Wednesday, April 24, 2013

U is for Unique Art

Happy Wednesday!

Today's inspiration comes from the unique art of multimedia artist Phil Hansen, whose work as been featured on the Discovery Channel, Dr. Phil, Good Morning America, CNN, and many other media venues. He is a master at creating art from such nontraditional objects as burger grease, worms, and tricycle wheel imprints. In this video, he shows how he uses a pushpin to tattoo a banana—pretty creative!

If you'd like to learn more about Phil, be sure to check out his sites: At Phil in the Whaaat? you can see more of Phil's nontraditional art. To check out his more traditional work, go to Phil in the Circle.



My daily haiku is now up at the Pulitzer Remix site. You can find it here. Many thanks once again to all of you who have been taking the time to read and comment. It really means a lot!


Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday. ☺

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    1. I never would have thought of doing this!

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  2. I will definitely check him out. That is so cool!

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    1. Hope you enjoy the sites. He has some great stuff!

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  3. Cool! That's very creative. It takes a lot of patience but the result is absolutely fantastic

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  4. I'm speechless!!!

    Going to the grocery store. Next move...Stitch Bannana's. Then to...Social Medias, Quilt Magazines and Amazon.
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    Lookie there...my first Haiku...sorta!
    My Letter 'U'...UFO Retreat
    Sue CollectInTexasGal
    AtoZ LoneStar Quilting Bee

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    1. LOL You have quite the day ahead of you! ;)

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  5. Wow! I am beyond impressed. I sent the link to my artist husband. I want him to try it out.

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    1. Post pictures if he does! I'd love to see them.

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  6. hoo boy- who would ever ever think of using bananas as a canvas! Extraordinary! Thanks!

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  7. Personaly I'd rather eat the thing that play with it but gret bit of work.

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  8. That is some serious talent right there...wow.

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  9. that's innovative - have gotta try this!!

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    1. Post the results if you do. I'd love to see them!

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  10. I bet his studio smells...

    Love the artwork though - very original too!

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  11. That is so cool! I want to try it. Bananas, look out!

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  12. How imaginative and inventive to use a banana as his canvas. Cool!

    Kathy
    http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com

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    1. I never would have thought of that in a million years. LOL

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  13. my kids are going to be taking all the bananas in the house....great video post. Thanks. Love your poem....the way rose petal drifts....I actually swayed when I read it.

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    1. I hope your kids have fun!

      About my poem: Thanks so much. ☺

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    1. It amazes me that people can be so creative.

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  15. Wow. Incredible. I will never look at a banana the same way.

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  16. That is weird. It reminds me of a Bob and Ray show where they collected strange shaped fruit and vegetables and after 20 years one was showing it and it was, of course rotted.

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    1. I agree: it is pretty strange—but wow, is he talented!

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  17. tattoo fruit...how cool was that?

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  18. Stinky, but stunning art!

    ♥ aquariann
    Featured Photo: Yellow Lily Flower

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  19. Freakin' Fantastic!!!!

    Is the banana eatable afterwards?

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    1. I have no idea. I'd hate to mess up the artwork. :)

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  20. And I always thought I was a little crazy for drawing on my bananas :)

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    1. Do you? You need to post pics! I love your artwork. :)

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  21. Awesome and Amazing! Makes me want to go home and tattoo a banana. Today's haiku is lovely!

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    1. Glad you enjoyed it!

      About my haiku: Thanks so much. ☺

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  22. Wouldn't it be fun to sneak the banana back into the grocery store and then secretly watch the reaction of the shoppers who see it and think it happened naturally?

    As a bonus, you could record them and you'd have another awesome video for your blog. :)

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  23. That is so cool! Wow. What crazy talent :) (ps- did you notice how I visited at the end of the day? :) Now, I'm off to spend hours looking at his art. *Giggles.)

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    1. Haha! Good for you for waiting until the end of the day! His sites can definitely suck you in. :)

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  24. That's crazy! Ever since I learned that you can write or draw on a banana so that it will show up later, I've wanted to go to a store and write "They're watching!" or other such phrases. Just to see what would happen. I also want to text the phones at the apple store with things like "Nice shirt" or "You look cute today", but that's a whole other story.

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  25. Wow -- you have found the most interesting things to inspire us all.

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  26. I'm going to have to have a go at that now :) best use for a banana I've ever seen.

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  27. Art with a shelf life.
    Strange but cool.
    Heather

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  28. Interesting, but I dig the temporary art of Andy Goldsworthy more

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    1. I've seen some of Goldsworthy's work. You're right: he's very good.

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