California- based artist Lauren DiCioccio uses needle, thread, and cotton muslin to "mummify" newspapers. The newspaper's photographs and portraits are punctured and woven with pockets of color, bringing her own style and life to aspects of each picture. "The dedious handiwork and obsessive care I employ to create my work aims to remind the viewer of these simple but intimate pieces of everyday life and to provoke a pang of nostalgia for the familiar physicality of these objects."

Sean Lenz and Kristoffer Abildgaard dropped high-powered Cyalume glow sticks into Northern California waterfalls and used long exposures to capture the submerged trails in this project entitled Neon Waterfalls. Some of the more complicated shots were created by stringing several of the glow sticks together.

Just a casual tightrope walk by moonlight near Cathedral Peak at Yosemite National Park in California. Dean Potter took the walk, and amazingly, this was shot from over 1 mile away with a Canon 800mm and 2X by Michael Schaefer. Watch the video after the jump . . .

Over the past few weeks, we have seen a bunch of architecture projects that have really caught our eye, and we just found our future home this morning. A new design from the studio ObjecktCreative, The Bridge House, featuring three cubes placed accordingly over a creek. You get nice views from every angle, and you can easily cross over the water at any time by going into your living room.

Theo Mindell is a talented tattoo artist working at Spider Murphy's Tattoo in San Rafael, California. His work is a unique take on the traditional tattooing style with bold subject matter on large-scale back pieces, sleeves, and more.    

Derek Woods is a photographer and filmmaker currently living and working out of Southern California. He insists that photography is great way to stay creative and inspired between working on films. Check out some of his work we've gathered which is full of beautiful girls in minimal attire.  

We recently interviewed John Van Hamersveld, the creator of the iconic poster for Bruce Brown's 1966 surf film The Endless Summer. The phrase and the image have become the emblem of California beach culture, which is truly a global fascination, and the poster has a different knock-off for every summer related event, but...

We've gathered some awesome eye candy to help you get through the work week-- our favorite images from erotic artist Olivia De Berardinis. Olivia's seductive creations are some of the sexiest and well done pin-ups out there and we can't help but drool over her portfolio. Olivia is a master at painting beautiful ladies as she has been doing so since the 70's. Here is a wonderful collection we have gathered of her work- busting with topless babes and ladies in lingerie- Enjoy!

Pen, ink, and highlighter are not just items on a student's school supply list, but are also the tools used to create this lovely drawing from artist Natalia Fabia. Inspired by light, color, punk rock music, hot chicks and sparkles, Fabia is fascinated with hookers, which fuels her paintings of sultry women.  

Incredible new work from the infinitely talented Kristina Collantes- adding a new level and dimension to her already impressive portfolio and roster of clients. Born in Cabiao Nueva Ecija, Philippines in 1987, Kristina currently lives and works in southern California. I'm loving the new portrait of Grimes with her gorgeous palette and intricacy.