Fred Eerdekens' Shadow Art.

Fred Eerdekens is a Belgian artist who elevates shadow into an artform. Can you believe that those the shadows of those squiggly copper lines above spell out a sentence? Amazing!Link (Than...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/fred-eerdekens-shadow-art/

A Literary Proposal: 50 Reasons Why You Should Marry Me.

Cameron Kelly proposed to his girlfriend Angie Kreimer using a 113-page self-published book titled "50 Reasons Why You Should Marry Me and 51 Reasons Why I Should Marry You&q...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/a-literary-proposal-50-reasons-why-you-should-marry-me/

Harrison Hot Springs Sand Sculpture.

Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada, hosts two great sand sculpture contests: the Vancouver Sun Tournament of Sand Sculpture Champions and the World Championships of Sand Sculpture....

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/harrison-hot-springs-sand-sculpture/

Max Dürsteler's The Freezing Rotation Illusion.

Max Dürsteler of Universitätsspital Zürich, Switzerland won 1st prize at the 2006 Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest with this illusion.Also, don't miss the rest of the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/max-drstelers-the-freezing-rotation-illusion/

Hans Kuiper's Duck Tesselation.

Tessellation or tiling in art is made famous by M.C. Escher. Here's Hans Kuiper's version, using a famous duck!Link | Gallery...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/hans-kuipers-duck-tesselation/

Peter Cho's Takeluma.

From the website:This project, called TAKELUMA, is a phonetic writing system for representing the sounds of English. In this system, when phonemes are spoke, htye leave their m...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/peter-chos-takeluma/

Peter Hammond's City of Angles Too.

Take a look at Peter's "composite" photography artwork: http://www.peterhammond.com/broadband/HomeBB.html...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/peter-hammonds-city-of-angles-too/

Barbed Wire Fence Music.

Violinist Jon Rose is a unique musician: he builds and plays weird string instruments. And oh, he plays music on fences.Yes, fences: this one above is a barbed wire fence, made and played on a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/barbed-wire-fence-music/

Hi! Monkey Investigates: Origin of Fortune Cookie.

Did you know that the fortune cookie found at Chinese restaurants is actually invented by a Japanese? hi! monkey on the true origin of fortune cookies: you know that everyone enjoys a nice crispy fortune...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/hi-monkey-investigates-origin-of-fortune-cookie/

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