Art Kaleidoscope

Russian self-taught pastry cake artist Inna Bu

Cake artist Inna Bu
Self-taught artist Inna Bu is a cameraman, photographer and video engineer – all in one. Her job, in particular, is to create a high quality memory of a holiday, a wedding or a birthday party. And she copes with this task very well, creating beautiful and interesting DVD films and HD photo-books of different formats on any topic. That’s her job. Besides, Inna Bu has 10 years of experience of working on TV.

However, the most precious in her life are her two children and family. In addition, she enjoys writing poetry, embroidery, beaded icons, and carving. Meanwhile, she has reached perfection in creating cakes. Inna generously shares her secrets and recipes on her webpage, and she literally swims in the sea of admiration from her subscribers and viewers. Undoubtedly, her cakes is a kind of food art.
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Madonna of the Rocks. Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump, American self-taught artist

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump
American self-taught stained glass artist Loren Stump has more than 40 years of experience in glass-art and can create entire portraits and paintings using Murrine technique.

Born in Sacramento, California, Loren Stump began his career as a stained glass artist when he mastered advanced shaded murrine, intricate sculpture, and paperweight encasement. In fact, his innovative technique – the manipulation of a two dimensional murrine slice into a three dimensional form. Incredible artwork by California based artist Loren Stump exhibited at the Corning Museum of Glass, The Ertz Israel Museum, and the Kyokei Fujita Glass Museum.

Invented 4,000 years ago in the Middle East, and later virtually forgotten, the technique was revived by Venetian glass-makers. First the artist makes colorful glass rods, and later imposes one on another. Then, he melts the entire stack in a special oven, until it turns into a thick glass “sausage”. Cutting off one slice of this “sausage”, he gets a little picture, which he uses, for example, for making a beautiful pendant.

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One-of-a-kind Tiger Cub. Realistic Miniature Animal Sculptures by Reve

Realistic Miniature Animal Sculptures by Reve
American self-taught artist sculptor, working under the pseudonym ‘Reve’, has created a large gallery of one of a kind miniature animals from polymer clay. The additional material the amateur artist uses – textile, mohair, natural fibers (yarn), with a touch of and hand painted details.

These incredibly realistic miniature animals show an inimitable combination of expression, coloring and coat pattern, with its own characteristics and personality. Besides, each sculpture is unique and its price on eBay is approximately $ 100.
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Book fantasy. Photoart by German fine art photographer Christine Ellger

German fine art photographer Christine Ellger
According to Ellger, her passion for photography started 11 years ago as a hobby, and now has become a way of life. Having started with digital photography she successfully mastered all steps of processing the image. The amateur photographer Christine Ellger says: “My life has become interesting and exciting through this hobby. It makes me perceive the Beauty. All the time, often unconsciously, I am on the search for motifs. I hunt and collect beautiful pictures. For a good result the image is edited”.

Born in Germany in 1948, Christine studied management, then worked as a coordinator at the Saxon law information technology center in Dresden. Her interest in photography has become her main activity for the last 6 years. Christine Ellger travels the world, hunting out everything that comes into her vision and thus collecting beautiful photos.
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Beautiful Painting on glass by Lesley Pyke, British artist

Painting on glass by Lesley Pyke
Talented jeweler Lesley Pyke doesn’t work with precious metals, instead she creates amazing beauty and elegance for which she has won the hearts of millions of people worldwide. Her drawings engraved on glass and crystal are so expressive that the weightless drawing seems about to come to life. Her creations can truly be called outstanding. Lesley has 30 years of experience in engraving on glass and crystal, which gave impetus to the development of her own business.
Meanwhile, huge numbers of people are eager to see firsthand the handiwork by Lesley Pyke. Known almost all over the world, people attend her engraving courses to learn the secrets of create drawing on the glass. Lesley Pyke lives in Halesworth, the UK, a hundred kilometers north-east of London.
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Family harmony. Painting made out of colored pencils. Pencil art by Federico Uribe, Colombian artist

Pencil art by Federico Uribe – impressive paintings, sculptures and installations made entirely out of pencils. Colored pencils – the most amazing source of creativity. They can not only draw, they can be used as the material at hand, the same as a sculptor uses clay, and the artist – paint. Colombian artist Uribe has created a series called “Pencilism” – amazing paintings and sculptures of colored pencils. His incredible creations are amazing and perfect in every detail, perfectly performed by the game of color and size. And, if we discard the notion of classical works of art, the work of Federico Uribe may well be regarded as masterpieces of modern art. And that is very realistic three-dimensional artwork of landscapes, animals and people.
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Hedgehog with an apple. Stumpwork embroidery by Christine Paris, Belgian artist of applied art

First of all, Stumpwork embroidery by Christine Paris, artist of applied art from Belgium is incredible. These stitched figures of squirrels, hedgehogs, and birds rising from the surface to form a 3-dimensional effect, look so realistic. In appearance, this type of embroidery is somewhat reminiscent of a bas-relief or sculpture. Maybe that’s why it bears a strange name, composed of two English words “stump” and “work.” The techniques of stumpwork differs, depending on material used in it – wire, rubber, textile, and anything that can create a 3D effect. Stitches are worked around pieces of wire, then applied to the main body of work by piercing the background fabric and securing tightly. Meanwhile, a master can create other shapes using padding under the stitches, usually in the form of felt layers sewn one upon the other in increasingly smaller sizes. And finally, the master then covers felt with a layer of embroidery stitches.
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