I really liked this illustration my brother did explaining some of the symbols he uses in his custom jewelry.

Custom Jewelry by Nick Potash

Anthony Ausgang for MGMT
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I was turned on to the amazing sand art of Jim Denevan through Patrick Trefz surf film Thread.  At the most basic level, as describe on his site “Jim Denevan makes temporary drawings on sand earth and ice that are eventually erased by waves and weather.”
The precision of his patterns and lines is especially impressive considering the scale.  This summer Jim created the largest piece of art in the world, this amazing – 3 MILES in diameter – piece in the deserts of Nevada.

It took 8 days and over 100 miles of walking.  Check out this amazing video of the project:

Like the tides that reclaim his beach pieces, a massive rainstorm erased it a week after completion.  If you saw the amazing vintage bus in the video, its Elvis’ old tour bus, out of which Jim runs his other business “Outstanding in the Field” where as an acclaimed chef he serves haute organic sustainable cuisine in its natural environment.  Truly a brilliant mind.

A few pics by our friend Jacob Heftmann.

Kehinde Wiley – “Equestrian Portrait of King Philip II”

“The massive Rubens-inspired oil, called “Equestrian Portrait of King Philip II,” swaps out the Spanish monarch’s face for Michael Jackson’s. The story behind the 2009 painting is as legendary as any tale in Jackson’s book.

As it goes, after seeing Wiley’s work at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Jackson contacted the artist for a commission. Jackson, who frequently had himself painted as a king made a natural match for Wiley’s magical-realism depictions. After Jackson and Wiley spoke for nearly a half-an-hour over the phone in 2008 about the artistic vision behind the piece, they agreed that Wiley would photograph Jackson in an Old Masters pose. Thoroughly impressed with Jackson’s knowledge of the painting process, Wiley sent Jackson a set of reference images but then stopped hearing from him and was unable to contact him after Jackson changed his hotel several times.

Following the star’s death, Wiley decided to complete the piece, a large royal sprawl as majestic as the King’s work himself. Choosing to paint Jackson at the peak of his career, the images shows a figure comfortable in his own body, confident behind a wall of armor atop a bowing horse. With bold blues and reds, and surrounded by heavenly cherubs, it’s a portrait that would have made the King of Pop proud. Miami visitors, this is a must-see before it falls to the home of a private collector.”

via coolhunting.com

check out more amazing and full size work here



via JH

“Rollin High” Dice Game by Mike Giant, $10 with this bitchin poster (below) – got the email at 4:21 pm sold out by 7 @ rebel8.com, shouldn’t have slept on this one.

A selection of images from BJ Heinley’s Tumblr

via DETOURdesign

Yeasayer definitely outweirds Empire of the Sun with this one.
Via Pitchfork.com

The “Rational Exploration of the Under Sea” series by Philippe Ramette (c) 2006