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Artist Dan Golden Introduces His Cartoon Throw Pillow Collection

A longtime fan of Dan Golden's whimsical and downright hilarious hand-tufted cartoon rugs (you can see them on my Fancy Friggen Flooring and Radical Rugs list), I was thrilled to hear that he's launching a pillow collection of some of the same designs this coming November.

Below are the designs for the upcoming pillow collection.

Alien:

Crazy New Shit:

Greater Than Picasso:

The Harvey Weintraub Experience:

I Love Bob Newhart:

Keep Dogs Off Grass:

Knack Cover Band:

Morphine is the best medicine:

Ned - Keepin' it real:

Nudist Colony:

Seaweed:

Superheroes:

The pillow collection is now available for pre-order. The national retail launch will be in November.

Each pillow is 18"x18", hand silk-screened organic cotton with down inserts.

Pillows are $130. (shipping & handling is $20 US and $55 International)

The first 25 orders of each design will come with a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.

Pre-Order now here to guarantee delivery at the beginning of November.

His Cartoon rugs are no longer available for purchase but here's a look at them:

See more of Dan Golden's work here.

The Beauty Of Booze: Alcohol Molecules As Art

above: Tequila, as seen when magnified 1000 times

Magnified up to 1000 times under a high tech laboratory microscope, images of various alcohol, mixed drinks and plain beverages like Cola and iced tea are sold as customizable fine art and prints by American company BevShots.

The images are made by first crystallizing the drink of choice on a lab slide. Using a standard light microscope with a camera attached, the light source is polarized and passed through the crystal. This creates the magnificent colors and patterns you see in the following images.

Below are some examples of the macro photos of alcohol molecules from some common liquors and mixed drinks.

Liquor

Vodka:

Gin:

Scotch:

Whiskey:

American Amber Ale:

Sake:

Mixed Drinks
Dry Martini:

Pina Colada:

Rum and Coke:

Black and Tan:

Mint Julep:

Bloody Mary:

White Russian:

The pictures were taken in Florida State University's chemistry department and are are licensed from Florida State University and Michael Davison, the research scientist, who, in 1992 discovered photographic microscopy.

above left: Michael Davidson, right; Lester Hutt

The man who keeps the party going is Lester Hutt, president of BevShots MicroArt, LLC. BevShots is the perfect blend of Hutt’s business and science background. While working on his graduate degree in chemistry from UC Berkeley, Hutt worked on NASA’s Mars probes searching for evidence of past life on the red planet. Apple, Inc. then called on him to be a part of history as they released their revolutionary new product, the iPod.

You can purchase the above images and more in various sizes starting at $19.99.