March 8, 2017
Baffling Photo of Strawberries Contains No Red Pixels
Here at Art of Play, we love optical illusions. Especially the unsuspecting kind like this photo of strawberries here. Believe it or not, there are...
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February 8, 2017
Extraordinary Animated Sculptures by John Edmark
John Edmark is no stranger to Art of Play. His insanely popular Helicone has been a best seller for us since we added it to our catalog last year, ...
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September 8, 2016
Fun with Ambiguous Images
Some of the most popular optical illusions are illustrations that offer multiple interpretations. Two viewers can look at the same image and see to...
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August 3, 2016
Fun with the Droste Effect
The "Droste effect" refers to the technique of creating a recursive image or, put more simply, a picture inside of itself. The Droste effect gets i...
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August 2, 2016
Fun with Zoetropes
The Zoetrope or “wheel of life” is an analog animation device that predates the dawn of cinema. Invented by William George Horner in 1834, the mach...
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