Xiang Duan creates very detailed stone carvings into stones, making them appear to sit atop the rock from which they were sculpted.
She also does amazingly detailed paintings inside small glass containers:
Image: Instagram / Xiang Duan
Artist makes remarkable tiny sculptures and paintings
Can you spot all the perspective mistakes in this satirical engraving from 1754?
Nearly 150 years before M. C. Escher was even born, English satirist and social critic William Hogarth was already screwing with our sense of perspective. While Hogarth, like Escher, was interested in the mind-melting mathematics of visual art, the point of his "Satire on Perspective" from 1754 was more about reading comprehension. From Public Domain… READ THE REST
First stamp designed by Alaskan indigenous artist, showing Raven stealing the sun
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Add smart, safe brake lights to your bike with this $41 attachment and app
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This app offers the anxiety relief you need to win against panic attacks
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Here's how you can win $10,000 in cryptocurrency and more with this giveaway
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