Ripley's Art

Harley Langberg has finished over a hundred pieces of food art since starting out in 2013. His materials range from mushrooms to waffles, and he told Ripley's his favorite is Ed Sheeran.

He's a fan of Ed's music, and his artwork is immediately recognized by others.

Another artist, Joe Black, used over 8,000 guitar picks for his David Bowie mosaic. This was requested by the Sky Arts channel in 2022 when they named Bowie Britain's most influential artist in the past half a century. 

Other art featured in the book, Ripley's Believe It or Not: Dare to Discover, includes a sampling from the Corn Palace. Nearly every year, the building in Mitchell, South Dakota, gets new murals using at least a dozen shades of corn . . . even red, green, and black.

Also found in nature are unusual colors of sand. A case in point is a red beach in the Galapagos derived from iron in volcanic rocks by the shore. 

Justin Bateman likes rocks, but smaller ones. He travels the world in search of pebbles to transform into famous faces, such as George Washington, Frida Kahlo, and the aforementioned David Bowie.

Famous subjects appear in the Netherlands' Rajacenna Van Dam's portraits, too. Hers really stand out, though, because of her technique . . . using her hands and feet at the same time!