The faces and objects pictured below are carved from the pits of fruit such as peach, plum, apricot, olive, sweet cherry, wild cherry and even the seed from the dogwood tree.
I hope that you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed carving them!

I build modular geometric sculptures using paperclips and other office supplies (really).
Paperclips are a wonderful medium to work in as they are very portable and inexpensive.
I’ve been meaning to update paperclipart.com with new pictures and more info for way too long…
Take a look around and enjoy Justin Schlecter’s portfolio of intricate geometric paperclip sculptures.

Bryan Berg broke the Guinness World Record for the World’s Tallest House of Cards in 1992 at the age of seventeen, with a tower fourteen feet, six inches tall. His latest record-holding structure in the category is over twenty-five feet tall. In 2004, Guinness created a new record category for the World’s Largest House of Cards to recognize a project Berg built for Walt Disney World–a replica of Cinderella’s Castle. He continues to hold both records.

Touring regularly, Berg has stacked cards in virtually every major U.S. city and in Japan, Denmark, and Germany.

Berg has appeared on CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Ellen Degeneres, Martha Stewart Unsifted, Guinness Prime Time, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, The Discovery Channel, CNN and various foreign shows.

His work has been featured in nearly every major newspaper nationwide in addition to publications such as Wired, Reader’s Digest, Men’s Health, Games Magazine, Maxim, The National Enquirer, National Geographic For Kids, Time Magazine for Kids, and 321 Contact.

Berg’s clientele have included Walt Disney World, Star Wars, San Francisco Opera, Neopets/Wizards of the Coast, Fuji Television Japan, Post Cereal, Pinnacle Brands, Topps, Baseball Hall of Fame, DMG World Media, Procter and Gamble.

Projects have also been produced with organizations such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, American Airlines, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League.

Andy and Angel have been painting with coffee for several years, and have completed hundreds of original artworks.
Curious people who view the work are amazed that the artwork is painted entirely in coffee - no additives, just 100% pure coffee.

Artists have been using coffee as washes for sketches and other shading for some time, but this is one of the first times where a process is used to gain very dark hues.

People ask what we do to achieve this darkness, all we can say is that it takes a special process and it is our secret formula.
Just Coffee Art

Here are some images from a nice German website with ice art.

In Japanese, bonsai can be literally translated as ‘tray planting’ but since originating in Asia, so many centuries ago - it has developed into a whole new form. To begin with, the tree and the pot form a single harmonious unit where the shape, texture and colour of one, compliments the other. Then the tree must be shaped. It is not enough just to plant a tree in a pot and allow nature to take its course - the result would look nothing like a tree and would look very short-lived. Every branch and twig of a bonsai is shaped or eliminated until the chosen image is achieved. From then on, the image is maintained and improved by a constant regime of pruning and trimming.

Here’s a nice website with great bonsai art:

Bonsai at its highest level is a fine art. But fine art begins with great craft. Westerners aspiring toward bonsai art excellence would do well to follow the craftsmanship found in excellent bonsai examples.
This presentation, the second in a series, showcases excellent bonsai from the very best artists in the world.
I sincerely hope you enjoy them.
-Andy Rutledge