August 24th, 2010
ethekwinigirl
For most people Body Art means, ink – tattoos. But for these artists the term Body Art has a whole different meaning – one that involved blood, and flesh and skin and bones.
According to the WebUrbanist, “The human body has been used as a canvas for all sorts of art, but perhaps more interesting and rare is the use of human body parts as artistic media, from sculptures made of hair, bones and fingernail parings to plasticized corpses in dynamic poses. These 12 artists have made human body art that is often controversial and sometimes surprisingly poignant.”
Sculptor Marc Quinn – Frozen Blood Self Portrait
If you’re going to do a self-portrait, why not go all out and make a sculpture out of your own frozen blood? That’s what sculptor Marc Quinn has done – every five years since 1991 – using a mold of his head and a whopping 9.5 pints of blood drawn over a period of five months. Quinn’s 2006 version of ‘Self’ was purchased by the UK’s National Portrait Gallery for over $465,000.
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August 20th, 2010
ethekwinigirl
Katie’s POOF Skirts - As the person says who who wrote the only two paragraphs I can find on the web about these rather delicious and bizarre garments(Meghan Young) – Katie’s POOF Skirts look like they are tailor made for Gaga.
They seem to me to be very festive- more for a party of a big race day, than for lets say office wear- I mean neon pop poms are really quite giggly. But I had to put them on my blog because I think they are divine – so Katie and your POOF Skirts – You go girl!
August 15th, 2010
ethekwinigirl
We try to find cool new stuff for this blog, and this My Card for Women from Standard Bank most certainly fall into the cool category.
I know some people may ask why it is necessary for women to have their won credit card, but hey, we know that the playing fields have still not been leveled and that women also have different needs from their financial products. But I won’t go into all that; you can read all about Standard Bank’s My Card requirements and benefits on their website.
But I want to focus on the two competitions My Card is running at the moment:
Grand Prize of R50 000
Standard Bank makes this really easy. Apply for a My Card credit card and if your application is successful, you stand in line to win the grand prize of R50 000! The grand prize competition runs from 19 July to 19 November 2010. You can even apply online.
With My Card for Women from Standard Bank, you get cash back every time you swipe. Read here to find out how the cash back works: And now for the second competition – Give some thought to how you’d use your cash-back to create a special moment for yourself – whether it be curling up in bed with a good book or going to spa with your friends,.
My Card Moment
All you need to do is imagine that moment and share it with Standard Bank and you could win one of five weekly gift cards worth R500. Weekly competition runs from 19 July to 12 November 2010.
All you have to do is click on the submit your moment button below and tell them about YOUR moment. But first, you need a My Card Credit card.
August 13th, 2010
ethekwinigirl
The award winning hand cast block lamp is a unique addition to any interior space.
Each part of the block lamp is hand cast and it undergoes an extremely long cooling process to avoid cracking later on if exposed to strong temperature changes. The matt bulb shape is sand-blasted. The electric bulb is included. EU standard, says Yanko designs
The Block Lamp designed by Harri Koskinen has been showered with design awards including: Excellent Swedish Design in 1998, the Design Plus Award at the Ambiente Trade Fair in Frankfurt in 1999 as well as the Best New Product at the Accent Show in New York in 1999.
The Block lamp comes in Red, Black and White.
August 13th, 2010
ethekwinigirl
OK, I didn’t believe all this either, but it seems like iPhone users have more sex than Android or Blackberry users. Well anyway, according to a dating site OKCupid.com.
I’m sure this survey was done among members of their dating site but according to an article on Gadgets & Gizmos
“Male owners of the Apple wonder phone will have had 10 different partners by the time they reach the age of 30 so it seems that antenna problems only stretch so far as the phone itself. Blackberry owners will manage 8.1 (we’re not sure about the use of decimal points in such figures because it makes us wonder how you have 0.1 of a sexual partner – a toe, maybe?) and Android owners are lagging behind with just 6 partners. ”
Please read more if you think you want to swap your phone.
