Wood, today, has found its usage in everything you can think of! Right from being used for making USB flash drives to building motorcycles and flashlights, wood itself has become a really cool material to create exciting objects. Listed below are five such wooden objects, which throw ample light on the creativity involved in making them.
Wooden Mouse
Handcrafted using Chinese flowering ash, the Wooden
April 25th, 2013
Art
Most of us remember being chided by our mothers and fathers when we played with food at the dinner plate. But as we grew up and started eating out at gourmet restaurants, we found that being creative with food actually adds a lot of value to whatever has been put on the plate. Some of us even use these clever food presentation tactics to coax
April 10th, 2013
Art
very day, restaurants around the world are forced to throw away tonnes of French bread if they have become too stale to be suitably used in any of the recipes on their menus. Even though this creates a lot of unnecessary waste, most restaurants are forced to do so to ensure that no stale or unusable food ends up being served. However, Studio Gyalik, the
February 20th, 2013
Art
Welcome the Year of the Snake with scale motifs
The Chinese Year of the Snake is all set to commence soon and if you want to mark this remarkable event, you can use the scale motif to adorn anything from your homes to your apparel and even lighting scheme. The motif of snake scales is way more handy and flexible than regular snakeskin pattern or
February 14th, 2013
Art
[box_dark]Celebrate your Christmas in a different style[/box_dark]
With winters showing up and Christmas being merely a month away, the festive shopping and planning is certainly on the to-do list of everyone. X-Max is all about fun, magic, gifts, lights and liveliness and your home should be depicting all these expressions. However, decorating the house should be so innovative that it brings a feeling of freshness
December 5th, 2012
Art
Do you have old cassettes locked up in the attic? Well, almost everyone will say yes to this one as cassettes were the most popular way to listen music in earlier times. They were very popular and that is why everyone has a lot of cassettes at their homes but today they are more like junk and unwanted things. Due to advancements in technology we
October 25th, 2012
Art
Images from Legos and dominos have become quite common these days. But designer Nathalie Boutté used the same principles of pixilation to create stunningly detailed pictures that are made entirely out of paper strips! The self-taught artist combines elements from disciplines such as painting, sculpting and photography to create art “out of” paper instead of “on” the paper itself. To create these stunning images, the
June 23rd, 2012
Art
Austrian sculptor Franz West’s “Gekröse” sold out on the first day of its exhibit for a seven digit sum. Considering its humungous size one would know that the sculpture was bought by person with an extremely large house! Jona Lueddeckens, from the gallery, remarks that this is Franz’s biggest creation till date. “Gekröse” is titanic. One of its kind, the sculpture is probably one of
June 19th, 2012
Art
New Yorkers have felt the pinch of water paucity, given the extreme conditions of fresh water availability. Keeping this thought in mind, they have decided to bring about a subtle awareness for this general cause. By painting the water tanks in colorful colors, some of the famous artists have actually been able to showcase their work, yet bringing about a much needed awareness in terms
June 15th, 2012
Art
Booze and cruise don’t mix- a caution that is universal for alcohol consumers. Driving cars after alcohol consumption may be a hazardous combination but apparently we’ve stumbled upon an exception where boozing and driving are ay-okay! Don’t get your hopes too high though for the expression is more figurative than pragmatic. The consequence of boozing is not only stupor but also a lot of cans,
May 30th, 2012
Art