Awesome Art

These dramatic playing cards incorporate heat-sensitive inks for a unique color-changing effect. The Rebirth deck features a holographic red foiled Phoenix with copper embossing, while the Ashes deck has black cards with cold-foiled silver and carbon black tuck box with an embossed phoenix and lenticular fire effect.

Each Uniq Volumetric puzzle is made from soft PVC and molded into sculptural pieces. The first three puzzles feature curvy, organic shapes and 30 to 70 pieces each. The finished puzzles measure about 8″ x 12″ and come with a kickstand frame for display. Choose from Phantom, Timber, or Froth designs, as well as a 3-puzzle box set.

Most writing is done with pens or pencils. Artist qiaobiangugu creates text by manipulating colored sand with edge of a utility knife. The technique produces 3-dimensional letters with an embossed look. Their creations include English words as well as intricate Chinese characters.

Artist Chet Phillips created this series of fanciful illustrations that imagine wild roadside attractions inspired by the music of They Might Be Giants. Sold as a set of six 5″ x 7″ postcards, the fictitious travel destinations include The Puppet Head, The Museum of Idiots, and The Shoe Horn with Teeth, among others.

Cat people, put on your boogie shoes and get down tonight with this handmade disco ball sculpture shaped like a kitty. Handmade by DiscoHeads, the sparkly silver cat is covered with hundreds of hand-glued mirror tiles, turning any room into a feline Studio 54. Get out the laser pointers – this disco kitty is ready to party.

JBArts shows how he took a single sheet of glass and transformed it into a colorful work of art. He made the 20-sided “hyper-diamond” by cutting the glass into small squares, then into decagons before gluing them together into a pair of rocky glass mountains. After joining the sections, he painstakingly ground and polished the piece into its final form.

Artist Niu Yifei creates incredible works of using items found in nature. His impermanent portraits include birds, wolves, people, and even video game characters. He starts by sketching outlines in the dirt, and then places items like twigs, leaves, and grasses to complete the images. Head to Instagram to see more of his ephemeral pieces come together.

Artist Stefano Padoan builds electromechanical machines to draw his “Scribl Art.” Unlike a conventional plotter, he programmed his machines to doodle portraits in circles, zig-zags, and squiggles – all from a single line. By varying the size and density of the lines, they create the illusion of light and shadow.

Celebrate your love for Studio Ghibli with this artful coffee table book. The 160-page book explores the history of the famed Japanese animation studio and its films. It includes director’s commentary, behind-the-scenes stories, and lots of animation art and promotional imagery. Released in 2022, it covers every movie through Earwig and the Witch.

Instantly upgrade skateboards, club bathrooms, and anything lame with some of the world’s coolest street art by slapping on a peel-off sticker from these two legendary Stickerbomb books. Updated for Laurence King, each edition is awesomer than ever with more than 300 artist-commissioned stickers. Grab both books: Stickerbomb 1 and Stickerbomb 2.

This artfully-illustrated deck of playing cards from Art of Play pays tribute to the work of prolific 20th-century artist Alexander Calder. The designs are inspired by the artist’s colorful paintings from the latter part of his career, including his lighthearted Card Players series. Each letter and number is derived from Calder’s handwriting.

A special gold foil edition of Dorothy’s mesmerizing poster that illustrates the history of rock and roll music. The print connects the dots between more than 1400 musicians, songwriters, and producers from the pioneering days of rock through the 21st century. Printed on deep black uncoated paper and fits in standard 60cm x 80cm frames.

Mattel Creations salutes Japanese pop artist Keiichi Tanaami with a special version of the Magic 8-Ball. The fortune-telling sphere is decorated with Tanaami’s colorful and surreal imagery and includes answers inspired by the late artist. Comes artfully packaged with a certificate of authenticity. We also love their Fisher Price telephone 8-Ball.

Joseph Marr specializes in sculptures made out of sugar. As his profile with Great Big Story reveals, his edible creations often invert the stereotype of the eccentric artist. Joseph is absolutely baffled that people would lick and eat his works when they’re out in public. But he does love the interactive aspect of his material, as evidenced by his latest piece.

Humans since 1982 is back with another batch of its mesmerizing wall clock. The ClockClock 24 consists of 24 analog clock dials that, instead of telling the time individually, move in sync to form a digital display. This striking white on blue version was designed in partnership with Kit Kemp Design Studio. Limited to 100 units.

Paper artist Pei Haozheng used his steady hands and razor-sharp scissors to cut the longest contiguous strip of paper from a single sheet of A4 paper – just slightly smaller than U.S. letter size. The finished strip measured over 108 meters (354 ft.) long and Pei arranged it to look like a slice of a human brain and his signature.