Unique Gingerbread House(16 Pics)

These are truly elaborate gingerbread houses. It’s incredible how much money and time a person will put into building a gingerbread house.

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This is a replica of one of the most famous tourist attractions in San Jose, California. Winchester Mystery House. The confectionery version took over 400 hours to construct, 84 cups of gingerbread, 34 cups of icing and 31 bags of candy for the lawn.

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Rebecca Russell specializes in gingerbread creations and cake toppers. She used different shades of gingerbread for this "Bear House", using different amounts of spices and molasses. The bears were made from gum paste and royal icing along with paw prints made from leftover gingerbread dough. Lovely!!!

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Mother-daughter baking team Kaye and Liv Hansen from the Riviera Bakehouse in Ardsley, New York, put together this snow-covered Bronx Castle for the 2007 Gingerbread Adventures exhibit at The New York Botanical Garden.

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A unique waterwheel gingerbread house

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This gingerbread house was put in the lobby of Ritz Carlton Hotel in Cleveland. It was made by their pastry chefs.

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This Disney's Gingerbread house is 16 foot high and took 600 pounds of sugar, 800 pounds of flour and over 3,000 egg whites.

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This house was inspired by the winner of the Newfoundland Historic award. The original house is believed to have been designed by W.F. Butler, famed for designing many grand Queen Ann Revival Style homes.

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From National Gingerbread House Competition 2006(one of the top ten winner) 

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This one is very simple yet so elegant and sweet... Luv it!!! :)

Architectural Watercolors by Maja Wronska

South Korea-based designer and illustrator Sunga Park creates these gorgeous watercolor paintings of of architectural landscapes.





















Check his website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/parksunga

Paper Cut Sculptures

Toronto-based artist Christine Kim created these beautiful intricate geometric sculptures for her series 'Accumulation'.

Check her website: http://christinekim.ca/

Glass Paperweights (10 Pics)

New Jersey-based artist Paul Stankard created these beautiful glass paperweights. 

"I am interested in integrating mysticism with botanical realism giving the glass organic credibility."

"Through the work, I reference the continuum of nature, by portraying and exploring the mysteries of seeds, fertility and decay." 

All images are © Copyright of Paul J. Stankard

Check his website: http://www.paulstankard.com/

Geometric Glass Patterns(9 Pics)

Cambridgeshire-based artist Chris Wood creates these geometric arrangements of colorful glass that reflect patterns of color and texture.

"Glass is a material which allows me to exploit the aesthetic potential of light. Minimal structures, support simple arrangements of glass, which interact with light to create complex patterns of light and shade, which change depending upon the position of the viewer and the angle of the light source."

"The optical materials I use in my work range from a simple water filled wine glass to the highly technical dichroic glass, basically anything that allows me to express the magic of light."

"My work explores the physics of light, creating optically kinetic works that delight and engage the viewer, asking them to question ‘how’. I aim to encourage the viewer to consider the materiality of light itself by harnessing and ordering the light into ephemeral patterns of changing colour, light and shade."

Check her website: http://www.chriswoodglass.co.uk/

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