Chinese calligrapher Wu Xubin takes an unconventional approach to his art. He uses his nose as a brush. 

Zhang Huan prefers to use his face as a canvas.

Jason Hackenwerth’s balloon sculptures are playful, dramatic and slightly indecent. Some of them can be worn; some of them fire unspeakable things. Ideal for adding a whiff of trauma to a child’s birthday party.

There are films of the sculptures too. (h/t, Coudal.)

A few weeks ago, in one of the ephemera roundups, I posted a link to some tilt-shift photography. The technique is a kind of reverse Supermarionation, whereby life-size objects are made to look like scale model miniatures. Keith Loutit combines tilt-shift photography with stop-motion filming. The results are quite striking. Watch those teeny tiny people move.

Beached from Keith Loutit on Vimeo

Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo

More tilt-shift imagery links.

Via Viewmanoid Films, meet the boyband of the future.

Introducing Shakerboys … from viewmanoid on Vimeo

Dig it, baby.

More macro photography by Igor Siwanowicz. 

Related: Tiny Monsters.