Spanish designer Marta Sanchez Oms studied at jewellery at the Massona School before specialising in gemology at the University of Barcelona. For the past five years she has created her own intricate pieces from her workshop in Barcelona.
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The project of creative technologist, Casey Pugh, this full length version of the George Lucas masterpiece was created from multiple 15 second segments recreated from the original movie and submitted by thousands of Star Wars fans, which were then spliced together by editor Aaron Valdez to form the final product. Genius, as both a commentary on contemporary pop culture trends (there are references to LEGO, stop motion, memes and the like) and on the power of tapping your audience for quality material.
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Now, this is one for the ages: back in 2010, Atlanta film-maker Walter Thompson created a jaw-dropping LEGO stop motion to propose to Nealey Dozier, his girlfriend of four years. The video took 22 hours of shooting and some 2,600 pictures to splice together, a small sacrifice to pay for years of happiness together. Right? Right! Oh, and she said yes. Bonus.
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Never ever, ever, ever, ever park here
Some friendly advice for the neighbours, who simply don’t get it, or street art? You decide which one it is.
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Zolton said | 26 October, 2006
you’ll notice that the vote count on this posting is rather high – both on number received and the average score – while the postings around it have been hit with a number of low scoring votes of late. this has been puzzling us and we now know why. the ip address for the votes on this post reveals that someone, who i presume is associated with marta sanchez oms, has been spending countless hours on this website voting her up and everyone else down. seriously! does this person have a life. please, discover cable tv or learn to knit. if it continues, we will remove this posting altogether.