HUNGARIAN MONUMENTAL HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT

PILLAR ISLAND

Staffa is an island of the Inner Hebrides in Scotland. The Vikings gave it this name as its columnar basalt reminded them of their houses, which were built from vertically placed tree-logs. The island is entirely of volcanic origin.

PAINTING ON WATER - WATERY ART

Zhu Shenghi, a talented artist from China has developed a unique way of painting on water.Using a fine tool and naphta, he paints all kinds of detailed shapes on the surface of the water, but water isn't actually the real canvas. After he's finished the design, Zhu places a piece of paper that absorbs the paint from the surface of the water, thus becoming a regular painting without having been touched by any painting utensils.

PORTRAITS MADE OF SCREWS BY ANDREW MYERS

California based artist Andrew Myers drives screws at varying depths into plywood and paints over them, creating unique 3D images.

Andrew Myers starts with a plywood panel upon which he places pages of a phone book. He then draws out a face and drills 8,000 to 10,000 screws into each portrait.

For me, I consider this a traditional sculpture and all my screws are at different depths,” he said. “There’s nothing planned out. I draw out a figure on the board and figure out the depths.

“The real challenge comes when the sculpture is done and I have to get rid of the flat drawing. It’s hard because of the screws — you can’t get a brush behind them. I did figure out a way to do it, but I’m keeping it a secret.”

ICE AND SNOW SCULPTURE FESTIVAL IN HARBIN

The annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province of People’s Republic of China, is one of the sources of ice and snow culture in the world.