Sushi Warships by art student Mayuka Nakamura from Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts.
The series is an extended pun on a popular type of sushi roll dubbed the battleship. This, I think, is a model of the Kongo — a battleship that sank in World War II.
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Whatthecool and Paperwallet are collaborating in a Giveaway! We’re giving away five of these awesome Artist Series 3 PaperWallets to some random lucky readers!
What is a PaperWallet?
PaperWallets are exactly that… They are paper wallets! They are thin, expandable, and durable wallets made of paper-thin Tyvek.
The Artist Series are limited edition and designed by PaperWallet pARTners! Artists all over the world submit their own design to be reviewed by PaperWallet’s Art Direction team who decide which wallets will take part in the next limited edition PaperWallet Art Series! If the artist’s work is chosen, the selected artist receives some profit through Paperwallet’s profit sharing program! So not only do you get an awesome wallet, you also help the artist that created the design!
Click through to view the complete Artist Series 3 and for more details on how to win!
Cityscape made of carved potatoes was created in Istanbul by 33-year old artist Peter Root. The city took an insane 176lbs of spuds using a kitchen knife and bicycle repair kit!
Amazing art by Korean artist Myeongbeom Kim who received his MFA in sculpture from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 2008. Check out more of his great works after the break!
Awesome Ant Photography series by photographer Andrey Pavlov. Click through to view more!
Edit: Typo name fixed. Thanks Olga!!
War Horse is made by Rachel Denny. The horse is made from flattened pennies and is one of her new pieces from her solo show at the Foster/White Gallery in Seattle, starting in April. Click through to view more of her great works!
Third Rock Fire Pit designed by artist Rick Wittrig. Now you can set the world on fire!
The Third Rock Outdoor Fire Pit is a high quality, hand cut and crafted fire pit designed for years of heavy use. This is one of the most unique fire pits on the market. Every Fire Pit is individually signed and numbered by it’s designer, Rick Wittrig. Each Fire Pit is made from one quarter inch (6.35 mm) thick carbon steel. This is by far the heaviest gauge metal used in any fire pit available today.
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Awesome balloon sculptures by New York based artist Larry Moss. Click through to view more!
Musical Glass Birdhouse is an installation called Dollar Note by artist Robert Gligorov.
“Bird cage with real birds and 2 real vertical pianos – when birds jump on the aluminium straw they play piano notes.”
