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A luxurious gift box with toys rising out of it as if by magic

Master the Art of Gifting

Gifting is an art—a delicate dance of time, thoughtfulness, and truly understanding the quirks and dreams of your lucky recipient.

Artist/designer Kelly Thorn in her home studio.

Tarot of Oxalia: An interview with Kelly Thorn

Kelly Thorn, a Philadelphia-based multi-disciplinary artist, thrives on varied interests, including graphic design, hand-poked tattoos, lettering, illustration, and painting. Her latest endeavor, t...

A tarot card reading on a red scarf

How Tarot Cards Tell Your Story

Discover how tarot cards can be a powerful tool for introspection and healing. Learn the history, meanings, and methods of reading tarot cards to explore your inner world.

Martin Smith

For Martin Smith, You Are the Automaton

Inside the studio of Martin Smith, one of the world's best artist of figure-less kinetic automatons.

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'The Dent Wants To Happen': Noah Deledda’s Can Sculptures

'The Dent Wants To Happen': Noah Deledda’s Can Sculptures

The can is a ubiquitous piece of garbage — most of us have held one more times than we can count. In the backseat of a Tampa-Orlando road trip in 2004, artist Noah Deledda finished a Red Bull and s...

Strung Together: The Art of Ben Koracevic

Strung Together: The Art of Ben Koracevic

Wrapping string around 58,000 nails to create images that look like they've been hand-sketched with pencil requires is tedious, yes, but there are lessons to be had.

The Small Worlds of Michael Davydov

The Small Worlds of Michael Davydov

The miniature artist captures moments of whimsy by encasing houses in nature in small jars.

Chess Sets for Designerds

Chess Sets for Designerds

Artists and architects have experiment with the form and structure of chess sets for decades, giving modern chess-lovers some exciting, iconic, and uniquely designed works of art.

The Alien Lego Cubes of Zachary Steinman

The Alien Lego Cubes of Zachary Steinman

The Lego sculptures, these intricate cubic studies of shapes and patterns, are made on a nightly basis ... and are disassembled shortly after.

Alexa Meade Plays with Perception and Dimension

Alexa Meade Plays with Perception and Dimension

While so much art tricks the brain into understanding flat images as three dimensional, Alexa Meade does the opposite with bodypainting.