Love is an Optical Illusion

Love is an Optical Illusion

Ambivalent feelings this Valentine’s Day? Read the black letters then read the pink to see the opposite. Ambigrams are extremely clever exercises in graphic design that play with optical illusions, symmetry and visual perception to create images which can be...
All Mediums are Huge These Days! #1 – Cast Shadows

All Mediums are Huge These Days! #1 – Cast Shadows

So what if you can’t afford standard art supplies! All mediums are huge these days! Draw with cast shadows! Check out these ingenious art works.  Every example  makes me pump my fist, “Yeah!  That’s what I’m talking about!”  Use what...
Flowers and Hearts for Valentine’s Day

Flowers and Hearts for Valentine’s Day

“Yuan yang” is a typical Hong Kong beverage mix of tea and coffee, and also a symbol of marriage and love. Sculptor Tsang Cheung-shing united both concepts in an ingenious ceramic work in which tea and coffee poured from separate cups flow together in a...
Lights and Shadows: Illusions of Love

Lights and Shadows: Illusions of Love

Sunday evening, I joined my dearest friends for a sense-sational candle-lit birthday dinner at Salty’s overlooking Elliott Bay. Seattle skyline party lights rippled across gentle waves. Reflections of our candle flames and balloons danced in the dark picture...