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Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. The term tapestry is also used to describe weft-faced textiles made on Jacquard looms. Most weavers use a natural warp thread, such as wool, linen or cotton.

A sculpture that only includes the head, perhaps with the neck, is more strictly called a "head", but this distinction is not always observed. A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest.

On Curaçao, the older sister of the family used to be called ‘Chichi’. The Curaçao Chichi doll represents that older sister who is a strong, proud, voluptuous Caribbean woman.

Skull symbolism is the attachment of symbolic meaning to the human skull. The most common symbolic use of the skull is as a representation of death, mortality and the unachievable nature of immortality.

St George and the Dragon at St. Mary's Church or formally the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic church in Gdańsk, Poland. Its construction began in 1379, or 1343 according to the official website.

Artist creates traffic jams in Google Maps with a wagon full of phones - Engadget This is the kind of post-modern art we can get behind. We tend to think of Google Maps as an indispensable tool that is rarely wrong, but an artist from Germany named Simon Weckert found a humourous way to game...

The Small Wonders are an art installation on the Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas. This particular Small Wonder was found in a metal pedestal base which required viewing through a magnifying lens at the top of the pedestal.

Chrome dog statue on the Allure of the Seas which is an Oasis-class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International.

A Journey Into the Radical Art of Brain Injury Survivors - A Journey Into the Radical Art of Brain Injury Survivors - Vice A small and thriving community of artists in London are re-kindling age old questions about why we create. There are musicians and poets, chess players and chefs. There...

This New Technique Could Revolutionize the Future of Art Reproduction - Smithsonian RePaint renders reproductions in color four times closer to the original than the next-best tool new method of multi-layer, custom-ink 3D printing pioneered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s...

The Venetian Las Vegas is proud to unveil LOVE, a larger than life installation in the Waterfall Atrium. Created by celebrated artist Laura Kimpton as part of her Monumental Word Series, the installation, perforated with bird-shaped stamps, spells LOVE in steel Ruby red letters that rise 12 feet...

Stacked stones at Dana Point Harbor, California. Cairns - the Scottish Gaelic word for piles of stones stacked by humans.

Food Artist Creates Edible Worlds Out of Everyday Ingredients - My Modern Met s a child, you might have believed the moon was made of cheese or perhaps dreamt of visiting Willy Wonka’s magical candy world. Although we can’t fly you to the moon or gift you a golden ticket, we can introduce you...