Funky Find of The Week

The Easter Lily, left. Close up of flush, right

I once knew a guy who used to say that all well mannered men knew to "shake the dew off of their lily" once they had relieved themselves.
But to shake the dew into a lily?

That's what Chris Sorenson has made possible with his sculptural, but fully functional urinals.

Each is meticulously hand built and one of a kind - formed from high fire porcelain and fired to cone 10 (2300° F). These pieces are magnificent works of art but they are also fully functioning vitreous porcelain fixtures that can be plumbed and used in a bathroom. They are made of the same material as a commercial toilet but the similarity stops there. Clark hopes that his sculptures can be exhibited as art and installed as urinals in galleries and bathrooms around the world.

Most above are available for purchase. Prices start at $6500.

Click here to see more or to purchase.

Jelaine Faunce: Pick A Style, Any Style.

I first stumbled upon artist Jelaine Faunce's work on her page on the daily painters site. Her charming collage-like layered paintings caught my eye. They were unusual, had a sense of humor and were being sold in her etsy store for a more than reasonable price.



Well, this of course led me to further links and further exposure to this artist's gamut of work. And what a range she has!
I was surprised to see that the same artist who created the semi-allegorical sushi paintings also created realism paintings of striking photographic quality and interesting composition. These and many more are visible on her website. A far cry from her 'sushi' paintings but equally captivating.

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On her website she also has some mixed media work. Two examples are below.



She even has a photography section on her site as well.

With an ebay store, an etsy store, a cafe press store, selling original paintings and prints on Imagekind, even a blog, she's one busy artist. Her prices are still 'affordable' but I bet they won't be for long, So keep an eye out on this prolific artist because you never know what she'll be doing next!

It's A Sculpture. It's Art. No, It's A Radiator.

Maybe it's because I'm a native Californian, but I've never really given radiators a lot of thought. That is not until I started coming across some of these in my dutiful quest for what's hip. Did you all know that so many unusual radiators were out there?