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1. The work of outsider artist Charles August Albert Dellschau<\/a> was discovered in the mid-1960s by a junk dealer in Houston, whom acquired 12 notebooks discarded after a house fire. Dellschau worked as a butcher and became a self-taught artist after retiring in 1899. His work began with 3 books entitled Recollections<\/em> describing a secret organization called the Sonora Aero Club. The pages are filled with highly detailed and colorful watercolor-collaged pieces that include newspaper clippings. Dellschau’s work is quite fascinating and worth some further reading.
2. I’m just in love with the work of ceramicist, Amy Louise Worrall<\/a>. She is currently featured as a Young Artist on Buy Some Damn Art<\/a>. Her work is sold out! Darn!
3. Fascination with maps began at an early age for Jerry Gretzinger<\/a>. Since 1963, Jerry has been chipping away at the same map that scales to over 2400 individual 8×10 sheets.\u00a0
4. Sandwich Book<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is a wonderfully creative and deliciously realistic book mimicking the layers of a sandwich from graphic designer Pawel Piotrowski<\/a>
5. The University of Iowa’s library just unveiled the smallest book of their collection. This micro-miniature bible<\/a> measures at 0.138 inches square and 0.04 inches thick. The book was originally sold with its companion at the World’s Fair in New York in 1965.<\/p>\n

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6. Touching Strangers<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is a unique project from photographer Richard Renaldi, where he asks strangers to physically embrace one another for a portrait. A recent kickstarter project received substantial funding for an upcoming photo book of the series.
7. These watercolor portraits from artist Oriol Angrill Jord\u00e0<\/a> are quite breathtaking, blending together a range of textures and colors so effortlessly.
8. Drawn the Road Again<\/a> is a blog run by artist Chandler O’Leary. She is quite the traveler both in America and Europe, she often frequents the back-road looking for sites few have seen. She documents these excursions with beautifully painted watercolor-scapes and includes wonderful handwritten captions.
9. Photographer I-Hsuen Chang embraces the restrictions of a bound book that many photographers face. In his latest work, In Between<\/em><\/a>, he uses the gutter of the binding to hide the focal point of the image.
10. Portraits of Boston<\/a> is just a delightful and honest site, documenting the wide range of people who call Boston their home. As a fellow Bostonian of 3 years, it’s wonderful to get a glimpse at those whom I quietly interact with everyday walking the streets and riding the trains.<\/p>\n

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