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Katrina Chalifoux of Rockford, Illinois won the Cheap Chic Weddings 2008 Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest. Katrina's toilet paper wedding dress above was one of 564 entries in the contest. Karina spent two weeks creating the dress with a raised flower pattern from molded toilet paper. Katrina took home a $1,000 gift card for her creation. This year's judges included Ripley's Believe it or Not!, Charmin and Cheap-Chic-Weddings.com. You see some of the other finalists here. Here'a a video about the annual contest.
This three-day event celebrates duct tape, its enthusiasts and its wacky and fun uses. The festival also honors the history and heritage of the city that is proclaimed the "Duct Tape Capital" of the world-Avon, Ohio-the home of Duck brand duct tape.
From sculptures and fashion to games and a parade, everything at the festival revolves around duct tape and the wonderful City of Avon.
If you love duct tape this may be the festival you want to catch when it shows up again in 2009.
Double One-handed Origami Bird-folding Video
- A skilled origami crafter named Chris is back with a double one-handed bird-folding video. He told Boing Boing that he made the video to debunk those claiming an earlier one-handed origami video he made was a fake.
"This is a video of me doing one-handed origami, making a flapping bird in each hand at the same time, one with my left hand and one with my right. I put just a single one-handed video up on YouTube last year and there was like a stream of folk complaining it was fake, so I figured out how to debunk it"
Eighteen-year-old Tess Brownson of Golden, CO won The Art Institutes and Americans for the Arts Poster Design Competition with the above poster. Brownson's celever illustration featured a pair of colorful sneakers walking on a sidewalk making it come alive with art from a plain black and white background.
Sponsored by The Art Institutes and Americans for the Arts, the Poster Design Competition was created to recognize, encourage and reward artistic talent at the high school level. High school seniors with an interest in graphic design were eligible to enter the competition to express their visual interpretation of why "Life is Better With Art in It."
In addition to being awarded the grand prize of a $25,000 tuition scholarship to study at The Art Institute of Colorado, Tess will attend a Congressional Reception on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. with representatives from The Art Institutes, Americans for the Arts and invited members of Congress, honoring the work of the local winners in the competition.
Tess is excited to have the opportunity to study at The Art Institute of Colorado, and follow in the footsteps of her father, Matt, who graduated from The Art Institute of Colorado in 1990. "I was so excited that my piece was chosen. I spent a lot of time working on my entry and was happy to know that my hard work was rewarded."
"It is always a thrill for us to see what incredible artistic talent is out there among high school students. Not only can they create amazing artwork, but they have a point of view and a perspective that is mature and thoughtful," said John Mazzoni, President of The Art Institutes.
It's a great poster that clearly shows how art and color can make life more interesting. You can some of the finalists here on The Art Institues' website.
New York City Trash Animal Art
- A clever New York City artist named Joshua Allen Harris turned trash bags into a fun art installation in the city. The trash bag art that Harris designed is placed on a subway grate. When the train passed underneath the trash art transforms into a giraffe or a bear. You can see the art in the AP video below.
