Welcome to the 40th Annual Oconomowoc Festival of The Arts

Welcome to the 40th Annual Oconomowoc Festival of The Arts


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Art World Chicago

 Dan Blystone,   one of his latest creations, http://www.artworldchicago.com . For residents of the Windy City and for art fans in general, this Web site is a great source of information. Dan provides a free space for local artists to highlight their work, and he's included a good amount of pertinent content, including gallery lists, classifieds, and links to artists' sites. Without a resource like this, Chicago's art fans would have a hard time tracking down local artists.

Winter Rains Turn Calif. Desert Into Flower Show

Scott Martelle

Flowers bloom near Warner Springs in San Diego County. Heavy winter rains have created a spring flower show in California's deserts. More Photos

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Scott Martelle

Vinit Modi and his wife, Shilpa, take a close-up shot of a flowering cactus at the Anza-Borrego State Park visitors center. More Photos

Sculptors Turn Tape Into Art

Packaging tape has become a popular tool for sculptors -- with more than 130 artists constructing stunning creations from the transparent adhesive for the "Scotch Off the Roll Tape Sculpture Contest."

Scotch Tape Art

Scotch Brand

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Artist Elizabeth K. Lee used packaging tape to make this award-winning sculpture, titled "Can I Keep Him." She won the top prize at the Scotch Off the Roll Tape Sculpture Contest.

Thanks Ray you started me on a Stair Case Hunt:) To the World of Odd

10 Amazing Staircases Around the Globe - Oddee.com

http://www.oddee.com/item_96882.aspx

Nov 18, 2009 ... From a mysterious stair in a Catholic chapel to the longest mosaic stair, meet ten of the world's most fascinating stairs you can actually climb

Amazing Staircases

As you visit houses, or public buildings, it's interesting to observe the variation in stairs, treads and handrails.  Alicia Moss has kindly researched this collection of amazing staircases.

Here is a Collection of 'Bookcase Stairs'

Another Strange Staircase

Worth Scrolling Down

All stair treads should be like this!

Another Useful Staircase

 
The only problem here is that the stair risers are probably greater than the ideal of 7 ½ inches.

I'll Go To The Foot of Our Stairs!

Staircases are one of the most important building elements in a house.  They reflect architectural philosophies and in these examples showcase the talent and ingenuity of their designers.

Strange Stairway to Nowhere

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Zany Spiral Staircase

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Geoffrey Packard designed this amazing staircase above.   In fact, this one of Packard's DNA inspired staircases, if you have ever seen pictures of those double-helix molecules, then you can see the similarity.

A Staircase from an Art Gallery?

Will and Guy ponder:- 'Why cannot we have more indoor staircases like the above'.  It would also make traipsing the streets more interesting if we could have steps like those below.

Rainbow Stairway in the Town of Wuppertal, Germany

Artist, Horst Glasker, has painted a colour then stencilled a word describing the relationships between human beings, like terror and love, prosecution and trust, despair and hope, revenge and kiss.

Amazing Staircase

Guy cannot quite figure what's going on here.  Will thinks that the staircase is on the right. 

Stairway to Heaven?

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Following centuries old tradition of spiral staircases.  Just imagine two mediaeval knights squaring-up, the one above would be favoured in a sword fight, especially if he was right handed.

Amazing Stairway to The Sky

The river that ran away to paradise - Caño Cristales Thanks Ray!

  The river that ran away to paradise - Caño Cristales, which is located near the town of La Macarena in Colombia, South America.

During a brief span between wet and dry seasons, when the water level is just right, the many varieties of algae and moss bloom in a dazzling display of colors.

Without any roads leading to this river, it must be accessed by horse.