Acrylic Nail Art

Acrylic Nail Art

Eroticism!?!

Ari Behn turns designer

Never before has the introduction of some new tableware and glasses attracted so much media attention in Norway. Then again, such items have never been designed by the celebrity husband of a Norwegian princess, either.

Ari Behn -- author, trendsetter and husband of Princess Martha Louise -- held court this week when he rolled out the tableware and glasses he designed for Norwegian firm Magnor Glassverk.

Eye surgeon for Munchs

The two Munch masterpieces damaged in an armed robbery in 2004 will now receive specialist treatment during the restoration process.

Edvard Munch's Skrik (The Scream) and Madonna were damaged during Norway's first ever armed robbery of artwork on Aug. 22 2004, and now the Munch Museum officials have called in an eye surgeon to remove glass splinters from the paintings.

Vigeland statues censored

The famed nude statues that fill the Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo were censored overnight.
Early morning strollers in Oslo's famous park on Thursday could note with surprise that someone had taken the time to hang bars of black paper over every sex organ and buttock cleft in the series of statues on the park bridge.

Munch pricier than Picasso

Works by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch continue to attract record prices, but a print auctioned off in Oslo Monday evening created nothing short of a sensation.

Experts had expected that a five-colour print of Munch's To mennesker. De ensomme (Two people. The lonely) woodcut would set a new record, but auction officials were overwhelmed by the NOK 8.1 million (USD 1.26 million at the current exchange rate) paid after just a few minutes .
For what it is worth, it's too expensive. I have to work a little bit more to buy this painting...

A piece of art

A fine piece of art made by Cathrine Maske






Cathrine Maske was commissioned by Magnor Glassverk to make a water decanter and glasses. The main focus of the design for the water decanter and the glasses was a logical and functional grip. The glasses can be stacked on top of each other or on top of the decanter to create a lid.
Glass is a challenging material to work with.The prototyping was a long and necessary process: first a wooden mould was made, and then the glass was blown. The designer was present throughout all stages.
Both the water decanter and the glasses can be used separately or combined to create a single piece
“Purity” was designed to fit the hand ergonomically, and thus be comfortable to use and it has been well-received in its market.

Cathrine Maske initially
gained recognition abroad for the insect motifs she suspended
within the walls of her dense glass vases. The vases attracted ahigh level of interest in the UK press and were exhibited at
Sotheby’s Contemporary in 2002. Maske continues to draw on
vestiges of the natural world for other designs, which explore
themes of transparency, light and water. This autumn, Maske is
presenting her circular Orkidé (Orchid) vase in a range of soft
colours and semi-transparent surfaces. The colour pigments
added to the glass form subtle lines that create random patterns
of hazy striations.