the collection of talented craftsmen – series of miniature collectible toys, special gifts – farm animals, wild animals, birds and pets. Incredibly small and detailed little animals.
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Large scale white daisies decorate the house. Street art by Sergej Alexander Dott

Beautiful street art by Sergej Alexander Dott
Born on November 23, 1959 in Berlin, Sergej Alexander Dott is a creative German artist and sculptor. Dott grew up in the family of a Russian father and an Austrian mother. He has become known for the design of pop-art neighborhoods in Berlin and Zittau. According to his bio, Sergej Alexander Dott learned from 1976 to 1978. First, he studied the craft of pottery at Hedwig Bollhagen. Then, from 1983, he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and at the Dresden Art Academy Berlin. In 1988, he began working as an aspirant in Baldur Schoenfelder at the Berlin Academy. Since 1991 he works as a freelance artist, mostly in Berlin and Brandenburg.
In the 1990s and early 21st century Dott took several extended study trips to countries such as Russia, Cuba, Mexico, Japan, Thailand, France and Venezuela.
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Sapphire and diamond flower brooch. Madeleine Albrights jewelry with sense

Madeleine Albrights jewelry with sense
Everyone knows about the love of the former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to the brooches. It was also a natural love of a woman to jewelry. And, we know that each brooch had the message. Her book “Read My Pins” tells a story how one woman’s jewelry collection was used to make diplomatic history. Madeleine used a pin or a brooch as a means of personal and diplomatic expression, thus, jewelry had become part of her personal diplomatic arsenal. “None of this would have happened without Saddam Hussein,” said Albright. When the Iraqi press called her an “unparalleled serpent,” she made sure to wear a snake pin during her next meeting with Iraqi officials. From that day brooches had become Albright’s diplomatic style, her self-expression, sense of humor, and simply sense. The jewelry pieces she wore was not only a political message, in addition, they were beautiful art work of jewelers.
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Incredible painting on butterfly wings by Hasan Kale, Turkish artist

Incredible painting on butterfly wings by Hasan Kale

Unique and without doubt talented Turkish artist Hasan Kale was born in 1960 in Turkey. Hasan makes awesome miniature drawings of beautiful landscapes, scene of his beloved Istanbul, wildlife on the wings, and not only. Hasan has been working in miniature since the 1980s, the canvas for his incredible art of detailed mini-marvels – the wings of any taxidermied insect, lemon peel, pasta, snail shells, seeds, lump of sugar, grain of rice, even sharp plant spikes. And the skillful artist doesn’t need a wooden board on which to mix colors, he uses his finger as a palette.
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