RedBubble Thursday Release Notes
It’s that time of the week again already, and this week there are two important additions to the site today.
Gaia, the book, is now on sale. It looks fantastic, get your copy from the RedBubbble Store. For more information, and a list of those published, please see this post.
Even bigger news is that today we have launched a new take on RedBubble’s continued exploration of New Art. We see this art as a move away from art bestowed upon us to art that ultimately embraces all of us as co-equals in its creation and interpretation. The publications ‘In the Moment’ and ‘Gaia’ were part of this exploration.
The new work ‘PAX’ is an online Mosaic of 16,384 images from RedBubble artists that aims for a collective beauty that is no greater than any single one of its components. It is an art work that is complete on the Web, fully harnessing the power and potential of this medium in its creation and in its display.
Enjoy!
- Pilgrim


JenniferB
fantastic mosaic… darn! was someone really obsessive enough to hyperlink all of those thumbnails manually??? nah… there must be a faster way of coding it all… nobody could possibly be that dedicated… or fanatical… ;)
Imogene Munday
i really love the mosiac :) can already see myself spening hours exploring it.
Faizan Qureshi
Really well done guys… loving it.
Now just tell us who’s in Gaia… Please? :D
solareclips~Ju...
This is really amazing!!! Great idea!!! I can see myself spending days upon days looking!!!!
melbourne
WOW, awesome stuff guys.
Xavier Shay
“was someone really obsessive enough to hyperlink all of those thumbnails manually”
It took the whole week. Had to arrange them by hand too.
Maria Dryfhout
Someone sure did a lot of work… WOW!
Jo O'Brien
who is in Gaia
A90Six
800 thumbnails = The shadow on the roof beside the chimney! Nice job!
JoAnnHayden
I lovethe moziac, you guys are awesome. What a wonderful idea!
Xavier Shay
They wouldn’t let me use my original mosaic design:
Rosina Lamberti
fantastic mosaic,This is really amazing
Chanel2
Great work guys.
Jay Michelsen
That is really cool. Guess I won’t get much work done tomorrow morning! I’ll be searching out the pictures.
red addiction
sweeeeeeet!!
Rosalie Dale IPA
Xavier you deserve a pay rise!!! Wow. I can already see one of my images in the mosaic but how long will it take to go through and view them all … will be burning the midnight oil AGAIN I can see!!! Thanks guys for an amazing job!
sra58
This is great.
Sharon A.
Shannon Rene' ...
that is so freaking cool! (i found one of my own on there and im amazed! yay)
TimChuma
Now where could they have gotten the mosaic idea from I wonder?
The software includes an option to make a web page I think. One of my friends signed up to this site thinking you could make mosaics on it, which would be a good idea if you could talk to the person who made the software
Just an idea for the future though, as I am sure you have lots of other things to do.
TimChuma
I can’t make any mosaics with more than 800 tiles as it makes my computer cry and run out of memory.
Chris Putnam
Very cool
Dreamcoat
Terrific. Another idea would be for Bubble Members to create their own books as another product idea… Who’s with me?
Xavier Shay
Funny tim, I clicked through and commented on your work was coz I was like “hay he made a mosaic too!”
Tania Rose
Another extraordinary achievement by you magnificent folk
JenniferB
It took the whole week. Had to arrange them by hand too.
ferking crazy… ;-)
I can think of better uses hands can be put to…still… you did a great
handjob of it.Gerard Rotse
Fantastic work.
~ Selle
Wow Xavier! Thanks – I love the mosaic and I am going to have loads of fun exploring this one – better than TV! :)
Ben Ryan
@Damien: photobooks are already on the horizon, we just have a bunch of other stuff to get out first.
aroha
Wow the mosaic is fantastic! So much work has gone into it, well done guys!!! I know what I’m going to be doing for the rest of the day now, the housework can wait! :)
I like Damien’s book suggestion too
melodious
Brilliant mosaic!! Love it… its a wonderful collection and i’m so happy to be able to follow the links to meet the bubble artists! thank you for taking the time!
Glenn Alderson
Wow…........well done!
jerry alcantara
amazing!
Adam de la Mare
to quote Rick from the Young Ones…...
“It’s Completely Brilliant!”
cmsdesign
Great mosaic. It a great way to see some of the art you never get a chance to explore. Good work
jemimalovesbigted
wow wow wow!
Jane Keats
Wow! That’s amazing! I could spend hours on there!!
bodymechanic
that is mad- u really have to get a life- nah well done ,and i’m glad it is you that had to do it!
Anthony R. Pla...
Awesome, Brilliant, Fantastic, Terrific – all words that come short of describing the mosaic and yet, are all I have to work with :) – Thanks for doing this!
bamagirl38
Yo that rocks ! WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
tinhearts
awesome!
xox
Elaine Harriott
Brilliant, love the mosaic, its a wonderful collection.
capgun
oooh ahhhh
Mark Richards
The mosaic is just amazing!
Clark Takashima
Amayzinglee Delightful
Kurt Golgart
THAT IS SOOOO COOL! I could play with it for hours.
Miron Abramovici
Xavier – a warm BRAVO! Amazing work!
I guess somewhere you have the list of all artists in there. Is this public?
Keith Richardson
Great work Guys! Congrats. Keith
Ozcloggie
I see! Should have entered: In the Moment and/or Gaia. Would have been nice to have had one in there. Maybe next time. I certainly recognise a lot of them. And, it’s impressive. I’ll go and get a tissue now.
Xavier Shay
Miron, Ozcloggie: It’s the top image works on the site (as seen at art/popular). Unrelated to the publications.
georgiegirl
What a fantastic mosaic!! What a cool new toy!! Hundreds of thousands of teeny tiny pics all hand linked to rb!!! Brilliant work RB Elf Xavier ;D
coppertrees
Well done it will take days exploring
udonchow
Kudos and thank you for all who made this mosaic possible!
Jeremy Harrington
woohoo found my work in the mosaic lol.. it took a while but i found it.. great stuff with the mosaic guys, that would have been a massive job..
Jan Piller
hahah – way cool! I found one of mine on there too! And many thanks for the Gaia honour!! Such incredible artists there… I am truly grateful! thank you so much!
Paul McClintock
Well done. So, it’s sorting them automatically right?
Lam Tran
WOw! Amazing work!!!!
kaha
many many hours of…exploration..enjoyment..errr is spellbound..it is gonna be posterized?
Xavier Shay
“So, it’s sorting them automatically right?”
I don’t know exactly what you mean but I’m fairly certain the answer is ‘no’.
Virginia McGowan
brilliant ,
Elizabeth Fox
This is amazing!
johna
Is there an index of artists and/or titles of the works used? Was this an opt-in for them?
Claire Armistead
wow! This is amazing. It’s the weirdest thing when you randomly stumble across your own piece out of the masses : ). This is ALOT of work. Well done everyone involved x
Dean Warwick
Amazing!!!
reflexio
Wow, sensational piece of work, well done.
peter
I voted for Xavier’s face on the mosaic – but no one ever listens to me.
Nathan Dooley
The Mosaic is fan-riffic.
I’m glad I’ve got today off. I wonder who’s gunna mow the lawns now I’ve got something else to do!! lol
Paul Vanzella
That’s some massive visual!!!! – incredible result!.... LOVE IT!
MuscularTeeth
so cool!
Eyeleen
Fantastic!
TeriLee
This is so awesome! Great job!
Paul McClintock
There are so many possibilities for this mosaic thing… exciting!
Merilyn
What is it supposed to represent?
Kitsmumma
Great!
julzcards
the mosaic is a great idea!
salwa
This is great!!
budrfli
wow! totally mesmerizing and intriguing! great work!
Danny
I thought it was going to be a magazine
I must of missed that bit
but at $AUS 42+, she’s not cheap
Leeo
Looks good, but when I click on an image it won’t view large :( It takes me to a black screen, where it says drag to view, but there is nothing to view…and ideas how I fix this?
jep983
I love the mosaic!
redhawk
Great idea and love the pictures. Is this only the ones in Gaia or random from the entire RB community?
carol brandt
Bloody brilliant.
Leeo
I can see it now, was just slow to load. Awsome work guys!
artyrau
Good work !
Irene Burdell
Great idea but I find it very difficult to manouvre . Virtually impossible to view them all.
Mugsy
Impressive effort with excellent results!!
Solomon Walker
Very good to see the efforts RebBubble is making on behalf of the artists across the globe. You are indeed leaps and bounds ahead of the rest of online galleries. Much respect.
DBALehane
Anyone spot anything to do with writers here? Support us RB or lose us.
Liz Spittall
Amazing work!!!
ChrissyB
Wow that is so cool! I recognized some of the work.
Gili Orr
Great idea, this mosaic! Enjoyed exploring it.
Lenka
Hi Xavier, amazing work, congratulations!
Suggestion to RB, about writers: wouldn’t it be great to have a book with writers/visual artists collaborations? There were already some challenges on this, and I love to read poems/short stories accompanied by (suitable) images :) I’m sure I’m not the only one, am I?
LittleHelen
Omg…I love the Mosaic! I saw three of my wee Hearts in there….thanks so much ;)
I’m having trouble viewing the thumbnails though…Firefox keeps crashing whenever I attempt it…I’m figuring it is just the traffic and will try again later.
Xavier…you look like Einstein in that shot babe ;)
Shelleymay
Love it!
adgray
RB you can get books published full of pictures why not books of words?
Please where are the MOOKS?
Lovely pictorial art nicely displayed but I feel sad that my art is not worthy of Bubble’s assistance
~ Sad left-out Writer <(
Peter Horsman
that mosaic is insane – great stuff. Not that I need it, but it’s another way I can while away the hours now…
Wildwings
Just wonderful! Waiting to see what you have in mind for the ” Photo Books.”
Keegan Wong
Amazing.
Les Magee
fabuli!!!!
Joanne Bradley
Awesomely creative! Love it!
velveteagle
So very creative.. a joy
mystiqueisland
awesome mosaic!!!!
frozenfa
Love the mosaic!! it’s so fun to look around!! =D
jdmphotography
Awesome ! (-:
Shirley Cooper
This is great. I’ve got 79 pictures to do a mosaic. I just need to print em off and find a space to do it. Maybe I’ll start tomorrow. Have you seen the Big picture. www.inthebigpicture.co.uk? SIsi.
TomBaumker
Thanks a lot guys! We need all the help we can get. Tom
Jason Stengren
Holy hell, that’s nuts… You guys should start releasing/selling some themed community art books and kick-down some profits for people you include!
Shanina Conway
Brilliant mosaic….it would be fantastic to see it on the side of a huge building and the Gaia book looks wonderful;)
mick8585
Am I selfish for searching for an image of mine?
Wonderful lateral thinking by someone.
FlowersEtc
Nice as a mosaic, but to time consuming to look at completely.
Tania Rose
I’m assuming PAX comes from KPAX???
GLAMAZON
I am thrilled and honored to have been chosen. x
GLAMAZON
So is Lisadee :))
Jacqueline Mu...
Brillant idea.. amazing.. the time you spent creating it.
Pilgrim
Writers ALL. I am with you. I am a writer. That is my passion and yes we do continue to think about how we can display and honour writing. We are just a terribly tiny team 10/11 people and doing things (dealing with the inevitable objections etc) all take up resources. We believe in writing!!
heroine
Are all the images photography???
deezy
its alright i guess
dixiegirl1
its ok
JennyLee
Wow, that’s brilliant. I love it. Would love to see the whole thing in one piece though!
nadeem
great work
waseem
fantastic great work…WoWWWwwww!
smudged
I think both Pax and Gaia are great concepts and congrats are deserved all round to ‘contributors’ and ‘composers’ alike.
Bizin
Wow! Great work!
...how do you find the time…