Odd Things I saw - Miniature art

I'm a huge fan of art and I came across this unique form of artwork that I wanted to share with you all. Artist Chen Forng Shean expresses his creativity on a microscopic scale, his masterpieces are the size of a needle eye. If you don't look hard enough, you probably won't realise it's there.

Chen has been dubbed as 'the founder of miniature art in Taiwan', he has been creating miniature masterpieces for 30 years. He never needs to worry about running out of space to store his artwork! LOL!

When working on a small scale, there are quite a few challenges. For instance, a shaky hand is of no use in this type of artwork.

"If the hands shake a little bit, the work will be destroyed, " Chen said, "my job is dealing with very fine things, so I learned to breathe and hold my breath. When I take a breath, I can hold it for 60 seconds, and then I can engrave every stroke with the rhythm of my pulse." Reference: Sina english

Odd Things I Saw - Toilet mural

To all you  love birds out there. When you want to do something romantic for your partner, what would you do? Wine, dine, buy some flowers or maybe jewellery.

Well, Chinese artist Wei Hua came up with an innovative idea and gift for his future wife. He created a wall of toilets and arranged roses in the toilet to form a love heart. I don't entirely understand how toilets came in to the equation of a romantic gift for his beloved.

The art piece is appropriately named the 'toilet waterfall'. A total of 6,000 roses were put in the toilets. 

Me personally, I think he should have just given her the 6,000 roses (that''s like a florist shop) that is romantic. I think the addition of toilets is overkill, but it definitely will leave a long lasting impression for her and the whole town. lol

Odd Things I saw – Art goes Bananas

Food has become a popular medium for art. We’ve seen lettuce art, bread art, bento box art and now, bananas are breaking in to the art scene. Japanese artist Keisuke Yamada carves out banana sculptures using a toothpick and a spoon.

Since bananas oxidize quickly, Yamada needs to work fast and finish the sculpture within 30 minutes. Once his banana masterpiece is completed, he takes a photo for his website and then he eats the tasty art.

He was initially surprised by the huge response he received when he posted his first banana sculptures. Some of his sculptures include Elvis, Zeus, Homer & Marge Simpson, a dragon, as well as the royal couple Prince William and Duchess Kate. The detail he puts in the banana is incredible – you can see facial structures like frowns and cheekbones.

Since his popularity has grown, his online fans now send him suggestions for his banana art work; that keeps him inspired.

Bananas cost around $10/kg – I haven’t eaten a banana for quite a while. Seeing his artwork makes me crave bananas. And who knows – I might try to carve something cool out of a banana next time I eat it.


Reference: dailymail.co.uk

The Art Of The Brick - Exhibit @Federation Square, Melbourne

LEGO FANS! You all must go to the amazing art exhibit all about LEGO - The Art Of The Brick! Artist Nathan Sawaya's extraordinary LEGO creations are on display at Federation Square until the 9th October. For more info, click here

Remember to tune in Friday 7pm for my awesome chat with Nathan.

Here are some fave snaps of my trip!

I look so tiny next to the giant LEGO blocks


We're imitating Nathan's iconic sculpture 'YELLOW'


Anh and I working at the LEGO Ticket Booth! How cool!


T-REX!! AHHHHH!!!!


We made a new friend - The Blue Man. He seems to be deep in thought.


My Dream Art Studio


Yummy Apples!! Delicious

Nathan Sawaya - LEGO Artist on this week's show

Exciting news everyone! Nathan Sawaya - The Extraordinary LEGO artist from America will be on this week's show! Tune in 7pm Sept 9th via www.radiomonash.fm/listen

Nathan has the coolest and most unique job in the world! Have you wondered what it takes to become a lego artist? Or some of the challenges of lego building? I will be asking him all this and more!

Plus, did you know he was a corporate lawyer before he became a lego artist! How did he transition from LAWYER to LEGO? Tune in this Friday to find out!

His art exhibition "The Art of the Brick" is currently at Federation Square, Melbourne. You all have to go see his magnificent works. Click here for more info.

To view his amazing LEGO artwork, visit his gallery on his website www.brickartist.com

Follow Nathan on Twitter, click here

Odd Things I saw - Sexy cabbage ladies artwork

Exotic cabbage artwork -110610 by CherriiPOP





While I was surfing the net this week, I came across these cool artworks by Chinese artist Ju Duoqi. She makes sculptures entirely out of Chinese cabbage. The sculptures are of women in sexy and classy poses. She named this project ‘The fantasies of chinese cabbage’.

The use of cabbage in the sculptures is quite amazing.I will never look at a Chinese cabbage the same.